I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.
I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.
I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.
My family buried secrets. I'll never know the answers to at least two events that apparently traumatized me as a child. I'm still bitter about that. Yes, I know I should let go; but, they colored my life for most of it.
It's hard for me to pick a favorite, too, but I also like and remember Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." That's the one I decided to memorize to recite to the class back in grade school. It still often pops in my mind. I think it's the easy rhythm and rhyme and the great description so well woven in. The only favorite book I remember is from way back also, "The Little Airplane." Maybe these are because I'm still a kid, even though seven decades later.
my phone does it all but I am constantly frustrated with the amount of text messages I received during the election and now with Christmas approaching. I'm spending too much time blocking numbers and reporting them as spam.
Quote: Doubt is a great worm in a crispy, red apple. by Sally Gardner {link:https://www.quotemaster.org/red+apple}
I didn't know there was such a thing as Eat A Red Apple Day. The apples I have presently, are Mackintosh. They have red even in the apple flesh closest to the skins. Apples are cholesterol free, fat free, and a good source of fiber.
I got up at 6:30 A.M. to replenish the corn stove. Snow everywhere outside. But warm inside. I ate half an apple as a snack. I shared my apple with the parrots. They are always happy for fruit snacks. Leaving breakfast until later in the morning.
The snow is heavy, easily packed. It’s good for snow angels, snow men, skiing, sledging, snow ball fights. Everything is just covered. All the brown trees are now covered with a blanket of white. Snow is still falling so even the air is white.
I’ve been outside to fill bird feeders. Now the winter birds are covering the bird feeder.
Apples keep well and make pies in the winter. They are a good source of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) which is important to keep the human system running smoothly. Have a good day. Keep warm.
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