The Sun is Moving North

Or maybe the Earth is tilting south but I noticed this morning that there was sunshine on the birdfeeders for a long time today. And the birds showed up today too. These Sparrows brought friends and had a nice time flinging cracked corn and seed down onto the fresh snow from Saturday. It was funny to see them land because the snow is powder so it doesn't even hold up a bird. They'd sink in and spread their wings to keep from sinking more.

 

At the same time the Downy Woodpecker was on the suet cakes. It stayed a long time pounding away at the suet that has to be so solid it's almost impossible to get a bite but I guess that they're built to hammer away at a tree so I suppose suet isn't a big deal. Then I heard pounding and caught a glimpse of the tail of the Red-bellied Woodpecker but as soon as I pressed the shutter button it flew away. I caught a shot of it flying but it just looks like a gray blur so I didn't keep it.

 

This morning I drew the gratitude page for yesterday. I didn't find as much to be grateful for but I was extremely grateful for the sunshine and the big, red snowblower. 

In the morning I watched another Ad School video and tried to follow the instructions. I managed to figure it out a little and made a couple keyword ads that I spent more time trying to make sure that the keywords were relevant to The Seaview. In the afternoon I started reading Spies Don't Retire on the Kindle and making notes. I have to force myself to read slowly and not skim so I don't miss any typos or boring places or things that need changing or clarifying. This writing and marketing thing is a whole lot like another job.

 

Today I drew that lazy bird Maizie who left her nest so that Horton had to hatch her egg. She's on the cover of Dr. Seuss's Book of Animals and was smiling at me when I pulled the book out of my art bag so I drew her and she turned out well.

 

I knitted a few rounds on the Two Alpacas Hat while I watched TV after supper. So far I'm not running out of yarn too quickly but I can't help looking in the bag every once in a while to reassure me that I might have enough.

 

I had a nice long chatty Zoom with my writing friend, cda, and we've scheduled a critique meeting for the next two Mondays. I look forward to reading more of her historical novel about Katerina, a young woman in Austria who runs away from an unhappy marriage. She leaves her luxurious but unfulfilling life with an older businessman to travel around with a tinker. There's even kissing!

I have "critique" on my calendar for 10am on Friday, Feb 14th and for the life of me I can't remember with who. I haven't sent any pages out or gotten any from anyone. I'm confused. Maybe I put it on the wrong day? Usually I'm pretty good at remembering but not this time. If you read this and know it's you, let me know! Please!

--Barbara