Another Beautiful Day In Paradise

The sun beating into the bedroom woke me up at six thirty, I closed the blinds and stayed in bed for another hour. We had coffee, poached eggs and toast and Norma headed for her flower garden while I checked emails and updated my Quicken. I then swapped out the satellite receiver that is shared by the  guest room and my office with a new one I found on CraigsList. It was the last standard definition receiver in the house so now they are all HD's.

Norma now needed a little help in the garden so we spent a bit of time there after which I retreated to my workshop. I have been having a little trouble with the lighting in there. I had four 150 watt bulbs in the ceiling but they can no longer be found so two of them are now 100 watt. One of the light sockets has started to lose contact with the bulb and flickers constantly so it is time for some modernization. Maybe a couple of florescent fixtures. My ageing eyes need more light!

I came back in the house to find a small bird had come in the patio doors and was trying to fly through the TV room windows. I closed the door leading to the rest of the house and opened the two doors leading out, hoping he would find one of them. That did not happen so when he was exhausted I started talking to him and moved closer. He did not try to fly away but just settled onto the window sill where he let me pick him up. I carried him outside and put him on the picnic table. He stood there for a few seconds and flew away, no doubt with a great story to tell his friends.

The mail lady brought a new spring for the scissors on the small Swiss Army Knife on my key ring. I had researched replacing this broken spring and the advice was to send it away for repairs. I wanted to try the repair myself so I found springs on eBay ($1.40 for two, shipping included). It went much quicker and easier than I expected, taking less than five minutes with a center punch and long nose pliers. I should go in the business.

So... That was the excitement around here today. Life is Good!