Monday, February 16, 2026

New Bird Feeder


 Our wooden bird feeder that we have had over a decade became molded. This affected the sunflower seeds. The birds stopped coming. 

My husband bought a new feeder. It is plastic. We hope it will resist mold growth.

For several days, no birds arrived, but this morning we had some house finches. They have discovered there are seeds coming out of the bottom of this new bright object in their world. Hope they draw a crowd.

Friday, February 6, 2026

Trying Peacock TV

 


This morning we subscribed to Peacock TV. We have been watching some of the Olympics on it. Because of the time difference between Milan, Italy and the Eastern Standard Time in the United States, a lot of the events are broadcast live early in the morning here. 

I am not too sure we will keep the subscription very long. We do not watch much television. I am still clumsily navigating my smart TV. I thought I would see some ice skating this afternoon, but it turned out that the short programs are being shown on NBC (probably delayed showing). So I watched some of that, but not on Peacock.

I see NBA games are broadcast on Peacock, but my husband does not follow professional basketball. 

Maybe we will look at some movies on Peacock. Since we rarely go to theaters, there may be some older movies we have not seen but might interest us. It is nicer to stay inside where it is warm during these winter days; watching a movie might be a good way to spend the time. 

We had two inches of snow early this morning. Our retirement community maintenance department did plow our street by 10 a.m. I have sent my husband off to do the grocery pickup at Kroger. 

We got into some light snow on the way home from a medical appointment/shopping trip at Fort Wayne yesterday. I snoozed during the drive while my husband dealt with the lower visibility. The roads were in pretty good shape as it was lightweight blowing snow.

Have you tried Peacock TV? What do you like to watch on it?

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

New Mailbox Lock and Keys

 Praise the Lord! The post office locksmith came today and replaced our malfunctioning mailbox lock. We do not have to go to Warsaw to pick up our mail any longer. Delivery will be resumed. 



Today at our Robin Hood monthly lunch the table decorations were themed around Valentine's Day. At my table I was surprised to see a lady who had lived in a Robin Hood condo previously but had moved a few years ago with her husband to an independent living apartment. Her husband died not too long after they moved.

 She was with a gentleman who lives in one of the condos. Aha! I thought to myself there is a romance going on there. She announced that the two of them are getting married April 11th. Love abounds.


Thursday, January 29, 2026

Not Frozen After All

 Tomorrow it will be one week since we were unable to open our mailbox. We tried several sources of heat. We bought a can of de-ice stuff and tried several times. It became obvious that the lock was not frozen but broken somehow. Since we cannot see the mailbox tower from our house, we have had poor luck catching and talking to the delivery lady. Today we finally had success. We were able to take our mail out while she had the panel door open to fill the boxes. She is going to hold our mail at the post office until a repair/replacement can be done. According to her, there is a huge backlog, and it will probably be at least a week until the lock is repaired and we can access our mailbox. My husband filled out a repair request yesterday morning. We are headed in the right direction.

This afternoon as I went to the checkout at Walgreen's, I spied some Dubai-style chocolate in a display. I have been wanting to try this. It is very expensive candy though. $2.99 for one patty/piece. 


On January 5th I ordered a spoon rest on Amazon. I noticed this while browsing for a Christmas spoon rest. I did not see anything I liked, but this red spoon rest popped up. OK. I can use it at Christmas but also year-round. It took this long for it to be shipped. 


It is large enough for a cooking spoon.


It is so easy to go through each day oblivious to the things around you. A few weeks ago as I washed my hairbrush, lots of little round plastic "knobs" fell off. With a careful perusal of the brush, I realized it had maybe only a third of the knobs left. Today I bought a new brush. I tried it out; whoa, the static is really bad right now. I dampened the brush and my hair did lie down. New Year, new hairbrush. 


What new things have entered your life in 2026?