Alan's new friend

 Another beautiful day. the sliders are open until the heat arrives later. Yesterday was the podiatrist visit. the decision at this time is to treat an Achilles tendon issue. Steroids for the week, 4% Lidocaine patch during the day and a brace to stretch the tendons at night. Not sure how I will be able to sleep with the contraption on. Also...no walking barefoot! what will I do? I need to wear backless with a bit of lift heel shoe so not to be flat to the ground. Sis Lynowl said she is going to order a bubble to put me in!!!  it will be interesting to see what Murphy will have to say about the brace.

Alan waited outside while I was in the doctor office. That is where he met this fellow. A young coyote who remained about 10 feet away while they chatted. The time of morning was 11:15...they are out at anytime at anyplace. 

Today will be a lazy day except for swishing and fluffing in the laundry area this morning. I may make a new travel pillow size pillowcase for my pillow on my rocking chair. Those pillows fit so nice for the lower back. the faeries still have not arrived to do the chores so off I must go. So nice to chat with you today. thank your for your kind words and for your friendship.

Hot days are here

☀It would seem the triple digits are here to stay. Heat advisories daily...Murphy ignored them yesterday. He insisted on laying out in the lanai all morning. Today he is napping by my side.  It is 106 at the moment...so indoors we will stay. Alan and Lisa are at work so it is just the two of us. Me?, I am watching a movie. Lisa took me to Safeway this morning for a few things and I could not wait to get back home and remove the mask...

I made each of us 2 masks...one of Alan's was with him at work when I took this photo. So many are not wearing them in the market.
Our tomato plants are getting ready in the Kitchen Garden....

These are on the "old" plant and there are several. Glad I did not remove it when we picked the last tomato. We bought a new one

This is the new one which is Husky cherry  and already has several bunches. Since none are ready I had to buy some today.

This pepper plant is called Candy Cane...do you see the light creamy color stripe? The peppers will be stripped and sweet. The Poblano plant does not have anything yet. I need to replace the Italian flat leaf parsley when next I can get to a nursery. Lisa is tending to the Basil plant in a pot on the shelf.
Well, I am needing a good sit down. My injection area is sore today...an ache that will not quit. Swishing and fluffing in the laundry area is finished. The galley area of the kitchen floor needs a wash, but it can wait. So nice to chat with you all. I hope you are taking care and being as careful as possible. Thank you for your kind words and for your friendship. 

Keeping busy

Thank you... for those who have been worried about my not posting. Your emails hugged me! I just was just having an off week. Not everyday/week is perfect. The weather has been crazy...very windy. I thought I was going to be joining Dorothy somewhere over the rainbow late yesterday with how windy it was. Anyway, I have kept busy.
If you know me then you know I love my wildlife friends.... but. Yes, but! We have always had a crow or two stop by the front bird bath to wash their food. Most likely the dried bread is from the McDonald's which is a mile East of my abode. It seems they discovered the fountain in the garden. If it were a large fountain maybe not so bad but it is not. Taking bread and swishing it around and then yourself then turns to an almost empty fountain that will not bubble. Leaving unfinished food, well that won't do! Always busy around my garden for sure.

The Cathedral Quilt Snowman ornament is almost complete. Just need to get out to get some trim for it. Each side has a different snowman. I am thinking of making it into a small hanging pouch... I think the little girl who this is for may like it. I can tuck a bit of $$ in and it can still be hung on the tree.

Santa has pants and the start to his boots. Today while I watch tennis the burro will get his legs. Of course there are beads to add to the boots. Looking good.

Time to get back to the Tennis Open and move the swishing into fluffing in the laundry area. Hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend. Thank you for the kind words ad emails... I am okay. Thank you for your friendship.... good friends are treasures.

The fix-it morning

This morning is starting out "cooler"...only 90 but we are still in heat advisory mode. So they said do it early if you need to go out. I went to check the fountain and to top it off...it was empty. The heat yesterday was 114 so evaporate it did. I decided to finally do the cleaning it so needed. It really was quite simple. Only took about a half hour … okay a bit longer but still easy. Now it has clean parts and is full again and so is the front birdbath. So on to the shower...yes I did get a short one in the garden but this was the real one. Must get a bath rug for in front of the sink...powder on tile makes for a slippery floor. Time to turn the computer back on...no internet was the message! Now this was impossible because the tablet is working and the TV is also.  The quick earlier post is now happening a little later than planned. All is working now, inside and outside.

This is the star made yesterday. Robyn and I chose the fabric when she was here...good choice Robyn! I enjoyed our visit.
I finally put gas in the car...yes, the first time since The Brother Alan did so at the end of May! He already knows that I will not be doing this once he arrives..... he already figured this out I am sure. Then since I was already at Fry's for the gas I went in to get laundry detergent.... found out that I ran out when I attempted to do some swishing early yesterday morning...now swishing.

I plan to sit in my comfy chair and stitch on Santa....
Not very much to show but there will be the next time you see it. No red velvet hat for this cowboy! I think I will be adding beads as I go along instead of waiting till the end. In between working on this I will be making a few Christmas colored beaded bauble ornaments. Once I order beads I will get back to a couple of pods too.
Right now I must feed my growling stomach and start the fluffing in the laundry area. Happy to chat with you today. Thank you for the kind words and for your friendship.

It's official....

A beautiful cool morning here, yes we are in a "cool down" from the mid to high 90s to the high70s. The afternoons have been quite windy but I do not mind because the buoy bell and the many chimes just sound lovely. Not happy about the debris that lands here. The garden is a corner property so everything lands here.

Not only is the garden in bloom, one of my violets is too! Look how bright white and sparkly the petals are. After Denny passed it seems my violets did too. Once there were 6 here in my kitchen window now only 2.  The crow just announced his arrival to the pond for a drink. He swoops in and out. The sliders and front door are open to let in the breeze. I thought I was doing laundry...but forgot to add the clothes into the washer....so now I have a very clean washing machine. Repeat process: click on, add Tide, add clothes close machine lid.

Do you see what is on the clock? It's official, there is a nest with a Dove couple! I actually considered taking this clock down but guess it is still prime housing. It does offer good protection with the front as it is and it is under the overhang. The male is sitting on the wall waiting for his turn on the nest. She is there all evening and they will switch shortly. Amazing how they are. Unfortunately they have been using my Plumeria as the jump-up to the nest. That will end today when I move it from under the nest.
The hand has been too sore to stitch... still. I hope to try today even if only for a few minutes at a time. The bite however is much better. The antibiotic is working but of course I am having a few of the side effects.... tiredness when I first take it which is not bad at night as it has helped with sleeping, mild headache and stomach issues but  I am dealing with it. Today the A/C is due for the Spring check-up so at home I will be. I do have a few things to do around here to keep me busy. With that, I think I will have breakfast so I can do the chores. So nice that you stopped by today. Thank you for your kind words and for your friendship.

It's still dark outside

Here I am not only awake but up and out of bed at 5 AM and the washing machine is swishing . My coffee began with an issue...I should say that there would not have been half ground beans all over the counter if I had not lifted the grinder lid while the beans were still whirling. So it was start over and now I am enjoying my first cup of the day. I think my love of coffee comes from my dad who loved his coffee. He had a wood burning stove in the basement and would pour water and coffee (already ground) into the pot and bring it to the boil. Not my kind of coffee, but I do enjoy fresh brewed coffee. I tried tatting yesterday afternoon but I have a small cut on the index finger that got caught few times and do that ended. Instead it was back to the computer to ...well, let me start from the beginning. Friend Dianna makes beautiful picture books with Shutterfly. She offered me a coupon for a free 8x8 20 page book. Yes, I want to make a book. So yesterday she brought the coupon and gave me a crash course on how to navigate the site. We took a break and went for a hamburger and then I returned to ...let me just say it took quite a time to upload and scan photos. Guess what I will be doing for the next week.
The Sweet Memory is in bloom

Do you see him hidden in the blooms? Lots of blooms to enjoy right now out there. I think there is a tomato getting ready for me. Those beans...they are growing but yet to see beans.  Remember the fluorescent light issue? Late yesterday it was working just fine. Last night and this morning...back to only half a light. Just when I thought I would not be playing with it...I think (she says with a note of know-it-all) it is a loose connection. We shall see later today when I attempt to check it out. The residents in the aquarium are having a spa day...adding water and a shot of water treatment so it will be a later breakfast for them. Amazingly they are doing well.
Still have not gotten into the Christmas storage cupboard to find the village...right now it is take one wash out and put another in. So, hate to leave you but today is the maids day off. Thank you for chatting with me and for your kind words and for your friendship.