November 28th

With everything that can happen within a Murphy's Law kinda world, the lack of a smart phone is pretty high up there. It beats the buttered side of the toast landing buttered side down, every time.
My cell died.
I'm hoping it isn't R.I.P.
It had been "ill" for a while but I never guessed that immediately after I downloaded an update, it wouldn't even charge.
Now I realize, a lack of a cell phone is really a "first world" problem, but when all of your numbers and personal info are on it, its a real inconvenience.
The next move is to bring it to someone to diagnose the sickness. Hopefully its only a battery change and we can call it a day.

To get my mind off the PHONE issue........

                                                              Random musings.
                                                 When my phone worked, I saw this.........

 

why in hell would someone live with this Cyclops zit announcing itself like a headlight? The article said he hung onto it for 6 years. 

Six.

Years.  

Oh well, I guess he got "attached" to it.

(bad pun?)

 

 

 

Notice all the fall foliage?

No?

Well, its Louisiana........

It'll go from green leaves to no leaves.

No in between.

 

 

My husband got take out.

The fork apparently feels the need to tell the world to live long and prosper.

Who knew Chinese takeout was a Trekkie.

 

 

 

Now this is awesome,

but I can't imagine the crap redheads had to put up with back then.

 

Possessing green eyes,

I didn't think I was in such a low number.

Hmmmmm.

 

 

On the Chicken front....

Hazel took another laying vacation.

She's gone two weeks and no eggs.

Hers are the cute blue ones.

I consulted my go to web sites and all say that its not a problem.

She'll start back up soon.

I'm thinking I might just turn her upside down and shake.

That tactic usually works on the cereal boxes,

tic tac containers

and

powdered sugar shakers.

 

What?

 

No?

 

 

November 15th

Its been a while since the last post. I took a self imposed hiatus.
Big words, not altogether true.
Actually, there was nothing much to say. Its been a mundane few weeks.

Today is ironically, "I Love To Write Day", so, in honor of that, I'll comply and write this entry......
(its also "Clean Your Refrigerator Day" - nope, that's not happening!)

I did read several murder mystery books on my old Nook. I currently have 140 books on it and about 10 ready to read.
Most were free.
If I don't like them, there's no problem deleting them.
A few really were good, but sadly most were not very memorable. Hence the problem with a free book.

I'm going to have to get back to the library. The problem with that is, I instantly get ADD!
I'm sidetracked by ALL the books.
I start looking in one area and get distracted by another.
I can't say that I'm a purist and only prefer print, but the smell of an old book is intoxicating to me!

Ever been to Powell's City of Books in Portland Oregon? Its acres and acres (exaggeration) of anything and everything you'd ever care to read. Its an entire city block!
Then, there's City Lights in San Francisco. Another awesome bookstore. This one is an ode to the Beat Generation. After all, it was founded by Ferlinghetti and Jack Kerouac's name is engraved in front on the sidewalk. Doesn't get any more authentic than that.

 

 

In New Orleans, its the Maple Street Bookshop. I used to shop for the sale books there back in the '70's. I bought an illustrated copy of Beatles lyrics in 1971 and an old copy of The Maltese Falcon. I haven't been in there in several years, but the memory of just crossing the threshold of the entrance makes me smile.

 

 

Speaking of cleaning the 'fridge,
          (yeah, I know its a bad segue),
I thought I had everything under control in there. I was searching for something to eat the other day.
You know how you stand there, wishing for something to appear, and you then realize how sad it really is that you are at the fridge door and there isn't anything appetizing to you?
Well, I noticed a container that I didn't remember being there. Yay!
Lemme check this out!
Well, I opened it. That was my first mistake!
It smelled like the seventh circle of hell!
What in the name of all that's holy, is it?
I couldn't identify it, but it was on the fast track to become an antibiotic.
So, I closed the noxious thing up and threw it in the garbage - mistake number two.
Now, the whole house was a major stink fest!
So, I dragged it out to the can and put it on the curb.
Now, its no longer my stink, it belongs to the community, but I think we may have needed a CDC intervention!
I don't even think the dog would have rolled in it! And that's saying something!

The hens are clucking at something in the yard. Probably an unsuspecting squirrel.
As I've said before, they hate squirrels.
I went out to investigate, and they begin to follow me. Everywhere that Sara went, the hens were sure to go.
Couldn't locate the reason for all the incessant clucking, but at least they shut up.
I refilled the water and grain bowls and they all marched toward them single file, like ants to a picnic.
They pecked at that for a while then started prancing around like a cross between a neurological disease or competition at the Paralympics.
Ahhhh,
Poultry in motion!

November 2nd

Halloween was not the crazy night it usually is.

We didn't have many kids come to the house.

The down side is we now have all this candy!

Crap.

Just when I was gonna start a diet.

 

 

Dinner was really fun though.

This is cocktail meatballs otherwise known as zombie eyeballs.

We decided to make it "interesting"........

 

 then there's this....

Scabs (teriyaki beef jerky)

 

 I knew the kids wouldn't sit down to a normal meal, so this worked like a charm.

I even got them to eat some veggies and fruit.....

 

 

Tonight's moon

It's a Waxing Gibbous moon.

The word gibbous means convex or protuberant.

When applied to the moon, it just means that it looks full, but is only at 98%.

The actual Full Moon will be on November 4th. I love looking at the moon. Such a beautiful sight.

I can appreciate how ancient people held it in awe......

 

On this day in 1734, Daniel Boone was born.

In 1755 Marie Antoinette was executed during the French Revolution.

There were a few assorted presidents elected to office,

but on this day,

I walked around the Crescent Park and the French Quarter.

 

It is a beautiful bike/pedestrian park along the Mississippi River.

I hadn't even known it existed!

It is quiet and beautiful.

There's lovely landscaping as well.

 

This is the view from part of our walk.

Pretty neat, huh?

 It's at the Crescent in the river.

The weather was really nice, a tad too hot for me, but nice nonetheless.

We also noted the "changing of the LEAF"

Fall didn't get the message in New Orleans.

This was the only tree that we saw that had fall foliage.

 

Next we roamed around the outskirts of the Quarter.......

 

 

Then we decided to grab a bite from Killer Poboys at 811 Conti.

The shrimp sandwich comes with sriracha aioli, herbs, radish, carrot and cucumber.

Delish!

Good with a side of smothered greens.

 

Then back down Royal.

We peeped into a few courtyards.

In the hustle bustle of the French Quarter, the courtyards are an oasis.

 

 

 

and here's a couple wrought iron balconies on Dauphine Street.

 

 

 

Then back to Kenner.............

And the girls.......

 

I caught Nugget in the bag of shavings checking it out.

I shooed her out, but she started shrieking like the Bride of Frankenstein and kept going back in.

So, I picked her up and parked her in the coop to lay her egg.

We did this dance several times......

I thought she finally wasn't interested in the bag anymore.

I was wrong.

Now,

she's obsessed with the bag.

 

After I took this picture, I found an egg in it!

This is Nugget with her head in the bag.

I think she thinks she's hiding.

She can't see me so, in her mind, I'm gone.

Goofy chicken........

 

And,

now for another

girl...

Our fur baby

Leia.

The best dog ever!