A Deluge

This morning it was sunny and mild but that didn't last. Around 2 o'clock it clouded over and thunder began to rumble. Then came the rain. It wasn't fooling around, it really rained, and it looked like it wouldn't stop for a while. But it did and the sun came out again. I was afraid that OJ's soccer game would be played in rain but it was sunny and cool. The game wasn't too one-sided, but I don't think OJ's team won. It was hard to keep the players separate because Kelly Green (OJ's team) played Lime Green.

 

I hauled out the watercolors again and took another stab at the apple blossoms that I was unhappy with last Friday. I think it turned out better, at least I was more deliberate with the sky so that the blossoms retained their rounded petals, but I probably should have put in more leaves. Oh well, I can always try again.

 

The squirrel was back wrapping itself around the suet nuggets feeder and nibbling away. I wonder how much it gets because the mesh openings aren't very big but it must be enough to keep it coming back.

 

A male House Finch visited the grape jelly this afternoon. It had a lovely time dipping its beak in the jelly and then flew over to the birdbath for a drink to wash down all of the gooey sweetness.

 

The baby bunny got brave today and hopped up onto the patio step to investigate the doormat. The mat collected a lot of cottonwood fluff last week while I was away and then got rained on so it stuck to the fibers. Maybe the bunny will eat the fluff? Probably not.

 

The pest nerd visited today and refilled the bait boxes. He said the ones in back were empty and the ones in front hadn't been touched. I'm just glad they're doing the job. Also MB, my cleaning lady, came today so there are nice vacuum marks in the living room carpet and the kitchen and bathroom sparkle. I scheduled a couple short stories, one really short flash fiction, on Substack and tried to work on a story start. Didn't get very far, but any words are progress some days.

--Barbara