270 - What I Did Today

Noticed these leaves starting to bud out

Realized that I *had to* mow

Watched Bo meditate

Put ribs in the crockpot

Killed two of these, shoo'd one out of the house and am stalking two more.

Refilled the hummingbird feeder because my hummingbird hovered in front of the window to let me know he was back thankyouverymuch, so could he please have some nectar? Yes.

Hauled this to the curb, thank you Brian for the cart!

Hung this. I love windchimes... blow wind blow!

And mowed... but only the parts that absolutely needed it... well, the parts that we walk on anyway. The rest will have to wait.

Tomorrow I need to plant these... they've hung on all winter and the reward for not dying is a happy home in the ground if I can manage to dig the holes deep enough.

And I need to plant these...

And I can't wait to plant this! A sycamore tree. All the leaves are at the bottom of the stem, which I hope will change, but I'm excited to see the little buds unfurl. I miss my "old" sycamore tree.

Oh, and I cleaned up the mess in the back yard too... as much as I could.

And now I'm wiped out...

269 - That old familiar feeling

I'm here... he's there... People wonder how we do it. I can't really explain it except that we've always done it and sometimes it has to be done. I'm not sure it ever gets easier, but we have our routine and it seems to work.

Not much else to report. Or maybe I'm just too tired to think straight. Seems to be a theme lately.

Bird.

Moo cow.

Sleeping with the enemy

Another moo cow. They were all pretty close to the fence this morning.

Sleepy time.

268 - The progression of a day

I'm plumb wore out...

Because Mike was headed out for the funeral I needed to get the rental car situation sewn up so on Friday I played phone ping pong with the dealership and insurance company until I got the promise of a loaner car from Mini. We went to Brentwood... two hours each way, so a four hour roundtrip and I am in a Clubman until the end of the week (because they think it will be ready by then and I told them I couldn't make it back until the weekend). We gorged ourselves on Chuy's... because it was there, we regretted it later, but not at the time because it tasted so good.

Saturday I was busy doing laundry and cleaning the house so Mike would have what he needed and Brian would have a clean bed to sleep in. I think I finished up just as he made it here, he took the same detour as mom and dad did, which apparently makes our house look awesome in comparison.

So today, I was going to rest. True to form, I didn't... I ended up clearing out the mancave couch, putting things away in the kitchen and cleaning up debris from the header install. It's 9 am and I am ready to go back to bed. I'm tired of being tired all the time.

Pictures Mike took. I like the perspective he used, I didn't think of getting down to their level.

A new kind of bird

Bootsie got collared. I figure around here, with all the strays, it's probably a good idea to let people know this is a pet.

I know Bo pees in the yard... I just can't figure out where...

Sunset last night was cool so I took this pic. It reminded me of the Australian outback. Not that I've ever been there, just the sunset shot they tend to use in movies set in Australia.

Brian pretending to be decrepit. Or more decrepit. :)

The Bo-Bo's was unable to join us and this makes him dreadfully unhappy.

Please let me out...

Bo already missing dad, watching as they pull out of the driveway.

Somewhere around 6 am the sun started to rise.

And then the colors started to come...

Bo was unimpressed.

Birds.

And more birds

Watching After Earth, will probably fall asleep... although hunger and sleep are at war within me at the moment, so I may succumb to food first.