Gary's Birthday Dinner

This was one crazy morning.  It rained last night and by this 8am I could hardly see out the windows to the north. 68 degrees.  Last night we had our first fire and tomorrow we may wake up to snowflakes.

Before 8:30 we were getting severe thunderstorm warnings.

Fortunately it let up by 10.

Little Wonder and I decided to gamble on the weather and drove out to Glen Darach Farm to see Buddy.

Little Wonder headed straight for Andrea.

Buddy is very happy with his mini pal.  Gave him some apples and carrots but did not groom him as he was very happy in the pasture.

Andrea and I talked for over an hour and LW was very patient.  We headed back to the farm and got there a little before 1.

Tonight Jenny and Scott took us (and Finn) to Grampa Sam's to have a belated celebration,,,,Gary's birthday.  It's been our go to restaurant for years and always satisfies.

Delicious.  I ate half of my entree and hopefully my numbers were not too out of control.

We all had a taste of banana cream pie for dessert.   Perfect.  Definately ready for a nap.

Night all.

 

Such a Good Dog

This day was all about Little Wonder.  After watching a couple episodes of the Diplomat, it was time to give him a shower.  Today he had a wellness appointment with the Vet and I was concerned about a pea sized growth he has had on his belly for several years.  The other day he scratched it and then started licking it.  Had me worried.  Because he is always such a good boy he got in the shower with me. He had a long soak, was shampooed and then I put conditioner on him.  Thought I had it properly rinsed....started blow drying him and discovered that he needed more rinsing.  So back in the shower he went.

He was such a good sport about it.  I used up a lot of towels having to do it twice.

Eventually he dried off and at 2:40

we were down at the Brockport Animal Hospital.

He never seems to mind going there and is always quiet and well behaved.....waiting for his turn. 

First they weighed him....36.6 pounds.

Dr. Delucia (fomerly my student when he was in high school) checked him out and I was relieved that there were no problems.  Great teeth, heart sounded fine, etc. etc. etc.  Said he had some good muscle.  After that, a technician came in and clipped his nails.  He has been groomed his entire life and has always been good for that.

He loved getting back in the car.

Around 4 the sun was out and I decided to go for a trike ride.

Ride #38

It was chilly.

Dinner....a pita sandwich with meatballs and cheese.  Only a couple TBSP of sauce (leftover).

We still have cucumbers from the garden, so that was our salad.

Night all.

PS

Just spoke to a friend in North Carolina who said the lines for early voting are very long!

This year....many Republicans have had it and are ready to stand up for some decency so their kids can have a future under democracy.

Birch Trees

We had a major drop in temperature today...and it was grey much of the time.  Gary met a friend for breakfast...he has a much more active social life than I do and one way or the other he is going to get out for coffee.  Little Wonder and I did not spend much time in the kitchen as I had a class starting at ten.  We made a quick trip out to the Studio at 8 to turn on the heater.

I only had a couple of students today, but we had a great time.  Christa started on a new water color sampler and we worked on looseness.

She's was really able to let go and will have a good time finishing this one.

Anita finished her cabin and

then messed around with some color mixing.

I've watched several videos of people using the side of a credit card dipped in paint to create a line....then they drag the card to the left and it looks like a birch tree.  So I tried it.  Did not have a credit card (which would have been much better) and used a piece of thin cardboard.

When it dried I started to add some paint and can't wait to work on it again.

Christa and Anita gave it a try too.

Class was over at 11:30 but we gabbed for another hour about all kinds of stuff.  I really am enjoying this.  After lunch, Little Wonder and I took a snooze.  Gary joined us for awhile and then went out to work in one of the gardens.  So many leaves came down today.

Dinner....

Sautéed onions to go on grilled turkey burgers and made a salad with pears, apples, crasins and walnuts.

We are definately having simpler meals.

Just before dark I had to grab something our of the Studio.  Love that space.

Little Wonder always goes where I go.

Night all.

PS

I had to get dig out an old keyboard (so glad I had one) as the letter "p" quit working on the one I got with my iMac.  Has that ever happened to anyone?