Although the Beast is still in pain, it's slightly less pain than yesterday. He did keep the Ace bandage on until he took his shower this evening but he was determined to go try to find a bird feeder that neither the cat nor HE could break. Yes, the Beast was the one that actually broke the plexiglas plate on one side of his favorite feeder. The one that he has used to take the pictures of some of the birds we have been attracting. Figures, doesn't it?
So he hobbled over to Lowe's to see what kind of a selection they had on hand. He found two really adorable ones. One looks like a barn with a silo on the end. That one holds a LOT of bird seed in it. The first one he filled and put in place was the one that looks like a shed with windows. They both have *caps* that lift up and are attached to the inside of the feeder so they can't get lost. They also fit VERY snuggely (I checked). They lift up and you fill them through those. Even the top of the silo is filled that way. I will try to get the Beast to take some pictures soon so I can show them to you.
The smaller one he actually made a platform that attaches to the trellis that is secured to the railing around the deck. The cat will have to be an acrobat to even get at it to attempt to empty the seed in it. There's no chance in hell and he can't knock it off because it's secured to the platform. I love the one that looks like that barn complete with silo. He filled it but hasn't decided where he's going to put it permanently . Right now, it's secured to the railing at a lower level than the platform on the trellis.
We watched some hummingbirds feeding today. Cute little buggers. Including one that is very, very tiny. I have never seen one that small before today. Not that any of them are big but this one is probably half the size of the average hummingbird....and it's also very quick! I am hoping to be able to get a closer look at it eventually so I can figure out if it's a baby hummingbird or a new species around here. I doubt it's a baby since they can't have hatched yet. It's too early. But, I understand the smaller the egg, the quicker the hatching. What bird lays a smaller egg than the hummingbird so what do I know? I know the average small bird, such as sparrows, have eggs that hatch within three weeks of laying. Larger birds have eggs that take longer. How much longer I have no idea. It's just something that was mentioned on a Discovery program I watched about a week ago.
I got mad at the Beast for being too active today and then having the nerve to complain about his knee and back. He actually broke one of the elastic clips that holds the Ace bandage in place. I had to get a couple small safety pins to put the bandage back on after his shower. He admitted that it DID help him sleep last night so he didn't want to go to bed without it tonight. He was in enough pain that he didn't even go to his church meeting tonight. He now tells me that the pain seems to be coming from beneath his knee cap. Sounds like a case of arthritis to me but we will find out on Monday....I hope. I am almost afraid that our doctor will just refer him to a specialist instead of taking an x-ray to see what it shows.
That's all the orthopedic doctor will do. I doubt it will take any special tests to eliminate what might be a simple problem. Well, not SIMPLE but you know what I mean.
It got up to 96 today the last time I checked. We usually hit our peak temperature around 3pm. If it got hotter after that, I would be surprised. Even though the days are longer, once the sun starts heading for the horizon, it doesn't seem to add more heat. I'm just glad we didn't get any storms with it being that hot. That seems to add fuel to the threat of tornadoes around here. A bad storm and all that heat....not a good combination. Not that it needs to be that hot. It seems to just require that the ground has no residual cold from our winter weather.
Time to get this posted. Love you all. I'm heading for bed right after this. I plan on finally going over to Cee's tomorrow to see her birds. She is taking me to lunch on Friday for my birthday. I haven't been out to eat at any place nicer than McD's in ages. It will be nice and the only *present* I get for it since we know how the Beast feels about anything like that. My kids are either broke or not working...lol. Mustachio just paid off his car and had to pay off his IRS bill (bloodsuckers!). I will probably get a phone call from them, however. That's always nice to talk to them and catch up on what's going on in their lives since the last time we spoke. I DO chat with Mustachio a couple times a week on Yahoo Instant Messenger so I pretty much know what's going on with him all the time. LOL!
Love you all. Enjoy your Hump Day. Take care. ***Hugs***
HINT: Did you know that eggshells help rose bushes grow? The nutrients contained in the shells are a great benefit, especially if you crush up the eggshells and deposit them under the surgace of the soil, near the bush's roots. The same applies to water that you've used to boil eggs in...when you're finished cooking, just dump the nutrient-enriched water (cooled, of course) on your rosebush.
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