Love and Friendship and Popsicles

Mother and I went to see Love and Friendship this afternoon.  A cool repose from 100 degrees.

It was a movie about England.   Which reminds me of the old Woody Allen joke about Evelyn Wood Speed reading,  "I read War and Peace in 15 minutes.   It was a book about Russia."

The movie was interesting,  but no car crashes or shootings,  so I did fall asleep a couple of times.

But the dialog was good and snippy and Kate Beckinsale was pretty cute and an evil woman - -  all things considered,  better to have gone than not. Mother thought the theater was going to be filled with retired English teachers.   She might have been right.

I got to the driving range before it got hot.   I'm reasonably happy as long as I can hit them on the course.   They have a nice practice area and I enjoy practicing there.   The practice chipping green has a big hill on it and the balls always break up the hill.   The balls break towards the river.   Makes it tough for those who don't know where the river is and expect that gravity is universal.

Kachina doll repair is the activity of the afternoon.  

But first a sport nap!

Saturday:

Wikipedia had things to say about Jane.   Lady Susan,  the short novel from which the movie was made,  was one of her early works and dates from 1795.  It was reworked about 1804.  A light read, mother informs me,  so I may take it up.   What I found surprising are the sentences ending with prepositions,  which I would not have thought would have been the language of the day.

A bit of excitement,  I came back from the golf range and settled out on the back patio with a diet root beer.   Father decided to have his breakfast with me.   One thing led to another and dad has a scrapped arm,  the grapefruit made it into the bushes,  the ceramic Foo lion has died and we found where the roaches were living!   It was a pretty exciting few minutes.   Even the neighbor poked head over fence to see what the crash was.   But no big deal except for the insects and Foo lion.

News update,  the birds are coming onto the patio to grab the dead roaches.   I've decided the poison is not in their best interest and have chased them away and swept the bugs up.

Wind was blowing last night and there might have been a bit of rain.   The car seems to collect a lot of dirt every night.   Wind blown dust I guess.

I guess that's enough excitement for one post.   It's expected to be a slow day.   Tomorrow promises more excitement.

They have these small buzzing bugs here that sound like mosquitos.   They don't seem to bite,  but they like to be involved with ears.   Semi-annoying.