Wednesday, June 17, 2026

A Cool Rainy Day

I was lucky that the times I was out today it wasn't raining, not much anyway. I went for a haircut this morning and the stylist was running late so I sat around with a wet head for half an hour. She hasn't sold any of my books but I could tell that people have looked at them because they were rearranged. And while I was there I got a call that my credit card had been hacked. Thank you very much. Now I get to go to the hassle of changing my credit card in all the places I use it automatically, like PayPal and Amazon.

 

A Downy Woodpecker surprised me by landing on the square green feeder this afternoon before it started raining. It was either a female or this year's hatchling because it didn't have the red swoop on its head. Then it flew to the suet cakes and finally to the suet nuggets. I have a picture of it in every place but I'll save the other two for other days.

 


I wasn't in the mood to do much art today so all I did was draw one little bee. I say that the bee is my spirit animal because my name begins with a B. 

 

The squirrel was back on the suet nuggets. It leaps up there a couple times a day for a nibble and sets the suet cakes feeder swinging from jumping off of it.

 


I scheduled another Substack post today and worked on the short story I started working on yesterday. I don't know where it's going but I'm just happy to add words.

 

Tonight I went to KE's to knit with friends. It's her birthday today so we had that Penne a la Vodka, salad, and garlic bread, with carrot cake for dessert. We even knitted. I added rounds to the Antipasto Chemo Hat. I don't remember how long it has to be before I start the crown decreases but I know I'm not there yet.

 

Now I'm going to close this and hit the hay. I can't stop yawning and my toes are freezing. Time to tuck into my warm bed and go to sleep.

--Barbara 

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