Exciting Signs of Spring

 On morning walks the past days:

An entire flock of Cedar Wax Wings! These I haven't seen in our town for many years.

Yesterday, a pair of Red Bellied Woodpeckers seemed to be conversing--perhaps planning a nest and a family?  These birds are a bit raucous and don't seem to enjoy company. This pair were playing nicely, it seemed to me.

I'm glad to see the less common, "prettier" native species able to nest and raise families in our simple suburban area. 

A few years back, there was a nesting pair of Marsh Hawks with young in the nest at our nearby park.

At the local golf course--thick with large trees--I saw what appeared to be an adult Red Tail Hawk with a first year young tagging along. That was just a month or so ago, before it got so cold.

On A Lighter Note: Third Rule

Don't be like me: I'm 72 and 1/2 years old and I only just learned what a useful product Bar Keepers Friend is. 

Think of all the kitchen sinks I have scrubbed with products like Comet, etc! That don't work very well.

It makes me wonder what else I have missed in life. Haha.

The Second Rule of "Old Lady's Game", I just figured out.

Recent news items have reminded me of the of antics of the Governor of New York State during the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.

In spite of the Federal Government's providing NY with hospital facilities for Covid patients, the State of NY put the Covid patients into regular nursing homes.

Gasp.   Spreading the disease to thousands of old people and killing more than 15K.

And then covering up the actual number of deaths!

A move so stupid that it is difficult to believe it was not intentional. And these people were citizens, taxpayers of the State of NY--presumably with families. Perhaps and probably these were mainly Democrat voters.

So my Second Rule is: For Fuck's Sake, don't allow yourself to end up in a Blue State Nursing Home.

There is no telling what these people might do. 

As soon as I remarked about the "walkable weather" we had, It Snowed and Got Cold!

 What did I expect?

As I may have mentioned, we are considering a "relocation". The goal is to position ourselves within a 1 day's drive of both of our kids' homes. Not too close--we don't want to scare them. Haha.

So they can move?  Therefore, our relocation needs to be somewhere that we like for its own sake.

But first, we "Death Clean".  Our local Goodwill Store is getting all the little stuff; the rest is going on Ebay. It is shocking what people will purchase on Ebay.

It will take "a minute", as people say, these days.

We have learned we are expecting our first Grandchild in May.  Blessing.

So I am working on a Nap Quilt for her. We might be some of the most elderly 1st time grandparents on the planet.

Reading: I am shoveling my way through "Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America". At first, I wondered, since we have lost the Republic, why make myself miserable by rubbing my nose in it???  But the book mainly relates the lives and qualifications of a handful of the principals of the Revolution and early Republic. Those men would be dead anyway, no matter what the state of our current situation. So it seems"elevating" to gain more insight on their experiences.

The book was published in 2010; the author is Jack Rakove, Professor at Stanford University. I wonder what he thinks of our current situation.