Saturday's Shopping

When I woke up this morning, it looked just like a day at the Oregon coast... drizzly and overcast. I had kind of planned on watering the roses and berries this morning, but it was so overcast and drizzly that I did not need to. Tomorrow is supposed to be kind of the same kind of weather, so I think that I can hold off until Monday to water.

Kathleen got up early this morning and came downstairs just about the time I was going to make myself my Saturday egg omelet, but she wanted to make pancakes, so that is what we had. She made blueberry pancakes and I was surprised that I got as full as I did on only a couple medium sized pancakes.

This week on several occasions I have been dive bombed by several of our neighborhood hummingbirds especially when I got too close to our hardy fuchsias. Then the other day when I went out to the back yard there must have been thirty birds fly away, from the grapes, berries and apple tree.

Then this morning I was looking out the kitchen window, as I though that the street looked wet, and I wanted to see if it was raining out or if it just looked like it was. Out of the corner of my vision I saw something moving and when I looked it that direction I was surprised to see a red-tailed hawk trying to grab a hold of a squirrel.

I had seen them circling above, but I had never seen them actually swoop down and try to grab anything before. I am beginning to think that I may have too much of a bird sanctuary here. I try to have a lot of plants and things that attract birds and butterflies to the yard, but this week has been a little ridiculous.

Kathleen had not been feeling very well all morning, so she lay down on the sofa and soon fell asleep. I read the paper and then got the mail when it arrived. After I finished reading the paper and looking at the mail, I decided that I would go for a walk and leave the house nice and quiet for Kathleen.

I wound up taking about a three mile walk. My hip had been hurting me for the last couple of days and it started acting up on me again about half way through my walk. I could have taken a short way home, but I decided that I would just keep walking, it never did get any worse, but it did not get any better either.

As I was looking on line at Craigslist, I came across a couple Brill electric reel lawn mowers for sale. I had secretly wanted to order a new one for several months, ever since I first saw one on line, but since they cost over $300 new, I have been putting it off until maybe next spring.

One was listed for $250 and when I e-mailed the individual who was selling it, he did not answer the questions that I asked but rather tried to tell me that he had answered it in the ad. I found another one that was a few days old, and I kind of thought that it would have been sold, but I e-mailed him anyway.

This one was only $75, and that is another reason that I thought that it would probably be sold. To my surprise he answered me right back and answered the questions that I had asked. So that is the one I bought.

While we were over in the Beaverton area, Kathleen wanted to stop at Trader Joe's, so we did and bought a few things that we like from there. We also found out that they stopped carrying several things that we liked...too bad!

Anyway we finally got back a little after 1800 and it has been a long day for me. Kathleen made a potato salad for dinner tonight. She added the left-over chicken from last night to complete the meal and it was really good.

I think it would have been good even if I had not been so hungry. Well, that was our day, I think that I will just say good night and call it a day.