hot,cold,sunny

It seems we are never satisfied, first it is too hot and that usually occurs during the week but come the weekend and it is either rainy or cold. It doesn't make much difference to us as we can do whatever during the week as on the weekends. Being retired gives a person that option.

The last blog was nigh 2 weeks ago and during that time I have been in hospital with an attack of diverticulitis. Anyone who has suffered that affliction sure knows the pain. 5 days later and back home and much better. The hospital is air conditioned and I near froze. Great for those who work but with a sweater and 3 blankets I managed to keep the frost off my feet.

This past tuesday when up I noticed a black looking mouse fastened to the screen on our outside door between the window and the screen. Looking closer it was a bat. As we had to go to town we left it there but closed the inside door so it wouldn't be flying around the house. When back it had moved nearer the side of the door to get out of the sun. I had a stick so gently nudged it and it fell out and onto the porch, spread eagled in full sun. It didn't move and I figured it might lay there and fry and make a mess so I tickled it with the broom and it flew off into a tree. Sandy asked if I taken a picture. I had completely forgotten and it would have been a great picture. We do have one of those new fangled cameras that does a number of things, which we haven't figured out yet, same as our DVD, so was sorry about that. Don't know how it got inside. Will have the camera ready another time. How often does opportunity knock? We do have 3 bat houses and one is very nifty as it has a birthing room in the top of it. How can a bat have a more safisticated place than that! If , as I read and who counts, that 1 bat will eat 1000 mosquitoes a night, why we can't sit outside after dark and not get bitten? We have seen the bats at dusk fall out of the houses and have seen them come back and crawl up like a mouse climbing a pole. For my forgetfullness there is no bat picture to put up. Sorry.

We have enjoyed having our 2 granddaughters with us for a few days. They are on holiday, 21 and 24 and 2 very delightful girls. They insisted on preparing meals and cleaning up after. No arguring there. One went swimming in the bay, the other is fearful of something biting her toes. Nothing there but a carp or so who eat the corn Don puts in the water so as to keep the weeds down. Does a good job. No weeds. The girls enjoy playing cards so one evening of euchre and another of O Heck put in the evenings. Not much worth watching on TV. They also showed us how to pick up messages from our phone in town. We can't have an answering service here as we are on a party line. This modern technology does baffle us but Sandy is our helper with that.

The birds are still having snacks at the feeders. The orioles help drink the hummingbird feeders dry and the yellow birds, grosbeeks and sparrows do a good job at the niger seed feeders. We have feeders on 3 sides of the house so can watch the bird activity daily. It being near the start of August many will soon be heading further south. The bigger birds eat at the bigger feeder in the yard. The dog next door comes once or twice a day and we have a box of biscuits for it but this morning I put a biscuits out on the porch and a chipmuck grabbed it and took it under the porch where I heard it chewing on it.

Near lunch time, all have a great day.