Outsmarted

Howdy and good morning!!  Well, the squirrels ripped off the flowers, drank the nectar and ruined two feeders for the hummers.  It was even worse when they chose to attack when the hummers are having families.   So, thinking hard and lookingfor a solution I found another feeder.  After a week or two I found one with painted ON flowers around the opening, not raiswed priable ones.  I thought that worked, but soon squirrels were trying hard to drink out of that too.  Scared the birds into not visiting.  

I used my best mean voice to scare them off.  The birds have come back, but...now I have the beautiful outdoor only cat from next door curled on my deck rail right under the feeder.  Perfect fur circle.  No hummingbirds.  

Next year I will stop trying.  I did set out something close by for the squirrels per suggestions, and they completely ignored it.  Afer a few weeks I gave up on that.

It has rained along with severe thunder and lightening storms each day for three weeks.  Town had flooding.  I am in the highest point of town- so that is not a problem for me.  Only if I need to be in certain areas.  Now I don't need to go in that area or on those roads.  

Happy Sunday to ye.  I am determined that it be one for me too.  😊

  

Won't Do That to You

 Oh, guys, remember when I said I did a face plant when my feet slipped out from me and I pitched straight forward to the floor.  Flat.  My left leg was injured more than I knew.  My shin, starting just under my knee cap and leg  came into comtact with the metal threshold from the outside door to the kitchen. It hurt very badly.  Then next day, I saw the doctore.  He said keep ice on it.

Now you ask, "what was it you won't do to us out here in blogland"?  It's showing you what it looks like now --and that starting right after the fall.  I took some pictures to send in a file to my Dr. through the Patient Portal.  

My  calf in front is totally bruised.  That nasty pea green now.  There is a puncture wound upper shin where it got the worst of the threshhold.  Very  red, angry and extremely painful.  Katie keeps headbonking my legs, and she is just at the right height to KILL me bonking that sore place.  My ankle is almost black, as is my entire foot except my toesies. 

I was gonna put a picture in here and decided not to after all. (I heard that groan of relief!!) 

See ya soon.  BTW, and update. I am putting antibiotic cream on that place on my shin and it iS better,  Starting to be itchy which is a great sign. 

 

 

How I Survive Light in My Eyes

 Not a lot worse for me, someone who does NOT sleep well at all in a bedroom with any ambient light seeping in than being in a bedroom with light seeping in off and on.

Katie's favorite brovver is here and in the spare room  When and if he gets up in the night, though he is quick to close the door right across from my room as quickly as he can. the light escapes straight into my room and wakes me.  This may happen 3 or so times per night, and I have a hard time getting back to sleep.   

Why is my door not closed, you ask? Because Katie Isabella is in and out all night long.  She sleeps with and on me...goes to her box, has a snack, bring me toys to play with and sings lulabyes to me.  All night long.  I can't close the door on her.  It would break our bond which is very tight.  So I suffer.  

However- I finally thought of this eye mask that my middle boy gifted me with years ago.  It's a little heavy, but it is an eye mask for night.  I always had it on the mirror of the dresser.  It's adorable. Finally tried it one night, and slept all the way through till Katie got me up.  Filled with silk and flax and made in Nepal. But it is still a little heavy.  Takes getting used to~ but hey...better than light blaring into my eyes. 

Above is my back yard.

This's and thats...

 I swiped this from somethere off Face Book.  It's perfect!  I have always enjoyed Carol Burnett.  To me, she is the best of commediennes.

I always watched that show when it was on, no matter what.  I only didn't like the outside on the front steps segments in skits that depicted  she and her hubby arguing horribly.  I used to go find something else to do until it was over.  There was no one in that show I didn't love seeing.  And their guest stars were perfect!  I would never have thought that Steve Lawrence and his wife Eydie Gorme´ could be so FUNNY! And all of Burnett's entertainment was right on the mark.  (except the arguing skits). 

Constant rain here...seems never stopping.  Torrential rains and thunder and lightening too. Sigh.

Here I am 3 winters ago on a walk up the street.  Thought my shadow was funny so I took the picture. Wearing a coat and...my bootcut jeans.  LOVE them suckers and glad they have made a re-appearance.  No wide flares for me.  Just bootcut  

Rotten News About Duck Duck Go

https://www.reviewgeek.com/118915/duckduckgo-isnt-as-private-as-you-thought/

I went to Duck Duck Go to avoid a bit of invasiveness but...of course, it is all a farce.  They're apparently trying to do damage control.  If I put this on Face Book they would do their phoney so-called  fact check and either get rid of it, or publish a book under it saying how it isn't true. 

Meanwhile it is in the very high 90's every day.  Has been, still is. Hottest ever this early.

One of my kids has just left for the Phillipines.  He just texted us from Los Angeles.  I don't like it but..it is an honor for him.  But I don't like it at all. 

On the CB we were talking about the Fill-Ins we do once a week.  I recall several of us mentioned certain styles of the 70's and 80's including those Green Bay Packer shoulder pads for women and true bell bottoms, not boot cuts. I like bootcut pants.  But those shoulder pads...please!