Where did all the coyotes go?
A couple winters ago, I was awaken one night by the sound of a
pack of coyotes chasing something…probably a deer. There hasn’t been much in
the way of wild life around here until this spring.
We now have a family of rabbits, and the other day I saw a young
deer down by the river.
Is it safe to assume something happened to the coyotes?
If you’re eating like a bird you need to go on a diet!
This is a story told in dollars and pounds of birdseed. This
winter I bought more birdseed than, probably, the two previous winters combined
to the tune of almost $500. Here’s the tally:
120 lbs sunflower hearts
64 lbs safflower seed
198 lbs mixed econo-seed (for the ground feeders)
80 lbs thistle
20 trays of suet
Can’t wait for next winter. Maybe I should start saving up…or take
out a loan. Watching the birds gives me a lot of pleasure, so I don’t mind the
expense.
Staying out of the gym.
During the growing season, I spend my time out in my little
gardens. In the morning I work in the back gardens before the sun comes around.
There’s always weeding and I like to keep the ground loose with my garden
weasel. And, of course, watering.
Speaking of watering…last summer I went through 5 of those green
expanding garden hoses. Every one of them sprung a leak either at the nozzle
end or in the hose itself. I was really tired of taking showers in full view of
the neighbors. I only bought one hose…I kept bringing them back in exchange for
a new one.
So this year, on the suggestion of my neighbor, Mike, I took the
last green, leaky hose back to the store and exchanged it for a new, improved,
black hose with brass fittings. Guaranteed!
Well, I’m done. No more expanding hoses for me. This one gave me a
super shower. It blew like old faithful. I still have one down in the utility
room that I use in the back gardens. You can bet I’ll be examining that sucker
very closely. If it blows in the finished basement it will be a disaster.
Wish me luck!
OK. So gardening is one way to exercise. I also go bike riding and
hiking on wooded trails. That’s it. Nowhere near as exciting as blown garden
hoses.
Computers
The computer upon which I type these stories (plus emails and web
browsing) was purchased in 2005. It has been upgraded a couple of times. Also
has a new battery (that wasn’t cheap!). I love my MacBook, but it’s getting
old.
I am at the point where I would need to upgrade my OS in order to
upgrade my browser (Safari) in order to look at the latest upgrade of Google
Maps. I can’t see some things on YouTube, and other sites tell me I need to
upgrade my browser if I want to look at them. Grrrrrr!
There is a new MacBook in my future. It has to have a disc drive
slot and I need a new version of Microsoft Office. The MacBook comes with Apple software, but I want Microsoft in addition. Depending on the price,
maybe I’ll add a new printer. I would like to have my computer and iPad talk to
the printer wirelessly. I want the whole enchilada! I’m putting it out to the
Universe and going for it.
Don’t wish me luck…wish me a new computer.
