I Won’t Be Doing That Again!

I have crocheted many blankets this year and decided to give my hands a rest.

I used up all my yarn stash except one measly partial skein of white.  That was a bad idea!

I quit crocheting for several weeks but sitting on the couch day after day after day after day . . . was getting to me.

Soooooo, what’s a girl to do?  Grab a bottle of hand sanitizer, make sure I have my mask and head for the local craft shop. 

In Kerrville we have the best craft shop in the world!  Hometown Crafts has a huge selection of yarn.  Sometimes I think my life goal is to buy every color of yarn there is.

We also have a brand new HobbyLobby.  I did go into it right after it opened last year.  But, frankly, it looks like every other HobbyLobby. White, sterile, with few helpful employees.

The ladies at Hometown Crafts are extremely nice and helpful.  Ask for anything in the store and they will lead you right to it.  I don’t know how they can remember where everything is in the whole store.

And, everybody says “Thank you for shopping with us”.

B O N U S - Tuesday is senior day - 10% off, even sale items.

So, I picked up a few skeins of yarn. 

Gotta keep myself happy.  And it certainly makes sitting on the couch a lot more fun!

You Want Deer, We've Got Deer!!

The Texas Hill Country is well known for having a large population of White-tailed Deer. In fact, the population is so high that there are far too many for the available food, and they tend to be stunted.

Our area in Medina is no exception, and we are absolutely crawling with deer as summer progresses. Some of the residents here treat them as pets, hand-feeding them corn.  That is really not a great idea as wild mammals should not become that habituated to people.  On our morning walks the deer will often come directly toward us hoping for a handout.

It is cute when the approaching deer are little fawns, but the adult does and bucks are even more likely to approach.  Once this guys grows his antlers out and goes into the rut in the fall we aren't going to want to "play" with him.  Luckily a quick hand clap sends them the other direction.

But we do take pity on their need for water, and our ground-level birdbath remains very popular. I fill it before we go to bed, and by the next morning it is bone-dry.  We've added an additional bucket of water in a different area to supplement the bird bath.

This morning we saw this cute little group at the newly-refilled birdbath. A cropped version will be our new header picture for a while.

We hope that you also have some fun wildlife to entertain you, wherever you find yourself this summer. 

Mark

Happy Birthday Teri! One for the ages...

For the past ten years Teri and I have been on the road in our RV, volunteering and enjoying beautiful, cool places in the summer. Her birthday week has always been cause for celebration with a special trip to somewhere fun.

We have spent her past two birthdays in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, where cool weather, beautiful views, and wonderful seafood were abundant.

Margaree Fish Hatchery - Nova Scotia

We celebrated her 60th with a bike ride in Leadville, Colorado, elevation 10,606 feet!

In 2013 we visited Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado and explored that beautiful area. 

Alas, this year we are grounded waiting out the COVID virus and experiencing our first Texas summer in a decade!!  Not what we had planned, but we are making the best of it. This too shall pass, and we look forward to more wonderful adventures and beautiful places to visit together. 

Happy Birthday, Teri!!

I'm A Little Green

My black eye is turning green but feeling much better.

Thank you for all the e-mails and comments. I’m still seeing fuzzy. It will be another 5 weeks before my sight will be as good as it’s going to get.

It’s been 10 days since my surgery:

Day 1:

Day 2:

One Week:

Day 10: