Look

I haven't seen a bird in days and am kind of bummed about it, but early this evening when I was fixing supper I looked out and saw a Robin in the yard. A Robin! The harbinger of spring! It was scurrying along not pecking at anything, just checking things out. Yay!

 

This morning I took a picture of the remains of Blizzard Elsa on the patio. Eight days ago there was 27.7 inches of snow on the ground when it stopped snowing so there's been a lot of melting between then and now. I especially like that the individual leaves are being heated by the sun and melting into the snow.

 

Also this morning I went to visit DS at Zambaldi Beer and he was cleaning the "small" kettle he uses for Brewer For a Day brews. Small being a relative term as you can see how big it is compared to him. It's a mere 75 gallons compared to the 650 gallons of his regular kettle.

 

I made some more small edits, small refinements of the manuscript this afternoon. And I integrated the small scene I wrote about someone being arrested for the murder of a guest after searching for the right place to put it so that I didn't have to rewrite a whole great whack of the thing. That's a relief.

 

Today's flower/plant is a Jade plant. I remember in the olden, uninformed days, Mom called it a rubber plant. That was wrong but it was a difficult transition to calling it by its proper name. It was fun to draw and the coloring is okay.

 

Right after I saw the Robin, a Sparrow landed on the square green feeder for a snack. At first it was standing with its back to the feeder and craning around to peck at the seed before figuring out how much easier it was to turn around and just have to bend down a little.

 

 

My cleaner came today so now my house smells nice and clean and my living room carpet has vacuum tracks in it. I'm not very dirty but it's nice to have MB come once a month to dust, vacuum, and clean the bathroom and kitchen. Plus knowing she's coming keeps me tidier than I'd normally be.

--Barbara