Mockingbird Hill Cottage

It’s not sunny today because it’s raining. That is exciting news for our drought-stricken area. It rained overnight and we’ll have a few more showers today with thunderstorms tomorrow.

We are now vaccinated for the flu and Covid. The druggist who gave us the shots was very nice, but they hurt! He didn’t have the lightest touch. Our arms are sore and Don, as expected, had a much stronger reaction than I did. He felt achey, not unlike flu symptoms, and was generally miserable yesterday. I didn’t have any reaction other than to wake up way too early yesterday morning, which is probably completely unrelated to the shots. So I felt very sleep deprived, but Don felt truly miserable. He’s much better today. Glad that’s done with!

Since one of our favorite things to do is walk up and down the aisles of a drugstore together (I know…it’s wierd) we did just that after we got our shots. By the way, there’s an episode of King of Queens  where they go to the drugstore on a Saturday night just to walk up and down the aisles because that’s their favorite thing to do.

Then we drove across the street to the grocery store and picked up a few things. Then…we got old-fashioned donuts at Dunkin Donuts. That was our little Monday morning date. Shots, Walgreen’s, the grocery store, and donuts. It doesn’t take much to make us happy.

I returned Katabasis  to the library yesterday and am now reading The Hallmarked Man. Katabasis  was wonderful. Beautifully written. I didn’t want it to end. It’s definitely one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Anyway, I drove to the library, then realized the gas level was very low, so I continued on to the gas station, then I decided to run to the store because Don was just about to run out of his coffee. I only bring this up because we only have one car now, which is mine, I’ve been having a little battle with Don about when to fill the gas tank. He lets it get very low – waits for light to come on. I do not. My dad taught us to add gas as soon as it was down to a quarter of a tank. In the good old days when gas was much cheaper, he refilled when it was down to half a tank. So…I’ve told Don to never let it get lower than a quarter of a tank.

But he does. And then I get ticked off. Especially when I’m the one who has to run to the gas station.

Not a big deal, of course. But, depending on the day, either mildly or very irritating.

Okay. Enough of the mundane.

Sorry I didn’t respond to comments on Monday – too busy, too tired.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

 

We’re off to get vaccinated this morning, so I’m posting early.

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago. I loved seeing the plant that’s across the room reflected on this wall. It was a ‘perfect timing’ kind of thing.

We took it easy on the weekend. Something happened to my neck and a muscle in my upper back – most likely from sleeping funny – and I was having a lot of pain. So I was very careful for a couple of days and now it’s almost back to normal. So what do I do? I proceed to get shots in my arm, which will be sore, along with my neck. Thankfully, I can stay home and get through any reaction I might have without any work obligations.

I’m almost done with Katabasis. I’ve really loved reading this book. I will finish it today.

Ever hopeful, I sow morning glory seeds every year. There have been changes in our climate in the past several years and morning glories don’t bloom – if they bloom at all – before October. They used to bloom in late August/September. Last year, for the first time in a long time, I had an actual flower and lots of buds which were promptly destroyed by an early frost.

Now, it’s the last week of September and I see no signs of flower buds. Will there be any?  I even planted the seeds a week earlier this year. I don’t know what will happen. I do miss the masses of morning glories I used to get.

Fingers crossed.

Okay. Have to make our second cup of coffee before we head off to Walgreen’s.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

A quick little post today, as I don’t have a whole lot to say! It’s a beautiful Saturday and Autumn is officially two days away. We had a lovely but hard summer with lots of extremes in temperature, rain, no rain, air quality warnings from smoke, and excessive heat warnings.

So, Don and I are definitely ready for Fall. Oh yes indeed.

A little grocery shopping today, a lot of reading (I didn’t read enough yesterday,) and I’m not sure what else. I was going to mow today but I’ve pulled a muscle in my upper back. I’m sure it will calm down but I don’t want to aggravate it by mowing.

We’re getting our Covid vaccine and flu shots on Monday morning. None of this “no vaccine” nonsense for us. We’ve never had Covid because we’re very careful and we’ve renewed our vaccines every year. Heck, if I have to wear a mask again, I will. I wore a mask for 15 hours a day when we were shooting Spoiler Alert. For six weeks. No one on that set got sick – and we worked all over NYC. We have a responsibility not only to ourselves but to everyone around us.

End of lecture.

I’m really loving Katabasis. Lots more reading on the docket for today.

Jessie resting in the basket right before we set out for New Jersey.

Jessie in the hotel room.

These girls are great company when I have to travel solo.

The play opened last night and it went really well. Hurrah!

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.