Not The Latest

This is not the latest date that I've swapped the lawnmower for the snowblower, but it's close. I was just happy that it started. They're predicting sleet or snow arriving overnight and us having 1-3" by 9am tomorrow. Which is just dandy because I've got a doctor's appointment across town at 10:30am. I'll be leaving early so that I can creep along like an old lady if I need to so I get there safely. With any luck it won't be cold so whatever falls will melt on contact but I noticed that the city has sprayed brine on the streets which keeps ice from building up on the pavement. It's supposed to get down to 32 degrees overnight so we'll see how the morning looks.

Because they're predicting snow I filled all the birdfeeders after I moved the snowblower and this Chickadee was the first taker. It sat there for the longest time (for a Chickadee) so I got to take two shots, one of which was blurry of course.

Then this squirrel discovered that I'd refilled the suet nuggets. Gobbling ensued. It stayed a long time, the glutton.

When I refilled the suet cakes I looked under the roof of the feeder to see how big the hornets nest was. All summer long I have to dodge hornets when I fill the feeder because they move in under the roof. I was surprised to discover that there were two nests. I'd spray under there with hornet killer spray but I don't want it to get on the birdfeeder parts or the suet cakes so I guess I'll just keep taking my chances with the hornets. I haven't been stung yet. Now that I've said that I'm sure to get stung next summer.

I pulled out the other Dr. Seuss book I have, Dr. Seuss's Animals, to draw from this morning. I don't know what kind of animal this is supposed to be. It had a yellow body, a pink face, and a white ruff around its head. I didn't color it because I had to leave for an oil change appointment. It's okay.

However I really like today's painting of Forget-me-nots. I like the shade of blue that I made with a tiny bit of pink and I like the leaves. I'm not so crazy about the stems but I can tolerate them. I'm getting better at making them narrow and smooth, I think.

You know you're old when half of your calls about appointments in any week are for doctor's appointments. It was scratching at my brain that I needed an eye doc appointment in November so I called the clinic and I was right. I have an appointment in early December.

I've taken the week off writing. I watched an Ad School advertising video this afternoon that I thought was going to teach me about making Facebook ads but it only talked about them and didn't teach me how to make them. I need someone to tell me what to do. Next week I'll get back to rereading and editing the manuscript on Kindle but for now I'm letting it rest so I can look at it with fresh eyes.

--Barbara