Been Busy

as the squirrels

stealing walnuts from my beautiful walnut tree,
breaking branches and shelling the ripe nuts.







I wake up for about 2 weeks in the summer to chomping and cracking and breaking branches. I know Kell is horrified that all those walnuts are wasted on squirrels when she probably could bake something wonderful with them - like throwing walnuts into her pumpkin cookies.



But this is where they end up...on my patio where the birds pick thru the small bits. I've learned to wait to clean it all up until all the creatures have their fill. It's a great way for the tree to get pruned.

I love watching that tree go thru the seasons - each one messy.

I took some days off and have big plans to clean and toss junk. So far not enough tossing. But I did procrastinate with some good DVDs.

I remembered the TV series Twin Peaks after being reminded of it with the photo of Twede's Coffee Shop from Susan's new Not Strictly Seattle city blog. I loved Twin Peaks when it first started but thought it got too weird later on. I was able to get the first season from Netflix and watched it this week. Boy was I wrong! It was weird right from the beginning...also funnier than I remembered. Still think it's as good or better than anything on TV now (sounding like an old person). And I forgot how much I loved the theme song.

Right after Twin Peaks and the news was the Dame Edna Show. All the quirky programs on the same night - what a treat that was! My partner was pretty conservative and just could not understand either of these shows and why I lived for the weekend to see them. Netflix has some of the Dame Edna shows so more procrastination planned for this week.

Took me quite awhile to catch up on my blog reading tonight but was delighted to read about Betty's very british grandparents here and here. Not to be missed!

Back to tossing and cleaning for me - maybe.