Remember?

Remember that post I posted with the photo of the birds nest sitting on top of our spotlights above the garage.  Well, when I got back from walking one of the dogs a few days ago, it was on the ground next to the garage, with two little white eggs (broken)..these little guys didn't make it.  But the nest is really beautifully made and so took a picture anyway (hubby placed the eggs back in there I guess to make it look like it is suppose to.

I wish they hadn't made it in that spot on top of the light because I was worried about it and sure enough it fell.

Keeping this short tonight. Tired.

Must be the season...

It must be the season for snakes to come out.  I was walking Merlin this evening after dinner and saw one right in front of my across the road from the curb.  At first I thought it was one of those black lines that they have all over the road that was filling in the cracks. But then I saw its beady little eyes and Merlin and I walked swiftly to the other side of the road.  I have no clue what kind of snake it was but it was alive and it was skinny and it did look at me.  That was enough! :)   Although it was gorgeous out and  just about perfect temperature wise that put a bit of a damper on the rest of the walk with my eyes glued to the road ahead of us.

I was trying to remember where it was when walking back so that I could keep any eye out for it in case it crossed the road and would be in front of me again. LOL  But didn't see it thankfully.
 

Got more cast iron

I know I can't help it. I've grown to love it!

I've been wanting a wok for a long time. I finally got one and it was wonderful to use for this evening's stir fry vegetables.

Here it is in action. :)

We went to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 today.  It was good and funny as Kevin James can be. :)
He is very agile for a big guy!

Nice, very nice...

I noticed at about 7:20PM how it was still light outside and it made me happy.  I like daylight much more than night and we are coming into the time of year that I really like.  There is something about having daylight long after dinner to do whatever.  Speaking of whatever. I have decided not to bother trying to grow a balcony garden this year. It just is a lot of water and effort and very little harvest. I will just put some flowers up there I think, if that. I sort of feel obligated to make the balconies look nice with flowers and or vegetables but theres no law that says I have to plant any. :-)  So I may just take a break from it this year.   There...that guilt can now go away.  :-)

I noticed a lot of  TV shows are down to the last few episodes of the season or ending altogether.  It seems that Revenge is going to end but I couldn't find anywhere on the Internet that confirmed it was ending altogether.  I don't watch Greys Anatomy very often but I did the other night.  It was a shocker to me (spoiler alert if you haven't seen it) that Derek dies at the end.  I was really sad about it until I jerked myself back into reality that it was JUST a TV show.  :-)  Apparently Patrick Dempsey wants to move on, but it will make Greys not as good without him there.  He was one of the pillars of that show.  Anyway, as I said I don't watch it very often any more anyway.  Now I probably won't watch it anymore.

Well I'm going to go relax with hubby and catch some SNL although it is a re-run.

Hit and Run...a state sport?

Okay I have to discuss something serious right now.  We just got done watching the news and once again in the Austin area there was a hit and run. I continue to be amazed (and not in a good way) at the frequency and amount of hit and runs in this area. I'm not sure if it is just this area or indicative of the whole 'GREAT?' state of Texas.  It is such a common occurance that I'm starting to wonder if it is the state's sport!?  I just cannot believe folks don't stop when they have an accident.  It isn't like they don't REALIZE they hit somebody.  If they don't that is even more scary.  I just don't get it.  Where is the moral fabric? 

There was also a report about how a man whose vehicle hit another vehicle that was waiting to turn at a busy road (where the speed limit is a ridiculous 70 MPH there- that is a whole other topic).  It was not hit and run I don't think (I am not positive)  but if not that is likely because his vehicle sustained damages as well.  Turns out two children died from the accident and more people are still in critical condition. Guess what?  The guy who hit them had been drinking and already had a record of at least two other times drinking and driving (not positive if DUI's) but really?  They were talking about how the accident could have been prevented, likely citing the 70 MPH speed limit but it could have been prevented if that man had his license permanently yanked by the 2nd drunk driving offense.  Poor guy?  How would he get around without a car?  He'd have to figure it out! That is called just punishment for driving drunk!  Just a bit miffed right now and shaking my head. 

I have been on that exact road that has the high speed limit and yes it is high but folks can still drive cautiously. The mindset about speed limits is interesting. The LIMIT is 7o MPH. It doesn't mean you have to drive 70 MPH, that is the MAXIMUM!  Most states I believe you can drive as slowly as 45-50 MPH on that stretch of road before getting pulled over because you are going too slow. I'm not saying everyone drive 45 MPH there but everyone can drive 55 MPH...no one is required to drive 70 MPH.  I bet that man who hit that poor family didn't have a clue how fast he was going anyway.

Guess all I can do is hope and pray that things improve and be always grateful that I don't have to commute to work.

Reminder

We got a reminder today that we live in TEXAS!

I was working this afternoon when I heard Ditzy barking very fiercly out back. It was not like her usual bark when she sees someone walking by or the dog next door outside .It was more of a frantic sort of bark.  Merlin was soon joining her and barking at something too.

Hubby rushed outside to investigate and walked over to a fairly large chuck of wood that we had on the cement platform. He jumped back. There in the crevice between the log and the fence was a rattle snake!!  It had a mouse hanging out from its mouth also as he saw a tail hanging out.  I didn't step outside at all!  But we got all the dogs to come in. Last thing I want is one of our dogs to get hurt or die from a snake bite!!

He got a long piece of wood that was nearby and kept stabbing at it.  He was able after several attempts to kill it and he got rid of both it and the dead mouse/rat? that was to be its afternoon meal.  Yuck!   I know we have snakes around here but I don't see them very often (thankfully) and tend to forget about them for the most part. 

I didn't think about it until well after then that we could have taken a few pictures.  But suffice to say it was there in the back yard.  I told hubby we should just get rid of that wood pile altogether, give it away or something. We never use the fireplace and if all that is going to be is a hideaway for snakes, I'd rather NOT chance the dogs getting killed. 

Well now that I have the heebie-jeebies all over again, going to go in the living room where it is relatively safe.  :)

Finally posting photo

Here is the other glove that came down from the nest that it was used for. This one is not going to be useful anymore but again it was funny that both garden gloves were taken to be used for some sort of nest. :)

Keeping this short because yes, once again long day at work.  Did get a chance to record a few songs at lunch time. Think I got my hubby addicted to singsnap too.  That's okay, for once we both love the same thing. :)