They Figured It Out

When I got home from the post office and grocery today, I went out and filled the birdfeeders. I also took out the creamy peanut butter (bought specially) so I could smear a little on the inside of the horse head squirrel feeder and see if it needed more corn kernels. Well, evidently at least one squirrel has figured out that corn is in that feeder because it was empty. The neighbor kids and I filled it up on Monday and today there was nothing left in there or on the ground under it. Later in the afternoon I looked up there and saw corn kernels on the top of the retaining wall so I went up to look and, yes, at least one squirrel had visited and spilled kernels out. So I might not see them but they've figured it out.

 

The purple mums that started blooming in July are still going strong. I wondered if they'd poop out by September because they budded and bloomed early but they're still at it. A few of the more mature blossoms are browning but there are plenty of fresh ones to fill in.

 

This squirrel climbed up on top of the patio umbrella and sat staring at me. I don't know what it had against me, maybe it was trying to tell me that the corn kernels were gone.

 

Look at the me I drew on the gratitude journal page for yesterday. I'm walking and carrying an umbrella just like in real life. Suddenly I'm brave enough to try drawing a whole person instead of just my legs.

 

Today's drawing prompt was Fork, and let me tell you, that's not an easy thing to draw. You'd think because you're so familiar with a fork that you can just dash one off. Not so fast. It takes concentration to draw the tines and I never did manage to draw five tines like she did. Four was my limit.

One of my Friday Night Knitting friends discovered the joy of knitting with a certain brand of wooden Double Pointed Needles and was raving about them. I happened to have a bunch of sets of them that I no longer use, so I boxed them up and shipped them off to her today. Then I decided to sort through my other DPNs and fixed circular needles and weed out the ones I won't be using again. They got put in the tosses box and dropped off at St. Vinnie de P's this afternoon. Don't worry. I have plenty of needles left to play with. Plenty.

 

After consulting with OJ, I also tossed the play kitchen and all of the plastic, wooden, and crocheted food and the dishes, etc. The only picture I have of it is this one where it won Best of Show at the county fair a few years ago. It's time for some other child to have the fun of imaginative play. LC and OJ sure loved it for a long time.

 

Once I'd dropped off the tosses at St. VdeP, I drove a couple blocks to Office Max to pick up my new poster of The Seaview Series books. I can't wait to have Sailing the Seas to show off and sell. Oh, I hope the copies come next week, before Friday, which is when I have a craft show booth at New Perspective senior apartment complex and then Saturday and Sunday I'll have a booth at Untitled Town's Book Fair. Please, please, please, Amazon, send me the books in time. 

 

I only worked on writing a little today. The suggestions on the second Manuscript Analysis aren't ones I can just dash through. I have to read and think and ponder. But I know the changes will make the story better.

--Barbara