Saturday

 

Pine Tree and Hawk

Perched on a branch in my neighbor's pine tree, is a little brown hawk, so well camouflaged that it is hidden in plain sight.  The only reason why I know it is there is because I heard a commotion in the garden with Chicken Little squawking indignantly and I saw a big brown bird swooping down and then, flying off into the pine tree in the garden behind me.  I took this picture from the back steps, and then, tried to get closer to take another picture, but, the hawk flew off when it saw me approaching.  It is perched on a branch just below the highest wire.  Chicken Little escaped the hawk and flew over the wall into her own garden, where she continued to squawk and protest for several minutes.

On Saturday, the stress of the past few days caught up with me.  I woke up with a slight sinus headache (due, no doubt, to the poor air quality) and feeling tired, achy, and slightly nauseated.  Eventually, I resorted to taking a Tylenol for the aches and pains and drank some lemon-lime soda to help with the nausea. I watched the news to get the latest on the fires, packed a few more things in the car, and took a long nap on the sofa.  The nap really helped and I woke up feeling much better.

Brunch had been two of the blueberry muffins.  I wasn't feeling very hungry for dinner, so I had a sandwich with some of the sauteed salmon as the filling.  Daughter had leftover rice, salmon, green peas, and tomato chutney for dinner.  Afterwards, we shared an apple.  

On Saturday, I was grateful for:

- Another day of not needing to evacuate
- The fires are starting to be contained
- Both daughter and I are starting to feel a bit less stressed about the situation
- Having electricity, water, and gas and working appliances
- Caring friends (including blog friends) who are checking in on me 

Saturday's joyful activity was taking a nap!  

Plans for Sunday include more anxious watching of the news and maybe a load of laundry.  

How was your Saturday?  What are your plans for Sunday?