Rather Quiet Around Here

 August 17, 2020

Good morning.  It's gray and cool today, so far.  The sun should come out soon and temps should reach the low to mid seventies.  Tis another nice day here in New England. 

There's not a lot happening around here.  Yesterday, Deanne and Eddie did some grocery shopping for me.  Then Joe trimmed the hedge outside my living room window and swept up a lot of the debris on the ground from the trees.  Assorted leaves, pine needles, pine cones, etc.  

Joe told me a funny story about what happened to him the other day while he was fishing.  He was wearing a yellow safety vest (from his work) and a beautiful butterfly landed on him.  He shook it off but it kept coming back to land on him.  He kept moving, but the butterfly was fascinated with Joe, and it wasn't leaving him alone.  He did take a photo of the butterfly once when it landed on the grass.  Eventually he figured out that it was his yellow vest that was exciting the butterfly.  Hmmm, interesting.  Here is his butterfly.

Animals tend to like Joe.  He never realized it, but when he started feeding the birds and critters in our yard, we all noticed how the birds would sit on a branch and wait for him to fill their feeder.  The critters on the ground wouldn't hide.  Instead they would sit and wait for Joe to set out their food.  Some would even follow him around a bit.  The turkeys will sometimes come right up to the front porch and wait for Joe to bring out their food.

As for me, I've done a little bit of crocheting, finishing one of my smaller projects.  It's a green purse.

Today I think I may work on the purple poncho for a while.  If I stick with it, I just might be able to have it finished this week.  Then, of course, I still have to finish that navy blue afghan.  These items are Christmas gifts so they have to come first before my fun projects.  I want them wrapped and in boxes ready for mailing before December.  

I don't know what just happened, but my spacing problem here on blogger seems to have corrected itself while I was typing.  Wow!  Dare I hope that it is finally fixed?  We'll see when I start typing tomorrow's post.  

Sometime today I want to sit down and write a couple notes.  Then I will call Beth to see how she is doing.  She has been quarantined to her bedroom until the results from her Covid test come back.  I will also call my cousin Anita to see if she is feeling better now.  She had a biopsy (done on her face)  Friday afternoon, and her face has been very sore.  

Now I want to do a bit of blog reading before getting started on this new day.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all stay safe and have a fantabulous day.  

Hugs, Edna B.