~ redpoll ~

Gorgeous days, temperature hovering at freezing point. Everett gives the wild birds sunflower seeds in small feeders hung from branches near the dining room window. He can stand right beside the redpolls and chickadees, which are not at all bashful. They are joined by house sparrows and woodpeckers. Today he said there were about 40 of them out there at the same time. They have become very vocal over the past week, like they're having a heck of a party.

Some birds aren't so fortunate. They fly into the window and don't get up again.

Yesterday morning I was delighted to discover that I can see out into the garden area through the trees behind the house. A deer was making its way across the open area and I thought that was dandy, till a little later she was right outside the kitchen window. This photo was taken from inside but when I was outside by the step, she just gazed back at me without a worry.

I've had Karen's Grand Am this week so have not been inconvenienced by the condition of my van, for now. It's going to cost over $5000 to fix, though, so it's possible the insurance company will write it off. Everett and I went into town on Wednesday and stopped at Weneeda Park Lodge to see Grandma. We found her watching Esther Gohl, another lady from Margo, play solitaire.

Went out to walk not long ago, met Scott coming home, stuck out my thumb, did a seductive (ha; goofy is more like it) dance, and when he rolled down his window, asked him if he’d like to take me for a little drive.

“Could take that paint,” he nodded toward a five-gallon pail on the floor of the half-ton, “over to the other place.”

I hopped in, and Sara the hound with me, which is unusual but she hadn’t seen me all day or been for a walk with me for a while, so must have wanted to make sure she didn’t miss an opportunity. We drove over

and went inside and I saw the new wall-less wall and went WOW! HONEY! THANK YOU!

What a difference it makes to have those two walls out of there; even more than I imagined. Suddenly the room doesn’t look tiny when you walk in. I had to kiss him, that’s how thrilled and grateful I felt.

Earworm, cannot stop singing:
oh where have you been billy boy billy boy
oh where have you been darling billy?
i have been to see my wife
she's the joy of my life
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

which drives everyone crazy, because i know no more and keep singing this small bit

and what put it in my head today?