Out Of My Groove

Cold, rainy and tiny snow flurries that did nothing. We had a high of 38 degrees.

Trust me....Little Wonder was not as sad as he looks in this photo.  We were both in slow all day long.

I did some laundry and changed sheets in our guest bedroom then got stuck binging on another series.  Eventually started a fire....

and Gary moved more firewood up to the porch.

We still have flowers blooming.

Little Wonder always wants his dinner when it gets dark...even if it's an hour earlier than usual.

I made meatloaf...

Mac and cheese....

and a salad for dinner.

Another regular meal and I used no salt.

Time for me to start taking some photos.

Night all.

 

Another Visitor

By 8:30 this morning I had already been contacted by a good friend from Florida
who was in Rochester visiting her sister.  She grew up in this area and every once in awhile, needs to come home for a fix.  We were not able to chat for too long as she was meeting other friends at 11.  However!  We covered a lot of territory.

Gary had gone down to Dan's for coffee but was able to see Judy before he left....and gave her some garlic.  Little Wonder and I took it easy for awhile.  So cold.  In the 40s and felt like the high 20s.  Wind again and a fair amount of rain.  Needed to get out my winter jacket.

Yesterday, Sabine (our exchange student from Germany 86-87) responded to a message I had sent her with a 13 minute recording.  I have never thought about doing it and gave it a try. It was like doing a monologue and I loved it!  Will try communicating this way more often.  Have you ever done that instead of texting? (Which I don't like).

At 1 I was down at the library for bridge.  My partner was Bill, who is in this 90s and even tho he can't hear very well, is still great at the game.  We did not win, but had a few hands that were over the top!

Our library is such a welcoming, cozy space.  While we were playing cards, there was a book club meeting and a knitting club was at work....not to mention all the people using study rooms and looking for books.  Our community is so fortunate to have this facility.

I stopped at Wegmans on my way home and by 4:30 it was starting to get dark.

Egg rolls for dinner.  I had my first banana after none for 3 months.  Have started learning how to eat things I really like if I watch what I'm doing.

Time to get out by the fire.

Night all.

Taking it Easy....Again

There was brilliant sunshine coming in through the bedroom window this morning.  Check out that begonia....still so gorgeous.

Jean was up before 8.  Breakfast....lots of chatter and then she got ready to leave before my class started.  Little Wonder gave her his full attention for the past couple of days and she reciprocated.  He knew she was leaving and gave her a proper goodbye.

Shortly after she left, my 3 students arrived and it was the first day in the house instead of the Studio.  Everyone was working on something different and we had a good time.

Anita was making her debut with pointillism and got hooked.  It will be fun to see how this develops.

While we were doing that, Gary and Finn were replacing a pane in a window before putting up a storm.  He is learning a lot from his Grampa.

This afternoon I went to Wegmans and then bought some Twinkie lights for the kitchen.  After many years, the old ones had pooped out.  We put them on at night year round and they sure add some ambiance.

Dinner was leftovers from last night. 

 

I wonder if Gary has started on fire in the kitchen yet.  The temperature has dropped and we are going to be in the 40s for awhile.

Night all.

 

Blowin' in the Wind

It was supposed to hit 60 degrees today and the wind was so strong it felt closer to 40.

Jean and I messed around with our ukes until her sister picked up around 10:30 and they were going to a big antique place in Clarence.  Gary went to yoga and out to lunch while Little Wonder and I held down the fort.

Gary and Darryl arrived at 1 for some music.

After a one song warm up Darryl started playing a bass line that sounded like WHEN I'M 64, and that motivated us to try and learn the song.  Unfortunately I could not get a decent recording as the bass is micked and it takes over. This was a short clip that sounds a little weird....but boy did we have fun.

LW liked it when everything was quiet again.

Jean was back by 4:00 and we had another simple dinner.

Night all.

Game Night

In the 40s today.  Time to get out my winter coat.

I don't know what this plant is, but it has grown like crazy and has blossoms.

A friend, who lives in Missouri, is in the area visiting relatives and I invited her to spend a couple of nights with us.  We've known each other for decades and she actually started one of my horses over 35 years ago.  At the time she was an event rider.  Now she is playing the baritone uke and I hope she can play with us tomorrow.

Little Wonder and I took it easy this afternoon and got a good fire going.

Jean arrived around 4:30 and LW loves her!

We had a good dinner and it's almost time for the Bill's game.

Night all.

PS

Jenny and Scott arrived in Minneapolis yesterday and this afternoon they met up with our neighbors, who live down the road, for a bite to eat before heading to the Bill's game.

Is this stadium cool or what?  We all love that Viking ship!

Go Bills!