Life goes on

Got a quick shot of the full moon the other night. Sure looked big. 

This looked better than it took. There is still a whole lot of big machinery parked right behind our wall. Sure wish they would finish that project, but might take up to one more year. Ugh. So noisy during  the day with all the trucks going by. 

Have gone for several more walks since last writing. A coot in the water at the Boardwalk pond. The white spot is reflection the moon that was still up.

No idea what he is but was sure loud. 

They are cleaning out the north pond, supposed to be a lot of beavers livings there. There were always so many reeds growing in it we had no idea how big the pond is. Fun watching the machine. It has like a saw blade on the front that cuts down the reeds. This day he was picking up the cut ones and bringing them over by the trail to be picked up. 

Now it has a big claw on it to grab the reeds. 

A lot to clean up. 

None of this was visible last spring. 

So glad to see Harry is still around. He was quite a ways away, but it is for sure him. 

There the goes. Was surprised I got the picture of him. Just pointed where I thought he was and took it. 

A little creek running through the area that we'd never seen before. Kind of makes you want to sit down by it and just relax.

This whole pond is covered in Duck Weed. This time we saw little black dots in it. When we got closer realized they were birds. Eating up a storm. 

See them out there?

I mentioned last time that we are now using the plates we bought in Mexico many, many years ago. Finally decided to quit "saving" them and start using them. They are Talavera pottery. Each is hand painted and signed by the worker. Hard to tell but the top one is a bowl, then the dinner plate, also salad plates and saucers. And smaller bowls. And yes they can go in the dishwasher and the microwave. 

The set came with a lot of extra pieces, just use them as decorations. 

Mentioned we'd been witching Youtube videos of cooking shows. This is one of the recipes I made. It has sliced chicken, tomato paste, sliced mushrooms, onions, leeks, red pepper, garlic (of course), green onions all cooked together. Then placed on slices of large russet potatoes that have been fried. Topped with mozzarella cheese then put in over to melt cheese. Turned out really good. 

Yesterday we tried another recipe - no good. Either I missed part of the instructions or did something really wrong. Supposed to be a grated potato pizza crust type thing. Came out so soggy it was not edible. Need to watch the video again. This picture was French Toast Bill made. And our Halloween table decorations. 

Last week we went to see our primary doctor, didn't feel like driving so took Uber.  $80 round trip. Their prices have gone way up. Expensive birthday trip, from now on I'll drive. All is well with both of us. He gave us the paperwork so Bill could get a Handicap Placard. So got that done. And went out to breakfast. Need to do that more often. Went to black Bear Diner. 

We also bought some Bruise Cream, yes that is the name of it. My gosh it works so good. Bill has a gazillion bruises because of the prednisoine and this stuff clears them in half the normal time. 

I've started on a new quilt. going to take me awhile to get it together. I keep placing the pieces together wrong. 

We had more heavy rain again last week. Got this pretty rainbow out of it. Actually it is a double one if you look closely. 

More rain expected this weekend too. But nice days till then. Low 50's at night and mid 70's during day.