At-home Day

Well, we did get snow, quite a bit and the blowing was fairly bad. We still have the warning, but I think we're just about done with the snow now, thank goodness! We didn't lose power, though some people did. It was really cold today so I'm glad we didn't. 

I had an at-home day though I wasn't as productive as I hoped. I always feel...off if I don't go out first thing. Sounds strange but once I'm past the time I get home usually, I'm ok. I got distracted first thing as I heard crows in the garden, so I opened the door to take a look and scared off a hawk sitting on the back porch. He flew into a nearby tree. I managed to get a few photos of him. As he sat there, seven deer came into the garden and up to the feeder table. They were obviously looking for food as it is harder for them to find it in the winter. The hawk sat there in the tree for ages so there weren't any other birds around. It finally left and they came back. 

I did get all of the things done on the list I had written down. I'm glad I wrote them down or I would have daydreamed the whole day away. It was a busy housework day (which I had sort of forgotten) and I did manage to get all the house-y stuff done too. 

The book series I pulled off the shelf consisted of (including a couple extras) SEVENTEEN books! Woah!

I struggled with the craft room bit. I had to force myself to get rid of a few items from there. I actually managed TEN items, but it was tough. It's not like I've used them, or plan on using them. I just struggled. Obviously, something I am going to have to work on. 

I still really like these, but - sigh - am I going to actually use them? I want a space that makes me feel like creating and that's what I have to keep in mind as I go forward. I think I am going to have to be a bit more brutal about getting rid of craft items, but I'm not sure I'm ready to do it quite yet. 

A few photos from the garden today

It's Friday!

Cloudy and rainy yesterday. Cloudy and snowy today. Sigh. Can't say I'm happy it's cloudy again. Yesterday I got rained on while I was out for my walk, today I got snowed on. It was quite peaceful. And muddy. Very muddy. And slippery. I'm feeling quite uninspired going out walking. 

My funny little squirrel was out in the garden again. Not sure if it's a boy or girl, haven't looked quite that closely lol, but it is getting quite bold. I barely got out of my car before s/he was up at the door begging for a peanut! At one point s/he was up on the garage looking very cute and scratching its ears. 

Really made me smile! 

With the horrible weather out the birds were busy at the feeders. I went out at one point to put some food out and was surprised there were no birds around. It was only as I was heading back into the house that I realised exactly why. 

This hawk was sitting on the fence! Looking for lunch I assume! Not sure if it managed to catch anything or not, but few birds came back for the rest of the day. Even the usual evening Cardinals seemed to be missing. Sigh. 

Midweek - books and things

Son didn't go to work today. He was a little stiff and sore. His job is quite physical, so he was worried about having to crawl around and the pain it would cause. It's quite uncomfortable with work trousers on too! He did go back to the clinic and had his burns checked. He has to go back again tomorrow. He is going back to work though and will go to the clinic late in the morning. I suppose they have to be really carefully that the burns aren't infected. Apparently, son says he has one large blister that hasn't burst yet (yuck!). 

My arm is a bit better today. I thought I was going to back to normal, but later in the afternoon I had another moment when I didn't feel well, achy, shivery. I took some more pain pills and felt better after a little while. I'm hoping that's the last of it. 

I ran some errands today. No walk. It was rainy most of the morning and overall dull. I decided to run the errands I had to do and had a little look around in a couple of shops. I gave in and bought a few books at the dollar store. 

They had quite a few, but these were the ones that caught my attention. I stopped at the bookshop and bought...nothing! I was really pleased, but there wasn't really anything I wanted.

I finished my 97th book of the year today - only 3 more to reach my goal of the year! I really enjoyed this one. I have read Pieces of Her and (I think) I've watched it on Netflix. I didn't realise that this one followed on from that book. I borrowed it from the library as I really enjoy reading her books. It took me a moment (and checking on Amazon) to realise that this book did follow on from that one and then it began to make more sense! I got through it pretty quickly as I really wanted to know what happened next! 

My Day 299 Phone Photo Things That Make Me Smile was a visitor to our garden. When I got up this morning and looked out of the window there was a mama and a young male deer outside. After I had put out some birdseed on the feeder table this guy came up to visit!

He was a little cautious of me, but didn't run away when I took several photos of him (with my phone and with my camera!)