Spectaular Saturday

It has been a spectaular Saturday. I was up and out early this morning to King Louie's for my periodic visit with Stuart for a haircut and color. She did a spectaular job as usual.

On to a visit wth Mom. She is looking quite well and appears to be recovering quite nicely from her surgery. It was good visiting. We hung out on the back deck and just enjoyed being outside. It was nice to watch the birds, and hear them. I even broke out the camera to shoot a few fairly good pictures of a couple of birds that bravely visited the birdfeeder hanging off the edge of the deck railing.

Now, Mom can just rattle off the types of birds that come to visit, and if I have remembered correctly. The first photo is of a Tufted Titmouse and the others are of a Carolina Chickadee. I was amazed to see the last photo - at the time that I took the shot I didn't know that the seed was in his beak. Cool!







The apartment is not nearly as 'private', sitting out to just enjoy the day on the patio isn't the same. The neighbors are walking right in your face and the kids will mess around with you while you're outside. They like to find out why you're sitting outside. The patio also does have it's hazards as well - particularly stuff falling through the decking from the second floor apartment.

I did a bit of shopping on the way home to find replacement chair cushion for one of my patio chairs that had been ruined by dripping wax from the upstairs apartment. I was lucky enough to find two for the price that one would have cost a couple of weeks ago. They were even cheaper than attempting to have the one cleaned. Oily wax just isn't coming out. The oily wax had gone into the stuffing of the cushion. The chairs do look brighter now. It won't be long before it's time to pack them up and put them away for the winter. Maybe I can get the maintenance department to get the way out of the deck boards from the upstairs apartment, since the neighbors haven't attempted to clean it up.

The afternoon has been relaxing, I read The Last Lecture. Very good book, the actual lecture is online as well and it is equally good and makes you think about what your childhood dreams are and working to accomplish them. Walter game me a call this evening. He has spent just about the whole day out shooting with some of the guys from work. Poor thing they shot so much that the trigger on one of his guns wore out from use. He's getting it checked out before he gets home this evening to see if it is easily repairable. - Terrific news. No need to do any repairs to the gun, it was only a loose screw. He's going to out this evening to run around with Patrick. They usually have a really good time when they get together.

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Thought For the Day: “’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” — Thomas Paine