More Mashing & Rearranging

I couldn't keep away from the next manuscript. I spent most of the day rearranging scenes and writing new scenes to weave the characters together. I need to get these people tangled up together so that I can untangle them by The End. Oh, and this is my new laptop. I don't think you've seen it before. It's black. The last one was silver. So you'll know if I post an old writing picture.

 

The squirrel couldn't keep away from the suet nuggets feeder even though the nuggets were all gone. It hung there nibbling on the bottom grid of wires as if it was getting something to eat. Maybe there were crumbs?

 

I drew yesterday's gratitude journal page after breakfast. I tell you, I'm crazy with this next manuscript. I promise that I'll go back to Spies Don't Retire and get it finished and ready to publish. Cross my heart. I got the cover back today and it looks great. I'll reread the blurb tomorrow and post it on the Ad School FB page for comments but I think it's as good as it's going to get. One more manuscript read-through and it'll be ready to upload to Kindle Create for the front matter and back matter to be set up and then it'll be time to hit "publish."

 

A Mourning Dove perched on a crook this afternoon and stayed there for quite a while. It didn't try to eat at any feeder, didn't fly down to the birdbath for a drink, didn't swoop down to the ground under the feeder to peck at the fallen seed. It just sat there thinking and looking around. If Mourning Doves think.

 

Today's watercolor flower is Cosmos. It was a very short instruction video, not even 4 minutes, but there was a long drying period between the stem, leaves, and petals and the center. It turned out pretty well.

 

After supper I resisted coming back here to play with the manuscript some more and drew today's gratitude journal page on THE DAY. Imagine that. It was overcast all day but it didn't snow and for that I am extremely grateful.

 

It was warmish today. Got up to 37 degrees so the top layer of snow started melting a little. The heaps of snow on the tops of things got smaller too. I only went out to throw things in the trash and to pick up the package that was delivered. I see in the weather forecast that it's supposed to hit the low 40s in a couple days and then have what looks like a rain/snow mix. I'm not in favor of that at all. Not at all. It's a good thing I have another bag of ice melt salt in the garage.

--Barbara