Happy Birthday to Me!!

I recently turned 72. I have more than enough stuff so I always prefer no more stuff.  We celebrated with my daughter and SIL with burgers and fries on their patio and watching our Houston Texans  football team get trounced once again. SIL makes bacon cheeseburgers to die for and daughter makes chocolate chip cookies that are really the best I have ever tasted. Such a pleasant afternoon.

I’ve seen two movies lately that I would highly recommend. One is Knives Out which we saw at our local AMC theater and the other is The Irishman which I saw on Netflix. Both are worth seeing. IMHO.

It is warm enough that I am wearing shorts today but a cold front is moving through tonight. It will probably blow most of my beautiful butterflies further south to the Rio Grande Valley.  However, the good side is that the hawks from colder climes will be moving into our area and JMM love to go driving the back roads and seeing how many hawks we can identify. Our favorite is the small kestrel. So beautiful.

That’s about all the news from OakMeadowz for now.

Butterflies

Painted Lady

Queen

I don’t know what is going on but we are having more butterflies now than we had all summer. Our Blue Mist is still blooming prolifically which is attracting butterflies and bees.  I have no idea how much longer we will continue to have them.  It is such a pleasure to go out and just watch them.
Today we saw:
     Monarchs
     Queens
     Gulf Fritillaries
     White-checkered Skippers
     Pearl Crescent
     Little Sulphur
     White-tipped Black Moths (Many)
     Fiery Skippers
     Common Buckeyes
     Painted Ladies

   

         

A Beautiful Day

This is the time of year that makes living here on the Gulf Coast in July, August, and September worth it.  We are having lows in the mid 50s and highs in the low 70s.  My idea of perfection. And we have so many butterflies on the prolifically blooming Blue Mist. Just today we saw a White Checkered Skipper which is actually more common further south.  Such a pretty little butterfly!!

I am studiously avoiding all news of the impeachment proceedings. Since there is nothing I can do to have any influence on it, I see no purpose in following it. All that would do would keep me upset. Just inform me after it is all over which way it went. I’ve been a Liz 2020 fan for a long time but even there, I’m not following the race for the nomination because the fact is that I’ll vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is.

Domino’s Veggie Pizza for dinner. Lovely day.

Around OakMeadows

Library Books

As you can see, I’ve been to the library. If you can read the titles you know that I’m looking into Cooking and Quilting. I have a goal next year to make one new recipe each month; I think it is nice to change up the menu a bit. The quilting books are to inspire me to use some of my fabric stash by making some scrap quilts. 

We went to see Knives Out today and it was very enjoyable. One of the pleasures of retirement is being able to go to movies on weekdays when it is not crowded at all. We even had hot dogs and popcorn.  

Yesterday we had our annual physicals. No real issues—I still need to lose weight and my BP is still moderately high. I will stay on my same dose of Lisinopril for BP and Myrbetrig for overactive bladder. JMM gets to decrease his dose of Lisinopril and stop the niacin but he is needs to start tamsulosin for his urinary problem.  On the whole, we are doing quite well for 72 year olds. 

The weather has been a bit cooler which is a welcome relief. I watch the news about the heavy snow in the northern states and am thankful that I don’t have to deal with it. We are still having butterflies (a few Monarchs, Gulf Fritillaries, Queens, and today a pair of Common Buckeyes) on our Blue Mist.

That’s about all the news from OakMeadows where the cats are super affectionate with the coming of cooler weather and the people are stuck in the recliners with sleeping cats on their laps. 

Around OakMeadows

This morning we went to the Museum of Fine Arts to see an exhibit of Impressionists.  I’ve always loved impressionist art.  I was especially interested in the section of Berthe Morisot. 

November Menu

November Menu

1. Out

2. Bacon Sandwiches, Oven Fries

3.Slow Cooker Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup

4. Baked Fish, GMP, Peas 

5. Chicken-Sausage Casserole

6. Cutlets, GMP, GB

7. Leftovers 

8. Out

9. Macaroni and Cheese, Corn, Salad 

10. Schwan’s 

11. Tuna Salad 

12. Oven BBQ Chicken, Beans, Coleslaw 

13. Roast and Veg

14. Leftovers 

15. Out

16. Scrambled Eggs, Canadian Bacon, Toast 

17. Slow Cooker Beef and Barley Soup

18.Baked Fish, Fire Roasted Veg, Salad

19. Chicken Tenders, GMP, Carrots/Thyme

20. Pizza

21. Leftovers 

22. Out

23. CB Hash, CSC, Salad 

24. Schwan’s 

25. Fried Shrimp, FF, Coleslaw 

26. Schwan’s 

27. Spaghetti and Meatballs, Salad 

28. Thanksgiving 

29. Leftovers 

30. St.Wieners, Corn, Salad

Quilting around OakMeadows

This is my latest quilt. I used only fabric that I had on hand for the hearts which I machine appliquéd on to the blocks. I did have to buy fabric for the back and for the lattice strips.

I finished this quilt 2 months ago.