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Archive for April, 2021

Eye Doctor

There is no shortage of opthalmologists around here.  The problem is getting an appointment for a contact lens fitting.  Three places effectively said “We will have one of our schedulers call you back.”  One place said “We can fit you in in on the 6th.”  Might have been alright if it had been the 6th […]

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Mini-Vacation

Hitting Cape May is always chance-y in April and October.  We could easily miss the bird migration by a week or two, but the main thing is the B&B at which we’ve stayed for years, that allows us to bring our dog.  Three days walking the trails, and getting sand between his paw pads is […]

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Ducks

We have a duck pond way down the hill in the back yard.  Mostly, our feathered friends are temporary residents.  The coyote decoys scare off the Canada geese, but the wood ducks and mallards tend to hang around for a while. The wood ducks are gorgeous, but a little skittish.  The mallards are another matter.  […]

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Happy Easter

We texted a few family members explaining that the fox in the backyard ran off with the Easter Bunny in its mouth, which is why we didn’t get any Easter eggs (or candy) this year.  It was a joke, but we really did see a fox run off with a rabbit it had killed about […]

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Bad news first.  We are now considered “contraband” when we visit my mom in her retirement community, according to the latest diktat from the community president, who is nothing but a hired administrator.  No, we’re not smuggling in contraband, per se.  WE are the contraband.  WTF?!?!?  We used to be able to visit with muzzles […]

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