Ended On a Happier Note

OJ had his final soccer game of the season in the broiling sun and high temps of this morning. His team held it together and the game ended in a tie, which is way better than a loss. OJ was smart. After the game, he upended his water jug over his head. He was wet, but cooler.

 

This afternoon one of the baby bunnies was grooming itself just outside the patio door. It looked so cute. Now that I don't have a garden for them to munch on, I don't mind them so much, although I do wish they wouldn't scrape out a burrow in the hill in the backyard.

 

One squirrel got creative this evening. First it climbed up on the suet nuggets for a snack but there's nothing left in that feeder but crumbs. Then it moved over to the grape jelly and finished it off.

 

Next it did something I've never seen one do. It moved over and started eating the orange half. It ate all the pulp out of the orange and then knocked it down onto the grass so it could finish the job. It took one bite of the rind but then gave up and scampered off.

 

After lunch I pulled out the drawing things and drew this picture of Jasmine. I like the way it turned out.

 

I didn't really want to do anything this afternoon so I sat down to watch TV and knitted on Teddy Bear #2. I finished the second set of arms, knitted the backside, and then started the first of the final legs. It occurs to me that I can't be knitting on it on Thursday when my friends come over because the bears are for someone's grandchildren-to-be so I have to knit on something else. I've got a hat in the works. That'll be fine for group knitting.

 

Last week I was looking through a box of things from KA, the watercolor teacher, and found a stack of business card-size pieces of watercolor paper. Couldn't figure out what they're for but I've been thinking of them and pulled out a book called, Ink & Wash Florals. After supper I drew three flowers on three little pieces of paper and then painted them. I like them. They're a tulip, a cosmos, and a snowdrop. I'll paint more.

 

After the soccer game, I went to the grocery. Might as well go, I was already hot and sweaty. No sense going home to cool off and then going out again, right? Anyway, I got all of the things I'll need to make chicken tacos for Thursday night's knitting night. I'm looking forward to eating them. They're so good, plus they're easy to make. I'll chop some scallions, shred carrots and radishes, quarter grape tomatoes, and put out a bowl of shredded cheese and another one of chopped salad for toppings. I even splurged on a small container of lite sour cream. Decadent. But I can't forget to go get beer from Zambaldi on Thursday.

Tomorrow is my DD's 45th birthday. I can't believe she'll be that old. I vividly remember the day she was born and it just can't have been that long ago, can it? 

 --Barbara