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I see it's your birthday
Today is Jeff's 49th birthday! Like I have, he begins his last year in his 40s. We celebrated by going out to dinner, I took him to a newish Japanese place called Sake House in nearby Laurel. He had learned about this place on one of those local television station "things to do around town" sort of programs. While running errands some days ago, I found the place, so I knew where we were off to. I made reservations for seats at the hibachi (of course), and we enjoyed a terrific, if rather pricey (but he's worth it, and more) dinner. We thoroughly enjoyed the meal and the chef's theatrics. We opened with traditional soup and a salad with an unusual dressing, then some amazing sushi and our main courses. Jeff had a combo of shrimp, chicken and beef off the grill, I had lobster and beef which was very good. We then staggered out of the joint rather stuffed to the gills and came home and took it easy. The weather today was in the mid-90s, and it sapped most of our energy once the afternoon rolled around.
On our way out the door to the restaurant, Jeff walks out ahead of me as I am gathering up my keys, glasses, phone and such. I then hear "HONEY?! HONEY?! HONEY?! HONEY?!" from the front walkway. My response? "Okay, where's the snake?" and sure enough he points right at our front step, where the tail of a black snake is, well, snaking its way from the brick step then under the dwarf Alberta spruce planted next to the front door. Walking around the tree to fetch the snake, I see it sliding underneath the concrete stoop. Ah hah! I now know the source and entry point of the truly bizarre hanging death snakes in the basement (of Mayhem). Jeff will of course be treading warily around that area until I wrangle that wreptile and carry it off somewhere.
Speaking of Mutual of Mayhem's wild kingdom, we had finally gotten into the veggie garden and cleaned up, tilled and planted. This morning Jeff unearthed a nest of rabbits. We kept them secret from Kodi and covered them back up, as much as I know they will probably wreak wrabbit havoc on the veggies, neither of us had the heart to do anything else with the critters. The wildlife far outnumber us here (one time while having a cookout with friends, a total of 19 deer trotted through the yard after being spooked from a nearby field by some sort of very loud motorized vehicles), and my nature is to, well, live with nature. When pruning bushes by the garage that had gotten way overgrown, I discovered a bird nest in one of the branches I was removing. I was hoping it was empty, but when I looked in, there was a clutch of three aqua-blue eggs. I set the branch aside until I could finish up, and noticed a grey wren or mockingbird hanging around. I put the cut branch back in place and secured it, later on in the day I see the bird flying in and out of the nest. The leaves are all wilted on that branch now, and once there is no more nest-y activity, I will remove it.
This weekend was very productive, busy, but still fun. We have our pride of accomplishment, and, most importantly, Jeff had three days away from work. He came home, switched off his PC and cell phone, and enjoyed his much needed time off. I enjoyed my much needed time with him. Old man that he is.
Happy birthday, Jeff!
On our way out the door to the restaurant, Jeff walks out ahead of me as I am gathering up my keys, glasses, phone and such. I then hear "HONEY?! HONEY?! HONEY?! HONEY?!" from the front walkway. My response? "Okay, where's the snake?" and sure enough he points right at our front step, where the tail of a black snake is, well, snaking its way from the brick step then under the dwarf Alberta spruce planted next to the front door. Walking around the tree to fetch the snake, I see it sliding underneath the concrete stoop. Ah hah! I now know the source and entry point of the truly bizarre hanging death snakes in the basement (of Mayhem). Jeff will of course be treading warily around that area until I wrangle that wreptile and carry it off somewhere.
Speaking of Mutual of Mayhem's wild kingdom, we had finally gotten into the veggie garden and cleaned up, tilled and planted. This morning Jeff unearthed a nest of rabbits. We kept them secret from Kodi and covered them back up, as much as I know they will probably wreak wrabbit havoc on the veggies, neither of us had the heart to do anything else with the critters. The wildlife far outnumber us here (one time while having a cookout with friends, a total of 19 deer trotted through the yard after being spooked from a nearby field by some sort of very loud motorized vehicles), and my nature is to, well, live with nature. When pruning bushes by the garage that had gotten way overgrown, I discovered a bird nest in one of the branches I was removing. I was hoping it was empty, but when I looked in, there was a clutch of three aqua-blue eggs. I set the branch aside until I could finish up, and noticed a grey wren or mockingbird hanging around. I put the cut branch back in place and secured it, later on in the day I see the bird flying in and out of the nest. The leaves are all wilted on that branch now, and once there is no more nest-y activity, I will remove it.
This weekend was very productive, busy, but still fun. We have our pride of accomplishment, and, most importantly, Jeff had three days away from work. He came home, switched off his PC and cell phone, and enjoyed his much needed time off. I enjoyed my much needed time with him. Old man that he is.
Happy birthday, Jeff!
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I'm glad you had a good week-end.
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Was this a garter snake? Apparently they don't bother you enough to fear capturing them. How do you do it?
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Happy belated birthday, Jeff.
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Thanks to ALL
(Anonymous) 2011-05-31 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)Now just for you Chaz, when am I going to get my Birthday spanking, its been to long since the last one.
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