A Fly-By

When I was eating my lunch I looked out and saw a Downy Woodpecker land on the suet so I grabbed the camera and hoped he would stay long enough and visible enough for me to get a picture. He worked his way around the back and then hung underneath so I quick snapped a shot. Just as I pushed the shutter button a Sparrow flew by and I was lucky enough to catch it.

 

In the morning the Sparrows were investigating the remaining bird food--the Finch feeder and the suet cakes. I captured one on each feeder and they fit in one frame. There was another one on the birdbath but it was too far away to fit in the frame with the others.

 

After I got home from the birdseed store I went right outside to fill all the feeders. I didn't have to empty the hulls out of the platform feeder this time because yesterday's gale-force wind took care of that. We had 60 mph gusts! It was nice to be out in the sunshine today even if it was cold. I was in my winter coat and heavy boots and lined leather gloves so I was prepared and not really cold.

 

Today is Women's Heart Health Day. I'm wearing my red sweater (well, one of them, I have three) and I decided to paint a page of hearts using all of my red and pink watercolors. Once I had all of the hearts painted I used the darkest red to spatter over the top. I think it adds just the right artsy touch. I especially like the way the spots spread in the wet pink heart on the lower left. Fun!

 

First thing at Friday Night Knitting I finished the last four rounds on the Yet Another Deep Sea Hat. I haven't woven in the tails yet but I'm calling it done.

 

Then I pulled out KZ's Henri Frog Wooble kit and got to work. I had to undo a couple not-really-stitches but once I got it back on track I flew. I almost finished the body, crocheted the white belly and stitched it on, and stuffed it. There's one more round on the bottom of the body to close it up, then I make two little eyes and attach the plastic safety eyes, and sew them on. Last I use black yarn to make his smile, et voila! Henri, the Frog will be done! This frog is a whole lot simpler than LC's Billy Unicorn Wooble. We need to get our calendars together and figure out another time we can have another crochet lesson. If she's still interested.

 

I spent most of the time when I wasn't on a Zoom or buying and filling birdseed or painting today, working on going through Better Than Mom's getting the grammar and punctuation fixed, breaking up run-on sentences, and deciding whether to fix passive phrases. Many of them I'm leaving because that's the way the characters talk. They can't all sound like English majors, especially not these characters.

Early this morning before even getting dressed, I tried doing what the Ads Analyst said to do with my keyword ads. I couldn't. Mostly because I don't have enough clicks to be able to access the keywords in the ads. Evidently if you don't have clicks you can't dig down and fix things. Or I could be doing something wrong. Which is a very real possibility.

We're supposed to have a big snowstorm moving in overnight. They're saying we'll get 3-5 inches of snow when all is said and done. I know the child of winter will be overjoyed to see that much snow. Me, not so much. I've got my pot of Egg Drop Soup and gas for the snowblower. I'm as ready as I'll ever be.

--Barbara