It’s a beautiful day in Alabama. I must say we had a lot of rain this past
Friday and Saturday, but it has been sunny and 80 ever since.
This week has been one of those weeks where I did my
laundry, finished reading two books (they were both good), and finished and
mailed my taxes. We had a couple of days
early in the week that were very windy and a couple of nights that we had a
freeze and/or frost. Hopefully, that is
over now. In fact, it was so windy (how
windy was it you asked?) that it blew one of my birdfeeders off the hook and I
found it by the birdbath. As for the
cold (how cold was it you asked?) my hummingbird feeders actually froze. Speaking of the hummingbird feeders,
yesterday I had my first two hummingbirds eating at the feeders. This was Monday 3/31.
Sill watching the eagles.
The baby is starting to get regular feathers now and is moving around
more in the nest. My purple martin house
is really busy. It looks like every area has a nest. The birds have been flying in and out
constantly.
Wednesday morning I had my hair cut. Then later in the afternoon I headed for
church. The Prime Timers group that I belong to serves a meal once a month to
raise money for different projects. They
used to do it twice a month but it got to be too much for the small group. Last year they did not do it at all; that’s
why I didn’t know about it. Anyway, I
helped set up, fix some of the food, and clean up. Scott and Linda did the serving. After dinner we had bible study. A great evening. On the way home Renea sent me a text (which I
did not read until I was home since I was driving) asking if I had ice
cream. A silly question – I always have
ice cream. So I called her, she picked
her choice of peanut butter cup, I took it over and we both had a dish of
peanut butter cup ice cream – yummmmm!
Had a nice visit with both Kevin and Renea. Roscoe and Lola were also glad to see me J That’s because I give them treats.
Thursday I spent the day cutting my grass. Friday I went to
the doctor for my lab results (all is well), post office, bank and Walmart. We had about 2 inches of rain. My rain gauge
cracked this winter because of the cold so I’m not sure exactly how much rain
we had. I’m just going by the weather on
the news. Kevin and Renea treated to
supper at Ryan’s. Stephanie and her room mate (Rachael) met us there and were also
treated to supper. Next we stopped at Stephanie’s since she was having trouble
with her washer. Turned out to be a stopped up drain. This trip was the first time I rode in Kevin’s
new truck and I can’t get in without a step. He now carries a two step ladder
for me.
Saturday I went to Lowe’s with Kevin and Renea. I bought a Chinese Snowball Viburnum bush and
2 Compact Japanese Holly bushes. Kevin and
Renea bought an apple tree, orange tree and red grapefruit tree along with
seeds, etc. for the garden. After arriving home and unloading the truck Kevin
grilled pork chops for supper. We all sat and discussed the garden etc for a
while.
Sunday Kevin planted their apple, orange and grapefruit
trees in his backyard. He also put up
the fence around the garden. Renea
planted everything in the garden. Kevin
also planted my snowball bush and the two compact Japanese holly bushes. He also planted three of my crepe myrtles in
the front yard. I tried to help as much
as I could, but I don’t think I was much help.
I watered my bushes and carried a few things for both Kevin and Renea. Kevin also staked my weeping willow. The wind
had blown it so far over that it was almost laying flat.
Renea had put meatballs and spaghetti sauce in the crockpot
for supper. Add the spaghetti and garlic
bread and it was awesome. Needless to
say, it was an early night!
