Mar 21, 2012
Today, I hung a finch feeder in the redbud tree that lives in the front yard. Excited to have a leg-up on the pesky neighbor “finch attracting competition”, I later found I only got about a 30-minute head start. Watching me with binoculars, they quickly followed suit and hung their feeder as well.
I tried the “hummingbird attraction competition” a few years back and lost miserably. Those little flippy birds can starve for all I care! But now, I’m hoping to do a bit better with the finch population. I got this GREAT feeder today (will share photos laters with bajillions of hungry little finches feeding around it), and bought the GOOD STUFF when it comes to finch seed. I figure with the coolest restaurant and the best food, they will come.
I had a few lookers, but no takers…and it wasn’t long until I found out why! First, if you were a bird, would you come close to this?
Was it enough the pesky neighbors conned my dog into working for them? No.
This is Perry, taking down the sign they planted right under the new finch feeder that read:
POISON! FLY WEST!
Mar 20, 2012
Walking past the window half-awake this morning, out of the corner of my eye I see something falling onto the grass. My first thought (remember, I’m still waiting on that first cup of coffee), was “SNOW!” Not hardly. The blooms falling from the redbud tree have blanketed the grass beneath it, and the light wind was poofing it around — just like the snow we didn’t get this winter.
Dude can’t believe it’s only the first day of spring…
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”
~Robin Williams
Mar 19, 2012
It was Friday night, I don’t remember the exact time. The pesky neighbors had driven for about 14 hours, had just arrived home about an hour before, and had jobs they needed some help with. When the phone rang, I expected it to be the “report for duty” message, but instead, it was from the mini meatloaf diva. She was already in the driveway.
Knowing my birthday was the following day, this meatloaf diva walked in with a full plate of ding dong cupcakes, twice-baked potatoes that are to die for and… a whole bunch of mini meatloaves!! Even though I’d already eaten dinner, I had a potato and a ding dong cupcake and later that night, I savored my first mini meatloaf. The coolest thing is… yesterday, after working outside in the yard most of the day and being so tired I certainly didn’t want to cook — there was a huge plate of mini meatloaves in the refrigerator calling my name.
As I said before — my birthday was amazing. A new iPad (that I’m sure you’ll hear more about later — thanks, Perry, Ben, Amber, Coco, & Coty!), a gift certificate from my favorite brother and family (gotta love having money to spend for new gadgets) and good food (you’re awesome, Alisa, a.k.a. meatloaf goddess) — and of course, the thoughtful phone calls and messages were fabulous too — and ensured I enjoyed my special day.
Dinner at The Cheesecake Factory — courtesy Scott McKain. Thangyavedymuch!
Mar 18, 2012
When I pull weeds from the flower gardens in front of the house, I think of Sherry Bridges. Sherry is a stickler for her flowers — so much so, she probably names them. Every. Single One. Me? I just pull weeds, and sometimes one of my nameless flowers gets grabbed in the process. Oh well.
Forecast for the ville is mid 80’s all week, and even though the first day of spring isn’t here yet, the grass evidently didn’t get the memo. It was fun to get outside and work in the yard, and we got a pretty good start shaping up the place.
Before I close today’s post, I want to mention all the wonderful birthday thoughts, calls, notes and more from friends. They were all appreciated and special. My birthday was amazing! The one birthday wish that made me laugh out loud was a voice message song… “Happy Biiiirthday, Senior Vice President of Marketinggggg…”
Time to shower and find something for dinner… day is done.
Mar 17, 2012
Today is my Mom’s birthday. She’s 29 again. She says that getting older isn’t so bad, and I totally agree. I’ll soon be 77.
I’ve been drinking all morning. Green beer since it’s St Patrick’s Day. I think I’ll go order a pizza since I overheard the others talking about leaving soon for birthday dinner and I’m not invited. Have a green beer for me… and one for my Mom too since it’s her birthday.
