A Flock

In big bird news, I just happened to walk into the kitchen and glance out the patio door to see the flock of turkeys coming through. I almost missed them but was able to squeeze a view of them between the door jamb and the patio umbrella. I didn't count them but there had to be at least a dozen. I love seeing them.

 

In smaller bird news, a Downy Woodpecker flew in, took a short ride on a Slinky, and then had a snack at the suet cakes. I took a shot of it on the Slinky but managed to snap it just as the bird flapped its wings to fly to the feeder so it's all blurry. Dang it.

 

We had a little thunderstorm this morning around 7 o'clock. Then a little later on it rained again and I tried to get a picture of the birdbath because the drops were big enough that they made a bubble on top of the water. That didn't work so all you get is raindrops on the water. Happily it didn't rain for too long so I was able to take a walk before lunch and then go get bread, bananas, and grapes at the grocery stores. ALDI has the kind of bread I like but Meijer has better bananas, etc. so I go there too.

 

Today's drawing prompt was Famous Landmark. I had a hard time thinking of a local landmark and then I thought of Lambeau Field where the Packers play. It's right in my old neighborhood, kind of in the middle of everything on the west side of Green Bay. Years ago, I went up to a Mobil station on the corner across the street from the stadium to visit with a friend who worked there most mornings and tourists, having just come off the highway, would stop at the station to ask how to get to Lambeau and she'd turn around and point across the street. The look on their faces was priceless. (It was pre-GPS.) I'm not a football fan but it was all I could think of to draw.

 

I'm going to post yesterday's drawing again because I worked on it more this afternoon. I outlined everything with a black fine liner and finished coloring in the background. SO much better. Now I like it even more.

 

And I managed to make myself draw a gratitude journal page for today on today. 

 

This morning, even before I showered etc., I sat here and went through the last 25 Amazon Ads to make sure I had paused all of the "book" and "ebooks" keywords in them. Then in the afternoon I worked some on a couple short stories after I read through all of the emails that I've been skipping the last few days. I get too many emails some days. Don't we all?

--Barbara