The Ides of March

Above you can see one of the early costuming ideas Mom was putting together for the apostles for our upcoming production.  She's found this material and sewed it all together as such, although we're thinking of having ga different sort of fabric for that outer layer.  That'll require us heading out to do a bit of shopping though, which we plan on doing soon.  Lots of fabric to get.

Well, today is the Ides of March, which is generally a day to beware of if you're a Shakespeare person.  Maddie has been reading Romeo and Juliet lately, but that's about it for Shakespeare thus far.  Although I do have that Star Wars book that is a translation of the first movie as if the entire thing were a Shakespearean play.  It's pretty fun.
 

Mom got her wish with wanting to see some bluebirds nearby - we have a pair living in the church building in the back yard, and a pair in the front yard too, one living in the See Rock City birdhouse.  The attraction to our area may be the specific food we put out for them on the back deck.  Both houses are very close to a constant source of food - we've purchased gobs and there's a water dish there that the bluebird mom has been a big fan of lately.  The bluebirds love the grubs, setting up their base of operations there pretty much all day long.  The drawback may be that the mom is a combination of aggressive and well... let's just say she's not as bright as other birds perhaps.  She apparently sees her reflection in our windows and gets pretty territorial at that point, frequently wanting to attack that reflection to drive it away.  It started at our larger windows at the side, but moved to the kitchen window in front of the sink, which is easy enough to discourage.  Occasionally, it's at the bathroom window upstairs, which makes me wonder where the bird was perching in the first place to see such a reflection.  Anyway, just a note about bluebirds:  they don't like seeing their reflections.

Maddie had a good day at school.  I think.  We got on time as usual, which is quite a bit different from previous years at school where she'd want to get there super early.  I'll get a text every so often about the amount of tries it took to get the correct word in the online game called "Wordle."  She's with the small group online that includes me and other church friends, and each day we encourage each other or brag about how few guesses it takes to guess the word.  The words are five letters long, but it can be surprisingly challenging, particularly if you want to guess it in three attempts.  Usually I get it in four, as luck has a lot to do with it too.

Tonight we were watching "The Chosen" as well as an episode or two of that animated series, "Big Hero 6," which I've been wanting to see lately.  I still like cartoons, okay?  Anyway, we read tonight as always, and we said our prayers afterwards.  Meanwhile, the opossums were visiting the deck as they've been doing every night. Mom leaves them a visually enticing feast, and it's like a fine dining experience out there.  We were off to sleep tonight fairly quickly - got another big day tomorrow!