A Rainy Day

It was overcast and cloudy all day and spit rain off and on. Fortunately it didn't rain much when I had to be out and about. That was good. It was about 10 degrees cooler today too.

 

The first visitor to the birdfeeder today was this little Sparrow. There were a few others that took turns at the feeder sides. I got a text from my neighbor early this morning that the little Hawk was on the fence but by the time I reached the window it was gone. Dang it. She texted me a picture but I haven't saved it yet.

 

Then the squirrel was there. I haven't seen it leap up there but it must have been a hard leap because the roof of the feeder was knocked out of place. It worked hard to get seeds out of the narrow gap, changing position to keep it open.

 

The drawing prompt today was Holidays. I chose Halloween, mostly because I could draw a jack-o-lantern and a witch's hat. I combined two orange colored pencils to make a good color.

 

There was another colored leaf on the fern fronds yesterday so you get to see it today. I'm show you because most of the fallen leaves are brown so a colored one is a treat.

 

Today was the monthly lunch get-together of the St. Agnes Class of '65 at a sports bar. I had a chicken sandwich with pepperjack cheese and bacon on it and sweet potato fries. It was enough food that I skipped supper. And I made some lemon Jello but it isn't jelled yet so I have to wait until tomorrow.

When I left to go to lunch the garage door opener wouldn't work to close the door so I had to go inside, push the button by the back door, and leave through the front door. It wouldn't work coming home either. It was only once I was inside I decided to go to Batteries + to get a new battery in it. So I had to repeat the process to close it again. Then it didn't work when I came back with a new battery. Gah! It seems not to want to work when it's damp. So frustrating. Maybe I need a whole new opener?

I realized tonight that I need to have a landscape photo for watercolor class on Wednesday night so I sat here going through Clearing photos and sending them to Walgreens to have them printed. I picked out 22 of them. I'll have to narrow it down to one. I do not feel confident about the idea of painting a landscape. I know I've painted them before and they've never turned out. Trees don't turn out well for me either. I'm sure I'll be the worst in class.

Tomorrow morning the pest nerd is coming to check the traps downstairs. I went down to put my suitcase away and it doesn't smell too bad. That either means the dead mice have been dead long enough to stop stinking or the first wave of snapped traps pretty much cleaned them out. I don't care either way I'm just glad to have them taken care of.

--Barbara