Today was another mixed day. It started with my making Lou breakfast—2 eggs, 4 pieces of bacon, a handful of pepperoni, oj and toast. Penny and I had cereal,
We then set off for the bayou to try out Penny’s new kayak. She took to the water like a duck in that thing. Because of its short length and light weight it responds quickly to paddling. It causes the kayak to turn more drastically from side-to-side with each stroke. Penny took off ahead of me and I couldn’t keep up with her. She was cutting a back and forth path ahead of me, probably traveling twice the total distance but she was still too fast for me to catch.
I think that kayak is perfect for Penny. The fact that it was relatively cheap only makes it better. At 26 pounds she can even carry it to the water. It won’t be as durable as our wilderness kayaks but it is so easy to transport that having 2 kayaks like this one wouldn’t be a bad idea.
The business part of the day was our yearly visit with our financial advisor. We are losing money as expected with the current economy. Our advisor felt we were sufficiently diversified to weather this period and we should ride it out. With gas prices likely to go to $7 a gallon before things level out let’s hope she’s right. There was an interesting political cartoon the other day. It showed a couple in their yard grilling hot dogs. The husband said that with gas prices the way they are people would have to vacation at home. The wife agreed but added if they still have their house.
Then it was back to pleasure—a visit to a local Greek restaurant. We’d never been there but were going on a friend’s recommendation. It was great. The prices were reasonable and the food good. We will return.
Back at home Penny and I took a nice nap (older people can nap without guilt). It was then back to business for me. I mowed the lawn then did the dishes.
Lou arrived home looking tired but happy. He said he had a good day. Tomorrow he would not need breakfast here. He would eat at the church.
I just about finished off the wild blackberries tonight. I had a flash of piggy brilliance when I remembered we still had some of the blackberry syrup Penny made. So I had blackberries with whipped cream topped with the syrup. It doesn’t get any better.
Tomorrow I may head out to pick more blackberries.
KITTY UPDATE—All 5 cats have been here for the past few days. To my surprise old lady Marmalade is letting me pet her. She still runs away some but she is getting used to me stroking her back. Maybe someday she’ll let me scratch her ear. The othe 4 cats hav a regular attention ritual each evening. Meredith stands on my lap while I pet her. Buzz sits in front of me while I scratch his head. Velcro circulates back and forth rubbing everything in sight. Bianca has stopped sitting in my lap and has reverted to jumping up on the picnic table and peering down on the activity while looking for a periodic scratch on the head.
The feeder is still dispensing from when I loaded it 12 days ago. With no raccoons to clean it out each night it will feed for 2 weeks now easily.
We then set off for the bayou to try out Penny’s new kayak. She took to the water like a duck in that thing. Because of its short length and light weight it responds quickly to paddling. It causes the kayak to turn more drastically from side-to-side with each stroke. Penny took off ahead of me and I couldn’t keep up with her. She was cutting a back and forth path ahead of me, probably traveling twice the total distance but she was still too fast for me to catch.
I think that kayak is perfect for Penny. The fact that it was relatively cheap only makes it better. At 26 pounds she can even carry it to the water. It won’t be as durable as our wilderness kayaks but it is so easy to transport that having 2 kayaks like this one wouldn’t be a bad idea.
The business part of the day was our yearly visit with our financial advisor. We are losing money as expected with the current economy. Our advisor felt we were sufficiently diversified to weather this period and we should ride it out. With gas prices likely to go to $7 a gallon before things level out let’s hope she’s right. There was an interesting political cartoon the other day. It showed a couple in their yard grilling hot dogs. The husband said that with gas prices the way they are people would have to vacation at home. The wife agreed but added if they still have their house.
Then it was back to pleasure—a visit to a local Greek restaurant. We’d never been there but were going on a friend’s recommendation. It was great. The prices were reasonable and the food good. We will return.
Back at home Penny and I took a nice nap (older people can nap without guilt). It was then back to business for me. I mowed the lawn then did the dishes.
Lou arrived home looking tired but happy. He said he had a good day. Tomorrow he would not need breakfast here. He would eat at the church.
I just about finished off the wild blackberries tonight. I had a flash of piggy brilliance when I remembered we still had some of the blackberry syrup Penny made. So I had blackberries with whipped cream topped with the syrup. It doesn’t get any better.
Tomorrow I may head out to pick more blackberries.
KITTY UPDATE—All 5 cats have been here for the past few days. To my surprise old lady Marmalade is letting me pet her. She still runs away some but she is getting used to me stroking her back. Maybe someday she’ll let me scratch her ear. The othe 4 cats hav a regular attention ritual each evening. Meredith stands on my lap while I pet her. Buzz sits in front of me while I scratch his head. Velcro circulates back and forth rubbing everything in sight. Bianca has stopped sitting in my lap and has reverted to jumping up on the picnic table and peering down on the activity while looking for a periodic scratch on the head.
The feeder is still dispensing from when I loaded it 12 days ago. With no raccoons to clean it out each night it will feed for 2 weeks now easily.
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