Beautiful sunshine warmed the temps up admirably. I'm sorry, but the camera on my phone is not able to pick up the beautiful color the sun shining on this bird produces. I told BD it had to do with the refraction of the the light. He smiles, knowing how often I make totally unfounded statements like that. There are also some mallards swimming in the pond. No Anhinga today.
Monday morning.
Up at 6:30 to shower and dress, check emails and messages. Out the door at 7:50 to walk with my old friend, BD.
First we exchange as many crossword puzzles cut from the newspaper as we have made progress on. He fills in the Acrosses and I do Downs till we complete a puzzle or fill in what we can of the other's blanks or in a final move, we "Ask a Friend" named Mr. Google. I'm actually content with abandoning mostly finished puzzles for a new one, but BD wants all the answers filled in. If we finish a puzzle or get totally frustrated we start a new puzzle or two to keep things going.
We walk a circuit in our neighborhood of about 2 miles. Occasionally we reverse or vary the route a bit but enjoy seeing several of our neighborhood dogs walking their masters and always pause to assess the birds at the pond in Capri II. Mallards, Moscovies, Little Blue Heron, Anhinga are the usual residents. Others visit from time to time like the pair of Canada Geese we saw one morning. On the banks we may see Sand Hill Cranes, Ibis, Egrets. In the bushes might be Woodpeckers, or Red Winged Blackbirds. A flock of Bluebirds are scouting for territory after the successful nesting box was put up last year by the Audubon Society. Higher up we might see Red Shouldered Hawks and often a few Crows. There are lots of turtles in the pond and frogs live in the corner full of papyrus.
I'm home now, having had morning coffee and a salad that would have been better had I made it into a smoothie. Tomorrow is another day.
How do your days go?
Where have I been? I wonder.
On a whim I was looking up some old friends in the Blog World. Some old faithfuls are still here. Nice to see.
But, where have I been?
My last post was from the end of my last visit to Japan 4 1/2 years ago. Here in Florida I have been living in a condo since then. A little has changed, I'm 4 years older (as are we all). I've made some new friends for which I'm grateful and what's more, I have managed to hang on to a few old ones.
I am officially retired. On Social Security and all that. Still driving a car. No major illnesses or accidents. Exercising 5 or 6 days a week. Still looking at dropping a few pounds. Toying with Veganism due to reported health benefits. I still think of myself as someone who sews and if I don't actually sit down to the machine soon I may be declared retired there as well.
My sister has recently purchased a condo more or less across the street from me. Her husband died at the end of March and her vision has declined dramatically due to severe glaucoma. So I have been working with her to settle in and get up to speed with the things she needs to do.
Leave me a comment if you have the time and the inclination.
