Religion in a Nutshell

 

Wet Animal Wednesday

 

It's a Beautiful Day

It's a beautiful cool day here in my neck of the nation. Sunny and quiet. All the kids are back in school online. In two days' time, the weather will change and we'll have crappy cold rain again. UGH!

Yesterday, David and I conquered the courtyard and cut back the rosemary because I had let it get out of hand during the past 10 years. It was a mess. We chopped it down to nearly the stump. I've done it before and it will come back with a vengeance. We found a couple of wasp nests hidden inside it. So glad we didn't do this in the summer.

A close-up view. The nest looks to be about a foot tall.

The normal view, as you can see is up near the top of the tree.

We noticed that the beehive up near the top of a neighbor's tree is buzzing with activity. We never noticed it before because the hive was hidden by the tree's leaves. The sucker is huge. David took pictures of it with his phone and by all accounts, it would be a Mexican Wasp Hive. David said he has never seen one before until now. We can't do anything about it because it isn't our tree and it's not in our yard. Our two neighbors will have to fight about it if they choose to do so.

Other than that, I had a fairly quiet time at Casa de Loco. I did spend some time in bed but that's usual for me lately. No big thing.

Lucy scared the shit out of me last week. She waits for the mail truck to deliver our mail and then she runs blindly through the house looking for David so he can go take her outside with him to go get it. Well. she waited and then took off running for David but she never got there. She ran into the hall door jam and when she did she let out the loudest yipe. I instantly went looking for her and she was in the hallway with her head turned to one side. She had hit the door jam nearly head-on and I picked her up and started to console her. Poor babygirl was crying because I could see the tears. She didn't go out with David but stayed with me on the couch for the rest of the afternoon. It was clear she was hurting for a while and then milking it for all it was worth from mommy. Yeah, so what. I'm a doggy mom, big deal. I'm entitled to dote on the little girl.

Well, I have vacuuming to get to and I'm making a casserole today for dinner so I better get to it. All y'all have a safe and magical day and please wear a mask.

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Happy New Year Everyone

 

Now, remember the rules . . . 

Do Not claim 2021 as "Your Year"

Everyone just walk in real quiet and slow

Don't poke it and please

DON'T.  TOUCH.  ANYTHING.

Happy New Year's Eve Everyone

You know it's been a bad year when the universe is giving 2020 the finger.  For those of you who want to know, yes, this is real. It's not photoshopped. This is a Bok Globule. It is a dark nebulae cloud of dense cosmic dust and gas from which stars form.

source: NASA, ESA, N. Smith/UC Berkeley, and The Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA

Hello, my dear readers and friends. I hope this new year will make things better but we all know that won't be the case. I'm fine. I just took the two weeks off because the cold and bad weather was taking their toll on me. It's raining now and will continue to storm all day long. The rain makes me energetic but I still feel the pain. I need to do so much before the year ends. 

Poor Lucy is walking around upset because of the rain and thunder. She hates both. Right now she's sitting with David in the TV room. She knows he will protect her so she sleeps under his chair while he Skypes with friends in Canada and the UK. Lucy just sauntered into the living room looking for me - and there she goes. We just had a tiny rumble of thunder so she ran for David. Poor babygirl. She wants to be with mommy but daddy is her protection. She will be doing this all day, I'm afraid.

Well, I have a house to tidy up here and there so all y'all have a fun time if you can tonight. Stay safe, wear a mask, and have a magical day.

Religion in a Nutshell

 

Dear Santa . . .

 

Hey everyone, I'm posting this now because I'm taking the rest of the year off. Have a blessed Yule and glorious New Year.