This and that...

  I guess you have heard we have a big snow predicted...starting Wednesday night.  I did make the time to get in a supply of catfood today...we dare not run out of their food.  When I came home from there, before I even got out of the car I spotted an eagle.

I had to run in the house and grab my camera and get back out...it was fairly high up and north of us quite a bit.  It was circling, and part of the time I could not see it when it turned a certain way.  That is how far it had gotten.

This is a cropped portion of te photo...you can click on all my pics and open bigger.  Or if you right click and choose to open in a new tab, it will usually open even bigger. 

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I had to do a few things inside...besides put away what I had bought.  And I did set for a few minutes.  Also had to take Roger's glasses to have a nose piece put back on.  I doubt if tat was 15 minutes total time...

I decided since I had ran all day long that I might as well go to the strip pits...Roger went with me.  We were not disappoint.  Though the snow geese were not very active, about half the lake was covered with them...the half farthest away from us.  But the White-fronted geese were active...though no good pics of them.   You may think these are Canada geese but they aren't.  Thought I like the white-fronted geese, I miss the sound of the Canada Geese.

 And several swans went over....

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What I really wanted to share was this little video that popped up the other day.  

By way of the strip pits...

I had to run to Walmart the other day...and needed some grocery items.  I decided to go to Super Walmart, since our little walmart does not have much in the grocery line...so I ran through the strip pits.  Much to my surprise the Snow Geese are still coming and going.  And of course there were a few swans.

I thought I would show you a bit of the excitement.  The numbers are almost unbelievable.  I think there was more that day than when I went trough the other day.  And as I came home from Walmart about an hour or so later there were even more but I could not stop because of freezer items I had.

So, I am letting the photos and the video do the talking.  The video is not good quality but you can get the feel and the sound.  Even above the way the wind hits the microphone.

Just a few seconds of your time...

 This video popped up...it is 34 seconds long.  I just had to post because if I wait I am apt to forget it.

A repeat post...from August 1, 2019

 I was reading a blog yesterday afternoon, THIS post, and it made me have vague memories of something that happened to us at Walmart.  So, I started searching my blog.  I could remember that she said something to me, an also to Roger....and that we were not right together so he did not hear what she said to me nor could I hear her speaking to him.  I made the mistake of thinking it was before his stroke and when I saw the dates of those posts after, I most of the time did not read.

Due to that mistake, I spent a LOT of time looking for it, and actually just happened to find it.  Roger could actually remember it happening, and we were both laughing without remembering what she said.  Then when I found it, I could hardly read it to him because I was laughing so hard.  So read on and enjoy, I hope.

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This is Rosie...she is the lovingest little dog you about ever seen as far as people go, but she bosses Otto around something fierce.   And he just lets her.

And she is about zonked out.  Don't you just love this...
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I have not did two cents worth of anything today other than take us to breakfast, stopped at our Walmart for a few things, and did two or three household chores.  When Lorelei texted to see if she could spend a couple nights, I did not start anything.  Other than started cooking our supper...she does like home cooking better than about anything.

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Oh, I about forgot the funny thing I wanted to tell.  We were at Walmart and about ready to leave...Roger and was over two or three aisles, maybe four...and this young girl and her mom/grandma walked by.  She say hi grandma as she passed me...I didn't know if she was speaking to me or was saying 'hey' grandma...thought I had heard wrong.

I would say she was from 8-10 years old.  And had some kind of learning disability.  Well, in 3 or 4 minutes, Roger came over and he was chuckling...and I asked him what was so funny...he said as that little girl passed him she said 'Hey Bud, you need to go home and shave!"    It was a miracle he could remember what she said cause ever since we got home, he has asked me what did she say.  It makes us both laugh every time we think of it.

Our Walmart is so small, that almost all the cashiers 'know' us, and the one we had today is actually the sister of one of our neighbors.  So we told her, and she got a good laugh but she told us we were lucky, cause most days that girl is in there is is rambunctious and very loud.

I hope this leaves you smiling....it makes me want to start chuckling just thinking about it...and about Roger's reaction.

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In hindsight, I still think it a miracle that he could retain it long enough to tell me what she said.

The second thing, Roger is seldom speachless, even since his stroke he can still be so witty.  That was one of the few times I have seen him without a comeback  Even when we go to the dr. now, our family dr, he has her laughing every time.

Me or a book?

 Copper's mom sent me these pics to show what he thought of her trying to read a book.  Doesn't your heart just go out to him?  You would never guess that he is spoiled rotten.

He says, 'But if you must read, I will be right here on your knees.

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I had to run to the grocery yesterday evening just to pick up a couple items.  I decided to run to the strip pits before I came home.  

The Snow Geese are passing through...and were on the biggest pond/strip pit.  

The strip pit is huge and they almost covered it from end to end...minus maybe a hundred feet on the end near me.

Other pics will be posted at my other blog tomorrow...I hope you enjoy these.

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And today's video:

a quilting tale...

Several years ago a blogfriend participated in a workshop where they made this block.   At the link I have, hers is the 3rd one down, as well as the last one..  She had all these extra blocks and gifted them to me.  And even gave me one good sized piece of fabric.  And while I loved her Christmas quilt version, I did not want to copy hers.

I have had them put away forever, though I get them out a few times a year and look at them.  But crazy me, I was remembering them as being 6 inchs square unfinished...but they are about 5 inches square finished.  I had planned to set them on point...a row to go the length of the quilt.

For the past few years, I have collected Christmas scraps at the quilt shop.  I have been sewing stirips together using 6 inches strips of paper as the foundation.  Next, I am planning to sew these sections end to end...now I think 6 inches is too wide for the size blocks I have.  (But whether I used them with the blocks, I will still sew these end to end to get the right length for a quilt.

So now, I am again unsure what I am doing with the blocks.  I have even considered using them in placemats or something.   

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A video for you...