Not Birds

I put out half an orange this morning and thought maybe a House Finch would land on it and have a snack. Instead bees came. I don't know if they were coming to the oranges all summer but today was the first time I noticed them. Also a Hummingbird flew around, checking things out, and flew away long before I'd have gotten the camera up and ready. And when I was having breakfast I glanced over my shoulder and there was a Woodpecker on the suet nuggets. It was a lot bigger than a Downy Woodpecker but it looked like it. Maybe it was a Hairy Woodpecker but I didn't have a chance to really look at it or take its picture because it flew away almost as soon as I saw it. Dang it.

 

On my walk this morning I saw where the autumn leaf came from the other day. The big maple tree where the street curves has a big patch of leaves changing color. It can hold on to them for a while. 

 

I spent most of the afternoon figuring out Substack posts for the next four or five weeks. I can schedule them to be sent on Wednesday ahead of time so I don't have to scurry around on Tuesday getting something ready. Besides I wanted to have one scheduled for October 1, the Wednesday of the week I'll be at The Clearing. Don't want to miss a week. (Don't try to read the titles, they're very blurry. I had to use a long exposure to get a shot and didn't hold still enough.)

 

I forgot to get the mail yesterday but got it today and in the mail was a check for a copy of Christmas at Seaview and a note from my friend saying that she enjoyed it. That really made me happy. She asked if she could get a copy from me instead of online and I said of course she could. So I mailed it off. Thanks, RSC! 

 

Today's drawing prompt was Botanical Study so I drew a couple of the mums in my birthday flowers. I didn't outline the petals with fine liner so they're not so visible but there are lots of petals. Lots.

 

Since I finished the Sunset Doublethick Warshrag on Friday I need another project to work on when I get tired of the Iron Pyrite Sock. I decided to knit mittens to go with the llama hat I knitted earlier. I had to go downstairs and wind skeins of yarn into cakes because you can't knit from that big hank of yarn without having a terrible tangle. Then while I watched TV I cast on the first mitten and knitted a few rounds. I like knitting mittens.

 

There was a home football game today and I hoped for a flyover and even saw something on Facebook about the plane that was supposed to fly over. I went outside at noon but no big plane came. Then I checked and found out that the game didn't start until 3:25. I don't know what I was doing then, probably goofing around with stories, so I don't know if a plane flew by or not. I don't remember hearing a loud rumble so maybe the clouds were too low or something. That's the only part of football I like so I'm disappointed. It's a wonder they let me live in this football town, isn't it?

--Barbara