The view from my RV

I guess it rained in the night, but I did not hear it and it did not wake me up. I slept very well, only waking for the call of Nature which, incidentally, comes more often than it used to. Mother Nature no longer whispers in my ear but raises her voice considerably saying things like, “You better wake up buddy or you will pee the bed”. Well, maybe it is not that bad yet…As the saying goes, “little and often”. One thing is sure and that is I can no longer last the night. 

Following the usual morning routine, we were dressed and ready to go in no time flat. Well OK, thirty minutes later but who’s counting? First thing after harnessing the dogs was the usual birdfeeder routine followed by the morning walk when we wandered around the park. Not very many people were out and about as it looked like it was going to rain at any minute. As a matter of fact, I had dug out one of my rain slickers just in case and was glad of it when the light drizzle started. 

Then it was breakfast time with both dogs turning their noses up at the chicken I had put down for them. That is OK for Mikey, but Sandy has one of her special pills crushed and mixed in with it and each wasted meal is $3.00 down the toilet so to speak plus not taking the medicine. 

I spent time working on the blog and brought us up to date and then decided to go into town as I had run out of bird seed. This time, it was the flock of sparrows that had been hanging around in such large numbers that they literally emptied all the feeders.  

The drive in was uneventful and my first stop was at Tractor Supply where I bought three twenty-pound bags of seed which is one more than I usually buy at a time. If the sparrows keep hanging around, I am going to need that extra bag quick. 

Then I drove to HEB as I had a small list of groceries and such that I needed. I wandered around the store with different things finding their way into my cart which included a case of beer for Daniel. I say for Daniel, but it actually gets shared around with whoever is visiting at any given time. My small contribution to the group. 

I drove back to the RV after deciding that a Starbucks coffee does not taste very much like coffee anymore, so it is not worth buying. I got all of the usual help as I unloaded the groceries with busy little noses going a mile a minute. They also “helped” me put the groceries away and as a reward, we went out walking around the park.  

I stopped at Daniels RV as he and Malinda were sitting outside along with Jeff. Later, Terri joined us. We sat around the fire ring as it had turned a bit chilly and had a couple of beers. As we sat there, Jeff said something about food and the next thing we were on our way to West Henly Boil shack a few miles from the camp ground. The place was pretty busy, and we ran into Gary and his extended family all having a good time. As usual, the food was delicious, and I ate all of the fish I had ordered. 

We headed back to the RV Park and said our goodbyes and I brought in the bird feeders before shutting up shop for the day. As we had already eaten, I watched a Premier League game before calling it a day and going to bed, 

Written 11/30/2023. Read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com