It is TGIF day. But then I think I have a TGI for every day. But welcome to Cardinals and Coffee time once again here I the sim porch. Bright sunshine this morning and about 45 degrees greets me along with a few guests. The cardinals are in fact here as are the woodpeckers, goldfinches, house finches, robins and I think I saw a red breasted grosbeak.The grosbeak migrate through twic a year and only stay for a few days. Their song is almost like the mewing of a kitten. There is a red headed woodpecker  out on one of the feeders that is sitting there warning off a mockingbird. Some times we have some real battles between “the sharp beaks” as I call them. That would be the larger woodpeckers, the starlings, and the mockingbirds.

Did you ever have a lazy day dedicated only to yourself? I did absolutely nothing yesterday. It was cold and blustery outside so I didn’t go out at all other than to get the mail. That of course means I did’t even fill my feeders, and yet they still seem to have food this morning. But I spent my day either playing computer games or watching television, or napping or reading. I didn’t even get out of my sweats for the day. All of this laziness though just means that I need to get my butt busy today. Oh, and I did get my vehicles license plates renewed, — but that was done on-line too. So today I have to feed my birds, go to Lowes, and go to Spectrum and sign up for HBO. We don’t normally take any premium channels but there is a special series that I like on HBO that is coming back again called Westworld. So, I go and sign up for it for the duration of the series and then I cancel HBO again. Westworld was a movie that was put out back I think in the late seventies. It is hard to follow if you aren’t into science fiction but I like it.

Ms. Kate made me an apple pie last evening. I am a pie loving guy; —- but her apple pies and or peach pies are to die for. They are thick, and sweet and she puts about fifty years of love in between those two crusts. Can you guess what I’ll be having for my breakfast? No, it doesn’t help with my desire to lose a few pounds but ya’ know what? —- I’m seventy three, almost seventy four, and I’m never again going to be the slim young buck I was at one point in my life. I’ve got a lot less years to go than what I have lived so I’ll just keep on having my piece of pie if I want to.

I wish you could see this cardinal sitting out here on the bird bath. The sun is hitting it just right and it is a brilliant red. It is my morning blessing from the great God above that today is once again going to be full of blessings. I think it is time I got busy enjoying it. Have a blessed day yourself. Peace.