Stumbling Through Adulthood

Well, Saturday morning!

1. My mom wasn't feeling great last night, and I hope she's doing better today. I'd wake her up to check on her but there is a possibility she won't go back to sleep and my sister is getting here today and I'm hoping for a nice day, not one full of scary upsetting thoughts. So I'm holding tight.

2. Twenty some odd years ago a friend gave Anne-Chloe a peanut bird feeder. It's been out on one deck or another almost continuously since then. It's finally at end of life, though dh is planning on replacing the mesh on it to see if we can continue using it over the summer, since we take down the suet then and have a spot! I bought another peanut feeder. But what a gift that was! It's brought us all a lot of fun, since it was the first bird feeder we actually used (the very first one was great, but it was for black seed and created such a mess!) The peanut feeder was our gateway drug, 20 years ago, and now there are four feeders (and a peanut tray to try to keep the squirrels content), and we notice birds wherever we go, no longer content to just 'year sure birds' but rather pay attention to the sound, their beaks and habitat to try for an identification. We haven't started keeping life lists yet, so we're not totally down the rabbit hole.

3. I'm listening to Jules Verne's _Journey to the Center of the Earth_. It was my favorite of Verne's books when I was a teen and tore through every single one of them, and I'm happy to say that so far, I'm thrilled with my re-read. I might try _Around the World in 80 Days_ next. I'm listening, but I should also check to see if I can find them in French, either audio or to read. Such fun!