August

 August has been a pretty quiet month so far.  My birthday has come and gone leaving me one year older.  Travis wanted to go to a meadery in VT so he could get mead for his birthday.  So I turned it into an overnight trip and Niko went too.  The drive up was pleasant.  We stopped at Split Rock falls so I could show it to them.  It was more beautiful than I remember, the lower pool appearing emerald green.  I'm hoping that it isn't algae growth from so many people.  We stopped in Westport on Lake Champlain for lunch, which turned out to be outrageously expensive.  We stayed overnight in Plattsburg and I grabbed a couple geocaches there.  We drove north past Chazy to cross the lake into VT.  We then went to the Missisquoi Wildlife refuge.  Travis took the one mile loop trail around while Niko waited in the car.  On to St. Albans where we found out that the meadery wasn't open.  We ended up going to a beverage center to get the mead Travis wanted.  We then headed home, going over the Crown Point bridge on the way.  Overall it was a pretty boring trip.  I did enjoy seeing two Air Force planes on display near a military museum that was closed.  

Right at this moment, there is a beautiful double rainbow in the sky!

Red Tail hawk

I've suspected that there was a hawk hanging around.  I thought I caught a glimpse of something flying through the yard a few days ago.  The other evening, I was outside to look at the rabbits and chipmunks.  I went back in for something and through the kitchen window, I saw the brown thing swoop by again.  I went out and all the critters had disappeared.  I looked around and over on the roof of the house next door was a beautiful hawk.  It was quite large.  I took many photos while it patiently perched there.  I determined that it was an immature Red tail hawk.  I had seen one a couple months ago that had been killed by a vehicle and took photos of it.  I didn't know what it was because of the lack of red on the tail.  It turns out that these birds don't develop the red tail until they are adults.

So here it is, the neighborhood hawk.  

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August!

It's my birth month!  I have always loved August.  I begin to feel a little melancholy toward the end however because of the approach of fall.  It will be my first winter in my new apartment, so maybe it won't be so bad!  I just hope the heat bill isn't too high.  

I had a small dispute with the neighbor upstairs.  It was stupid really.  I was trying to sleep one night and her grandkids were romping and stomping right up over my bedroom.  I got more and more upset and started knocking on the wall to no affect.  Finally I progressed to kicking the wall and banging loudly.  The noise stopped.  Well, the following night at midnight I was startled awake by someone banging loudly on the side of the house right outside my bedroom.  I went into hyper alert and was getting paranoid about someone vandalizing the loaner vehicle from Honda. It was the neighbor's daughter.  She left around 1 am.  The next morning, I went over and apologized to my neighbor because I didn't want to have this turn into a thing.  She took it well and we are now on good terms again.  I should have acted like an adult and just went over there to begin with.  

The car repairs cost me around $2200!  I hope nothing else breaks.  The service advisor told me to make an appointment to bring the car in before the warranty expires and they will do a check over of everything for free.  I thought that was nice.  She also said that it was a good thing that I bought the warranty because I got a lot of use out of it!  I have to agree with her on that.  

The business with the mobile home is almost finished.  I filed the last claim and it was approved.  I'm just waiting for the money to clear the bank and I will send the final check.  I considered disinterring my pets and moving them to a place where they will never be disturbed.  I'm just afraid that I will find rotting bodies.  Considering the sandy soil, I'm sure that just bones will be there.  This was the third mobile home I have lived in that has been removed.  I don't want to deal with mobile homes again!

Not much else to write about at this time.  Thanks for reading!