Windy Day - Northern Cardinal and . . .

It's been a rather hectic day for some crazy reason. I think it's because we weren't home Saturday as Puppy's Pop was helping Big Kiddo to do some yard work and so I just lazed around with his family while they were working. That means that today I had to get caught up on the washes and cleaning etc. I even washed two windows and two storm doors. The windows are a pain in the derriere. At least I don't have too much trouble removing the screens so it went quite well. Maybe the mood will strike me again tomorrow and I'll throw in a few more windows. 

Will definitely be watching the UCONN WOMEN playing for the Big East Title this evening.  Marquette gave them a pretty good run during the season so I hope the HUSKIES are fast and furious as they usually are. I love to watch them play. UCONN MEN have one last game Thursday against Providence before the Big East Conference Title games next week. They have a lot going for them this year.  I hope they can go all the way.  That would be the best! But both UCONNS are young so I'll just accept what they give us. We certainly enjoy watching their games.

Time to find something for supper. Not much in a cooking mood but I'll come up with something.  Puppy's Pop may have to help! Although he just picked up the Amazon package on the front porch and it's a new floor lamp for the living room and it needs assembly.  I may have to struggle through supper all alone. Hell's Bells - life can be tough! This photo is of a plane he was given because it was all messed up.  He took it all apart, made new pieces and did a great paint job actually using some of the deep red paint from the '71 El Camino.  Looking so good.  Can't wait to see it fly!

Quote:  A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called old for the first time.   ___O.W. Holmes

Slow, calm Sunday . . .

 We were up early this morning and drove to the VA in Baton Rouge so Puppy's Pop could get his Second Shot. That was a good thing done so we celebrated by going to Frank's in Baton Rouge for breakfast. I found out that I prefer the dining room on the left. It's brighter and we sat at a table for two by a window. Can't believe that I am eating grits and liking them. Bien sur I cover them with sugar which I doubt is the correct way to eat grits but they are much better than oatmeal. Frank's smokes its own bacon and I was quite happy with it. I really went all out and so did Puppy's Pop. The photos are from yesterday as the sun was going down. I am going to try to download another video and see if it is any easier this time! Watched the UCONN WOMEN beat Villanova in the Big East semi-finals this afternoon. Onward and upward! GO HUSKIES! Still going to Sunday Mass on line. I found a neat Mass on YouTube which originates in Toronto. It is in English and the sermons are just the perfect length and quite good!

Quote:  Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.  ____Sophocles

Oh wow, I think I did it! Red-headed Woodpecker . . .

We were at South Park a couple of days ago and I did manage to get a few pictures but I couldn’t get the video to download on this crazy blog. Well, I think I’ve found a way. I’m working on the iPad now so I’ll just give it a try.

Quote:  The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize. _______Milnes

Trying to fix my Red-headed Woodpecker video . . .

 

Not the video I was trying to put here but it is still a good one! Puppy's Pop and the Peacock at South Park.

Quote: If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument.  __If not, no monument can preserve my memory.      _______Agesilaus

It was an Eastern Bluebird kind of day . . .

 I did too much yesterday so today was just a plain, ordinary Louisiana Day for me. It started out cold but by afternoon we are in the 70's with clear blue skies, no clouds and dry air. Can't ask for anything better. Even my walk at South Park this morning found me dragging. Got a few photos and a pretty nice video of a Red-headed Woodpecker but it is too large to download here. I'll have to work on my editing skills. 

My UCONN HUSKIES, MEN and WOMEN are playing good basketball right now. I'd love to see them both go to the top of the National Championships. Not sure if this is the year for it but it'll be fun going along for the rides.

Quote:  A room hung with pictures, is a room hung with thoughts.  ___Sir Joshua Reynolds

It's never easy . . . not that it matters ! ! !

 

Lord, you can come up with some beautiful colors!

I miss this old birdbath.  Geez! The new one annoys me.

Very cold and rainy day but I did manage to get in my walk between the drops. Had to wear gloves, a toque and a good, old Connecticut jacket. When I got back I decided to check out some new cushions for Puppy's Pop's glider. Other than all new appliances  the furniture in our home came with us from the old homestead in Moosup. I believe that is the reason I feel so comfortable in Louisiana so far from our northern roots. I really don't like too many new furnishings and I certainly don't like spending money just to have new things when the old things are well made and comfortably worn. I never worry about anyone messing up the house because it's all used! That being said I must admit that Puppy's Pop's glider does need to be spruced up as it is no long comfortable. I've already had new cushions made for the glider in this little computer room and like them very much. I tried to reach the Newport Furniture store in Vermont but they sold their glider business to a company in Ohio and the Miller Cabinet Shop is not returning my call or email so we'll go to Watt's Furniture in Livingston tomorrow. I spoke with the manager and she said the best thing for me to do, since they don't deal with Newport Gliders, is to bring the cushions and pictures of the chair and ottoman to see what they can come up with to help me out. I'm looking forward to our expedition because I also need a new reading lamp. I have to have one available in every room where I might decide I'd like to sit and read. Yup, I need at least one more for the kitchen/dining area because overhead lighting isn't cozy for reading. I like to set my gliders near windows so I can feel as if I am out of doors at all times but this can be difficult lighting to read by when the days are rainy, grey and cold and the nights are, bien sur, dark with blinds closed.

Who knows I may even get Puppy's Pop to stop for lunch somewhere along the way.

Quote: 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, when discontent sits heavy at my heart.  __________Addison

May have over done it . . .

To Be Desired

Yeah, I just may have overdone it today. I'm even going to skip my constitutional! We were up later than usual and decided to go to Frank's on Airline in Baton Rouge for breakfast and then hit the Hobby Shop. Breakfast was Stuffed French toast with fresh blueberries, strawberries and sliced banana. Always tasty but must admit that Frank's in Prairieville does a much better job. Puppy's Pop had his usual eggs over medium, hashbrowns, hash and the 'best biscuits' in the world. We were still too early for the Hobby Shop so we returned home; I decided I would get to my springtime work a little early. Puppy's Pop set up the power washer for me before he went to South Park. I took everything I could move off of the back porch and backed my truck onto the driveway because I decided I would also power wash the cement on the truckport! Oh my goodness. That is always harder than I believe it is going to be. What is wrong with me? I manage to get twisted up in the power cord or the garden hose or the washer hose and the wand or whatever you call it. You've got to hold on pretty tightly to it so it doesn't go bonkers on you. Well four hours later, having worked through lunch, I finally finished up. It had been threatening rain but instead we got a pretty strong wind and lots of pinky-grey clouds. I dragged all the chairs etc. back onto the porch even though I had planned to wash them also. I just couldn't do one bit more. I collapsed in my Vermont Rocker in the kitchen and finally had a snack around 2:30. I had made a pumpkin bread yesterday and it was perfect toasted along with some good hot chocolate. The temperature had dropped into the 60's so the hot chocolate was great and warmed me up as I had gotten rather wet!

I don't think I'll bother with today's Advocate. I'll just get peeved. Sitting down and working on the very colorful puzzle I received for Christmas from a young friend should make me slow down enough to get the kinks out of my old bones!

Quote:  Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.   ____Barton