November 24, 2012

  • squirrel

    It's been cold all day.  The sun was shining, but giving very little warmth.  Tomorrow it may be up to 50.  Dennis and I plan to hang the outside lights.  We talked about putting up the Christmas tree tonight, but neither of us had the energy.  I slept 10 hours last night, but it still wasn't enough.  Hopefully I'll be perkier tomorrow.

    The squirrels continue to hang out in the walnut tree.  They chatter and act extremely annoyed any time Lucas and I walk under it.  I used my big lens & got a photo of this guy munching on a black walnut up in the top branches of the tree. 

    We have new neighbors in the rental house across the street.  They have a pick up truck with some kind of loud muffler...or maybe no muffler. It's loud (did I mention it was really loud?) and they like to rev it up every time they start it up, or before they turn it off.  They are also burning leaves in their yard...it's probably damp enough out after the rain yesterday, that it won't be a problem.  I certainly wouldn't burn leaves that close to my house, but I'm probably just a worry wart.

    My friend Marsha recommended a vampire book/series to me. The first book is The Passage.  So far I'm just reading the "background" and meeting the characters.  I like it so far.  Shades of Stephen King as well as Michael Crichton. A lot more science and explanations, but already a feeling of the cosmos being in a battle of good and evil.  Did I mention the government and military are also involved?

    Tomorrow I will have to devote part of my day to finishing Out Live Your Life by Max Lucado. The book club will discuss it Monday afternoon.  It's about doing good (quietly) and making a big difference.  

    Well, I'm wearing my green pre-snuggie outfit.  It's been called "tela-tubby", "smurf suit (even though it is not bue) and "thing one" (as in Dr. Seuss).  I call it warm & cozy.