WE'RE BACK!

We’re back! We are really sorry that we haven’t kept up as regularly on our blog as we should. It’s not because we are lazy; we are both exhausted by the end of the day. You may wonder how that could be since we are both retired. Well our days have been starting early in the morning dealing with contractors, moving furniture around, taking down drapery, making diagrams to put the drapery back in its proper place, taking down wall paper, taking care of the wild life, etc.


Since we last wrote, we had 10 more baby ducks born. Mama “Patio” had her nest on our patio. One afternoon, the babies hatched. We got to see them as they hatched one by one. It was very difficult to get pictures. It was just about dark and we saw Mama Patio use her beak to open an egg. The next morning when we got up, the nest was empty except for some broken egg shells and one whole egg. We went down to the stream and saw Mama Patio with her babies. We couldn’t believe how big the babies were already…less than 24 hours old. Sam was able to feed them. She counted 9 babies. Then she saw a baby duck floating upside down in the stream. Somehow the baby didn’t make it. Sam was very sad. She fed the babies a couple of times that day. That is the last time we saw the babies. A couple of days later, a mama duck was crying and walking up and down the side of our yard. She was also swimming up and down the stream. Sam thinks it was Mama Patio looking and calling for her babies.

The same day that the baby ducks were born, we also had 4 baby robins born. We were able to watch them right out our dining room window. It is now 10 days and they are leaving the nest. It is truly amazing how fast they grow. The parents have been feeding them a lot of worms and bugs. It is so neat to be able to watch Mother Nature.

One day when we were taking down wall paper in our dressing area. We looked out the window and saw the neighborhood wild cat taking a snooze in the shade on a rock not too far from my baby robins. As you may remember, we did catch a cat in our havahart trap. This is not the same one. This one is yellow and white. Of course, after Sam took a picture, she chased the cat away. No baby robins for this cat.

We did take an afternoon off and went to a rocket launch and picnic. Our neighbors, Randy and Lydia, organized the 2nd Annual Rocket Launch. They launched about 50 rockets at the local park and then had everyone back to their home for a picnic and swim party.

Of course, food and drink are a daily ritual for us. The other night we decided to have some slow cooked ribs. We put a dry rub on the ribs, poured a bottle of beer in the pan, covered the ribs and cooked them for 2 hours 45 minutes at 275 degrees. When they were done we put BBQ sauce on them and munched. They were delicious.

We have a 60 foot long bridge in our backyard. The bridge was built 20 years ago. The past several years, we noticed that the bridge was twisting. It was time to get it fixed. This past week, the contractor was here and fixed the bridge. Bob is so happy. Now we will have to have the bridge power washed and stained. It never ends.

One of my favorite blogging friends, Billie, recently wrote about red bananas in San Miguel de Allende. Sam has seen the bananas in the store before but never purchased them. Well, the other day, she saw them at the local grocery store and purchased them after reading Billie’s blog. We had one last night and it was very nondescript. Sam looked on the Internet and it said it should taste like banana/raspberry. We think the bananas need to ripen. Another taste test in is our future.

This afternoon we were off to a family gathering for Bob’s brother’s birthday. It was a nice afternoon seeing many of our nieces and nephews and their children. They all grow up so quickly.

Now it is time to get ready for another busy week. We can’t wait until it is finished. Is it every finished?