Walking The Dog

I took my camera on the walk, thinking there would be something interesting to photograph for this post. Well, there were things I found interesting; to consider but not to photograph.  Lots of work is being done along the walk.  One very expensive house with extensive landscaping, had everything in the front bed ripped out (by the new owner).  Leaving three ordinary evergreens.  And I mean "ripped".  There was no digging to salvage the roses, dappled willows or smokebush.  Another house, in a lesser neighborhood, was having cedar stained clapboard removed and manufactured siding applied.  Really.

I didn't want to photograph either event.  I was sad that I had to even be witness to this work.  So, I took a picture of Riley trotting along on his blue leash.  On the grass.  Heading for the shade.  Notice the lack of pulling on the lead?  He really is a very good dog.

The entire 24 hours of my birthday was very, very nice.  In the sweet, untroubled way that some days pass. Everything sort of takes care of itself. At the very end of the day, I began the 20th and final Cadfael book. But, not wanting the reading to be over too quickly, I decided to watch "Becoming Jane" about what might have happened to Jane Austin before she wrote her first novel.  I would have to do research to see if any of it could be true, but the story itself was very much like her novels--without the happy ending.  I did read that Jane's sister burned all their correspondence when Jane died so there could be no way for anyone to know about their private lives.

Today, I had wanted to begin work on the Spooky House but first needed to clear the clutter off the dining room table (so I could set the house there for construction work) which took such a long time and isn't even completed (the table clearing, not house construction).  Then I decided to watch YouTube videos of Cadfael episodes.  I watched the Holy Thief and the Rose Rent.  I won't watch any more.  Now that I have pictured the characters in my head, it is difficult to see in a video.  And the plot is all messed with and scrambled.  A good person in the book was made into the evil villain. Why?

G is having a long day at work, his first after 9 days of vacation.  Always depressing and exhausting to return to work after a vacation.  My schedule for next week hasn't changed.  2 weekdays plus Saturday. I think I am going to be happy it isn't any more than that.  I return to work tomorrow at 7:30 am. All good things must come to an end.

The mailman brought a large pile of mail today.  None of it for me.