Owls & other end of May Happenings

Greetings

We had some very windy days with threats of thunderstorms & hail.  We had several hot temperatures during the day then back to freezing temperatures during the night.

This heat was not felt so much due to the wind.

Grandkids

I mailed the Grand's their June care package.  I used the padded flat rate envelope.  You can stuff a lot of goodies in those envelopes.  Oppps!  I forgot to put the June birthday card in, so had to send it separate.  Daughter got Rose's bed.  Rose's eyes have opened & she is walking. 

Puppies are so cute.

Cooking

I cooked BBQ chicken in the crockpot & made a rhubarb crunch.  With this meal I also fixed corn & garbanzo beans.  How do you do your corn?  I mix a can of cream style & a can of whole kernel, drained.  I add pepper to taste, 1/4 to 1/2 stick of butter, then simmer on low.  I do a similar combination with fresh corn too.  My Sister was the one that showed me years ago to cook corn this way.  The canned garbanzo beans were in a spiced sauce of pepper, onions & curry.  We thought the beans would be too spicy for our tender taste buds, but turned out to be a good combo with the corn.

My secret BBQ sauce ingredients.

Rhubarb crunch & ice cream for lunch.

Gardening

Plants have started popping up everywhere...carrots, beans, tators & squash.  Kevin got tomato & pepper plants at the Hardware Store greenhouse.  

Covered the tomato & pepper plants to protect them from 

the hail that we didn't get but then came the freezing 
temperature that got some of these plants.

More fresh picked asparagus for supper.  Kevin don't eat it, 

so this was mine, all mine.

The rhubarb was needing to be cut.  I gathered a mess & made the 
rhubarb crunch. Kevin gathered a mess & shared with his coworkers.  

This plant was given to Kevin by a previous coworker that recently lost 

her battle with cancer.  Lynn, your bounty continues on.

Cleaning

I've been trying to keep up with the daily stuff...meals, washing dishes, making the bed & laundry.  Kevin did the vacuuming.  I've not kept up with my cleaning schedule. I've just not been in the cleaning mood this month.  Extra Covid-19 cleaning everyday at work continues & we've been out doing yard & gardening stuff. 

Kevin built a new flower bed around the base of 
the mailbox.  I planted the flowers & water them 
most every morning.  Sunday mornings is the
 day the flowers get their miracle grow.

Health & Weight Maintenance

Continuing with trying to walk more, be active & outgoing even when tired, watching portion sizes & not snacking after supper.  

Wearing my fishing hat to shade my eyes while walking out at

the lake after work. The sun is low & bright reflecting off the 

lake in the evenings. 

Took a walk up in the gulch after work to see if the Lady 

Slipper was blooming.  It had bloom buds but not 

bloomed out yet. 

Driving to the gulch we saw this fox.

Frugality, Savings & Spending

I hung the laundry to dry on the clothesline downstairs.  I'm catching the warm up water in a pot when washing dishes & use the water to water the container flowers.  I took my lunch, drinks & snacks to work.  I walked to work when working in town.  I spent $234.85 at the grocery store this month.  I stocked up on items for the Grand's visit as items went on sale such as cereal, chips, drinks & ice cream, you know, the "good junk food" that is not normally kept stocked in our pantry & freezer.  I did do several online orders including getting the Grand's plane tickets.  I ordered the dog crate for Rose's bed & ordered a blouse to wear to Daughter's wedding festivities coming up in a couple months.   

We like these pot pies with an egg for breakfast & stock up 

when they go on sale at our grocery store.  Also the pies 
are a good grab & go for my lunch when there's 
not leftovers.  

Social & Community Service Activities

No Lions bingo but it's scheduled to start up again next month.  Kevin & I have been doing a little bird watching, mostly in our back yard.  We got the opportunity to tag along on an owl banding.

Walking up to one of the nest boxes. The adult female Saw-Whet

sticks her head out to see what's going on.

Baby owl getting it's leg banded & documented.

Other Activities

I read a few more chapters in the Little House book I've been reading.  I watched Vudu TV & DVDs in the evenings before falling a sleep.  I've patiently been waiting for Dr Mike to have her baby on Dr Quinn Medicine Women.  We went camping & fishing in the Hills.  The only cost for our mini vacation was the vehicle gas getting us there & back.  We already had all the needed camping & fishing gear & took food we already had.  I froze blocks of ice in bowls for the cooler.  We (meaning Kevin) cooked fresh fish on the tailgate for supper & lunch.  We had several fish to bring home that was put in the freezer. 

Lots of good fishing holes.  The weather was cool with 

occasional drizzling rain. 

The fish were biting good. I caught myself a time or 2.

Kevin does all the camp cooking.  I plan the meals & 

pack the ingredients.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?