Barn owl was recovering at the zoo. All the owls are in a black light room. They’re beautiful.
Eating a little more than usual this morning. That’s good. I need to gain weight. Especially after I start chemo again and won’t want to eat.
Okay, I’m off to write. Twenty-five thousand words to go! I thought of going in and running errands this morning, but it’s in the 30s again. Too cold for me. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow. Yay!
Have a blast of a day!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
There were a whole bunch more chicks but I couldn’t get them in the shot because they were trailing so far behind. It was winter in Omaha at the zoo and there was snow on the ground.
I cut down a couple of small volunteer crepe myrtles. I need to do more. I’ve already cut down one that popped up too close to the house. The problem is they’ll grow right back so I need to keep after them. It turned out cold today, 36 this morning, so I had to bundle up.
Hope your day is going great! I’m off to write. I’m nearly at 44,000 words. Yay! Twenty-six thousand to go to get to my minimum word count. Yay!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I love how pretty they are. But oftentimes, zoo backgrounds are boring. I used Daily Texture’s backgrounds a lot because she hand-paints them. I also do a lot of hand-painting and mixer-brush painting on my birds when I need to. For instance, the eyes were bright pink from the sunlight and you couldn’t see the pupils, so I added them. I fluff out feathers at the edges of the birds, so that it doesn’t look like a cut-and-paste of my photos. It’s all in the details, though they’re so small, that unless you enlarge the photo art, you probably don’t see them. But I like adding them anyway.
Well, I need to feed the birds, myself, take more medicine, and get to writing. The temperature dropped, brr, so don’t feel like going outside.
Hope you’re doing great!!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Usually when I see an ad for something, I’m skeptical, right? But I checked on Amazon and they had a wax for wood that looked like it might really help with revitalizing my front door and some older wood pieces of furniture. A couple of years ago, some salesman came to my door and said they refinished doors for $300-$400. So what could it hurt to try an $8 bottle of wax?
I was feeling better yesterday for the first time in a long time, so I washed the door over and over, and boy was it dirty. Then I coated it with the wax. I’m going to put a second coat on today. I don’t know if it will last really well, but even with one coat, it looks great. After I finish the 2nd coat today, I’ll share pictures tomorrow.
I also had a spot on my desk where the finish was ruined when I put an alcohol pad on top of tissue on my desk when I was flushing out my picc line. It took the finish right off. So I applied a little oil to that one spot. It still is damaged but it looks sooo much better.
I ordered some stuff to repair my recliner’s footrest. It’s vinyl and the dogs sit there all the time. So they’ve worn it off. It’s for leather and vinyl and everyone’s photos look so good that I’m going to try it out. It hasn’t come in yet, but I’m eager to work on it and I’ll show before and after pictures whether it works or not.
Okay, I’m off to get ready to write. I’ve taken off the last two days, but I want to get back to it.
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Rooster in Charge, shot the photo of him at a writer’s retreat at a cabin in Brenham, TX where they had hens, fresh eggs, a silly old cat, deer roaming through the place, cattle, calves and goats. They also had a bird watching blind, a water feature and tons of birds to photograph. It was fun.
I haven’t gotten much writing done the last couple of days, so I’m going to try to get somewhere with it again.
I learned the cancer is still in remission BUT that they have new technology that is more sensitive to see really small cells and learned that I have a couple of mutations. Which isn’t good. But I’m glad they discovered it. They’re taking me off chemo for a month to try and get my blood counts up after reducing the inhibitor that keeps me from rejecting the donor transplant and then start the chemo again. The hope is when my counts are up, THEY will fight the mutations. Once I’m on chemo, it will knock my blood counts down again. *sigh*
Hope you have a wonderful day!!! I’m off to immerse myself in the world of grizzly bear shifters.
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I took the photo of the goat at the Dallas Zoo. I love their horns, but I thought it was cool that he has a backrest for them because they are so long.
I’m still plugging along at the book, getting 1,000 words per day. Would like to go back to 2,000 words a day, but just not getting there.
I planned to vote this morning for the candidates in the midterm elections, but ended up having something else I had to do first thing in the morning for the next couple of days. I probably will do it on Thursday. Friday morning, I’m having the dogs groomed. I’ve been combing them out daily, but they really need baths too and trimmed faces and paws. Right now, I get so fatigued that it’s hard to wash them, and I can’t ever trim them.
I’m off to work on stuff. Hope your day is lots of fun!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I love it when birds fluff up their feathers, giving them a more 3-D appearance. The macaw was beautiful. Photo of the bird taken at the Dallas Zoo.
Finally pulled out my camera to take photos of the birds landing on the feeders. Everything was foggy and I was afraid it was my eyes because chemo can do that, but it was the window. lol. Cleaned it really well and now I can see the birds.
Hope your day is extra fine!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
A big bird with a tiny fish in its beak. The next one will be bigger, I’m sure. This is just a snack.
We had two inches of rain yesterday during the thunderstorms. We had been under a tornado watch, then a warning, so it was good when everything moved into the Gulf of Mexico.
I’m a little over halfway done on the book. So off to write.
Hope when you catch the “big one,” it’s bigger than the crane’s!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
