Filled

I went out this morning, dumped the suet nuggets, scraped the crud out of the bottom of the feeder, and refilled it. It wasn't exactly crud, it was soggy, powdered nuggets that got snowed and rained on and made mush. Now I've filled the feeder with nice fresh nuggets so that the birds and squirrels have something more appealing to eat. I tried to shake fresh seed into the ports on the square green feeder. One side cleared out but the other side must have gotten the bulk of the snow because it also is cruddy. So one of these days I'll dump out the seed, clean the feeder, and refill it.

 

I spent some time admiring the flowers I got from LC yesterday. I'm always attracted to the bouquets of brightly colored asters or daisies in the store so I'm really enjoying this little vase of them. She's stuck them in floral foam so I have to make sure they've got enough water so they last as long as possible.

 

Today's creature drawing is a Frog. I seem to have a problem making things round. As was yesterday's rabbit, the frog is longer and leaner than the one in the book. I like it, don't get me wrong, but I always hope my drawing will turn out more like the example than it ever does.

 

Every day I look to see if the daffodils are blooming. So far, they aren't but they're trying. It's supposed to be sunny and warmer for the next few days. Maybe that will encourage them. 

 

In the continuing saga of me, Zoom, and the internet, I had a Zoom this morning with cda and got kicked off again so I got on my phone and that worked better, a little. I still got kicked off but could get back on right away. I remembered that I have a service agreement with Cyberworks, a local computer store, so I called and got an appointment this afternoon for a remote appointment. The technician scrolled around in my laptop's innards and said he didn't think the problem was my laptop. He has high hopes that the new modem arriving tomorrow will fix the problem. I'm reserving judgement. He did give me a work-around. Since I can get back online on my phone, I'll use my phone HotSpot to get online with my laptop and that should solve the problem. I hope. This is making me crazy. I'm on Zoom so much, at least 10 hours a week, that I need it to work and work all the time. Isn't technology wonderful?

I was sitting here talking to cda when I heard what sounded like raindrops hitting the window. It wasn't rain, it was snow. It didn't last long and it didn't stick around, but a snow squall came screaming through this morning just to remind us that we live in a place that can have all four seasons in one day. 

--Barbara