New Header Photo

 I added a new header photo so you can see what we are dealing with.  Meet Finley and Fiona Foxx.  One of their children is running around someplace.  They are wet because it is raining.  I wanted it to rain so I could read — see how well that worked out?  I digress.

Finley and Fiona played on the deck most of the night.  In one or two camera captures we saw a younger one.  And we even got a snap of Penelope Possum.  She has been around for a long time and we have even seen what is probably one of her kiddos — a much smaller version of herself.  

I guess foxes don’t care for  possum.  That is good I guess.  However, if my childhood pediatrician were here, he would be trapping them to eat them.  He liked possum.  Yech!!!!   

It is getting dark earlier.  Have you noticed?  I took Trixie out for her last call at about 8:30 and it was already dark so we stayed close to the house — far away from the deck.  However, I looked along the fence line as I always do because that is how Penelope travels, and I was met with two glowing  eyes staring at me from under a lantana plant.  I don’t know if it was a possum or a fox but I told Miss Trixie to get a jiggle on because I wasn’t staying out there for very long.  It is one thing to watch the shenanigans on a camera feed but when you feel like you are being watched, in person, and discover you ARE — quite another thing altogether.

I read until midnight on my new kindle and I would love to share with you what is going on in “The Art of Inheriting Secrets” but that would spoil it now wouldn’t it?  Don’t you always form a mental image of the characters in your mind when you read?  Well, my idea of Olivia was shattered last night in the passages of her going to dinner at Pavi’s restaurant “Coriander”.  Now I have to rethink the whole thing!  This book certainly has a lot of imagery to help form those images, it is very easy to place yourself there mentally and it is very enjoyable.  This is the second book I have read by Barbara O’Neal and I definitely recommend.

Well, I guess I will go try to accomplish what I didn’t accomplish yesterday.  I think when I fell last year and wiped out my wrist I also damaged my back.  I don’t think anything was broken but I do know I have arthritis in my back and my hip and it seems to be a lot worse these days.  It seems I am sitting down between tasks so much more often than I used to and some days I don’t get up at all. So, word to wise, old people shouldn’t fall down! 

So, on that note — well, we will see how the day goes.