In other news…
The A380 flew on Wednesday. It actually made it off the runway to lots of cheering and clapping. Airbus never expressed a doubt as to whether it would fly or not. I did notice, however, that the 2 pilots and 4 technicians that made the maiden flight were wearing parachutes when they boarded the plane.
Nothing like confidence! I mean they were in possession of nothing like confidence.
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It was a gorgeous day outside on Tuesday; in fact this whole week is fabulous. 70° (Fahrenheit obviously), sunny, the back yard is green with patches of shade from all the trees… I was spending the afternoon outside on the back porch reading and sunning. It’s so relaxing, all of that green. However, several times during my private commune with nature a young man walked through the grove. He appeared to be looking around at the back of peoples houses. I found it a bit disturbing to have the human intrusion on my little piece of paradise not to mention that I had to make sure I wasn’t being too immodest in my search for maximum sun coverage.
Of course I, being the suspicious American that I am, kept staring at him when he’d pass by and was sure he was casing houses. I mean, yeah it's a grove of trees, and it's surrounded by a few houses, but it's far from being a public park or public thoroughfare. So what was he doing there? At one point after observing him in the back yard I came into the house and as I glanced out the front window I saw him coming back down the sidewalk in the other direction. It was sort of starting to creep me out.
Finally on his umpteenth pass behind the house, I made a point of sitting up and catching his eye; really trying to convey the ‘I’ve got my eye on you buddy’ message. My glare however was mistaken for an invitation and he came over to the porch.
This is the part where I felt like a complete shmuck. He and his girlfriend lost their two pet ferrets. They’d been loose since that morning. The guy seemed pretty distraught about it. I felt like a real heel for being so suspicious. I promised him that I’d keep an eye out for the two little creatures and let him know if I spotted them.
So far no sightings, it’s really put a cramp in my sunning cause every time I hear the slightest rustling I’m sure it’s a ferret; I spring up and start looking around. It’s not that I’m scared of the little creatures; I’d just like to help the guy out, especially after harboring such evil and suspicious thoughts about him. Isn’t guilt great?
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Now that the weather has finally warmed up, I’ve been throwing all the windows in the house open to air the place out and let some of the warmth into the house. One of the things about a brick house is that it definitely keeps the house cool. Sometimes the breeze carries in the scent of the nearby wisteria that’s in full bloom. All sorts of great spring smells come wafting in; clean fresh springtime air.
Unfortunately, the great spring breeze carries something else into the house…you guessed it, BUGS. God I hate bugs! The air is full of them, horse flies so big I call them elephant flies, small tiny little flies, box elder bugs, beetles in all shapes and sizes and of course the dreaded SPIDERS. It’s not fair to feel so torn about opening the windows in spring time. It’s a cruel, cruel joke and I’m preparing a letter of complaint to the almighty; she’s got some explaining to do.
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Rachel came for lunch today. I made a quiche and she brought a salad. We ate out on the ‘veranda’. It was heavenly. Good food, good company, great weather, it just doesn’t get much better than that.
What are you up to?
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