Yesterday

I took pictures yesterday while walking down my driveway just to see what I could spy to snap a picture of and loved this one especially.  It was later in the day so the color of the sky is beautiful and the contrast of the Hemlock branch shows the pure loveliness of it,  dark against light, and why I was so taken with this particular picture.

I didn't get a thing done that I had planned on.  I started reading a book while hubby was sleeping so it was very quiet in the house and he slept past noon.  We had company show up at 3:30 and we sat and drank iced tea at the patio table and just took in the beautiful cool day and the slight breeze.  It was wonderful.  After company left, I came in and got my book and went outside to read it at the table.  I was well into the book and didn't want to put it down.  It was so exciting that I fell asleep, book in hand and no inkling of just when I conked out.

It was a perfect day, no hurrying to go anywhere, just enjoying the patio and watching the chipmunks and listening to the soft cooing of the mourning doves.  That alone was enough to send me off to dreamland.  I came inside as it was getting dusk and started something simple for supper.  Hubby called me to the door and said, "Look up."  Okay, I looked up but couldn't see anything.  Then I spotted them, my two owls sitting on a branch and outlined against the darkening sky.  The smaller one flew down and landed just above my head.  He kept making these little mewling sounds and turning his head in a circular motion.  I did the same in return for as long as my neck allowed.  I kept talking to him and he stayed right there, almost too close for comfort.  I thought he might fly down and get caught in my hair.  They were amazing and I finally came back inside.  I don't know how long they perched there but it was a gift to end my day.  I have a feeling this will not be the last of them.

This morning the pest control man is here to spray outside for those large black ants and also the carpenter bees.  The ants just give me the creeps because they are all outside the the door and when opened, they scramble to get inside.  Every year we have a problem with them for a short while and then they cease.

This afternoon is a trip to the doctor and after that lunch somewhere with AC and no loud music blaring. I usually get a sandwich and end up giving the other half to hubby. It never fails now when you go to a nice restaurant, the music is so loud you can't talk with one another.  I'll ask that they turn it down since it's more for the wait staff than the customers.  There's nothing worse than trying to eat and digest your meal with the thump, thump, thumping of the bass turned to full volume.  I feel as if I must eat to the beat!

It's so pretty out again today and I hope it stays on the cool side.  By cool I mean less than 80 degrees.  If I could order my weather it would be a perfect 72 with a nice breeze.  I don't want much, just perfect weather so I can be outside and enjoy the summer.  We either have cold or hotter than hell here.

This is another picture I took yesterday.  It was flying all over the place and each time it landed, it wasn't long enough to snap the photo.  Yesterday was definitely a dragonfly day, much to my delight.  Here he finally landed on the stone wall and I had the lens already adjusted to the perfect setting in order to get him.  I never knew there were so many different kinds of dragonflies.  I remember when I was young my mom used to tell me if I didn't stop talking all the time, the sewing needles would sew my lips shut.  I didn't know that dragonflies were the same as sewing needles.  That shut me up when I was outside, for a little while anyway.  I never considered myself a chatterbox but I'll have to check with my aunt about that.

That's it for today, have places to go and things to do.  Hubby drives so I don't have to worry about getting a parking place at the doctor's.  I just don't parallel park anymore and never liked it to begin with.

Have a nice day and appreciate all you have.

Hugs