Day One Hundred Sixty Six 2012

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
~ William Blake
No bees, no honey; no work, no money. ~Proverb

Day One Hundred Sixty Five 2012

When hubby Neil opened the basement door yesterday evening, four raccoons were sitting on the top step. Three of them ran back down into the basement. This one crawled into a corner and tried to blend in with the wood. It didn’t move or even look at us, probably thinking ‘If I can’t see them, they can’t see me, so I’m safe.’  We just recently discovered this family of critters living underneath our house. They’ve pretty much destroyed the insulation, and they’re causing a major stink in our house. Moth balls helped for a while (but that smell was about as bad as the raccoon stench). Neil has found their entrance holes, but he has to make sure the critters are out of there before he can plug up the holes. If we can’t get them out soon and plug up the holes, then I guess we’re going to have to call Raccoon Busters and have them trapped and taken far far away.  

Day One Hundred Sixty Four 2012

I noticed a branch or two on our Red Maple tree in the back yard have leaves with red veins, almost as though they’re bleeding, or already changing color, which can’t be a good thing. I’ve never seen the tree do this before. It’s kind of weird, don’t you think?

Day One Hundred Sixty Three 2012

Hubby Neil and I enjoyed dinner and a movie tonight. We finally used up the rest of our Outback gift card that daughter Kelly and son in law Kerry gave us for our anniversary in May (thanks again!) That was totally yummy. Then we went to see the movie ‘Prometheus’, which is a prequel to Ridley Scott’s movie, ‘Alien’. It is rare that I care to go to the theater to watch a movie, but the previews looked good, and I was looking forward to seeing this one. Unfortunately, I’ll have to give it a negative review. I was very disappointed in this movie. Whatever I was expecting (a better story, perhaps? a strong sense of foreboding? maybe to be frightened out of my seat  just a little bit?) this was not it. I’ve seen the first two Alien movies dozens of times and still enjoy them. I would never see this again and don’t recommend it. That’s just my personal opinion. Even Neil agrees and he loves just about any movie. As the saying goes, ‘There’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back.’ But, hey, the steak was great!

Day One Hundred Sixty Two 2012

Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. ~Saul Bellow
The rain was beautiful today because we need it and I forgot to water my potted plants yesterday.