Recently in Lunch Category

So the plan was for me to pick up lunch in the McDonald's drive-thru and join Patsy in Bogue Falaya Park. All was going according to plan. There's one vehicle, a van, in front of me and he's just finished placing his order. He pulls forward, I start to pull forward, and ... crash-boom-bang ... there's a guy on the ground in front of the van. What happened? Did the van hit him? He's struggling to get up but a McDonald's employee is there asking him to stay down. I figure this might take a while to sort out so I get out of the drive-thru, park, and go inside.

Eventful lunch - April 28, 2008As I come out with our order, I see a fire truck, two fire department pickups, and an ambulance (You can't see it here but it's behind the fire truck). A co-worker of Patsy's, who happened to be there at the same time, heard the guy was an AC repairman and had actually fallen off of the roof. He seemed to be OK and I surely hope he is. Wonder what the fire truck was for.


My friend the pine warbler Northern Parula - April 28, 2008This little pine warbler Northern Parula entertained us throughout lunch flitting and flying back and forth between my truck mirror and the door glass. He was seeing his reflection in both. He would repeat this cycle a few times, fly up into the trees, and then come back and try the other side. He was cheerily singing the whole time ... trying to impress that handsome fella in the mirror, I suppose.

Not much of an NBA fan but I'm enjoying the New Orleans Hornets playoff run right now. I think they'll close out the Mavericks tonight. Judging by the few columns I've read in the Dallas Morning News, I think most of Dallas agrees.

128 days until football season ...

Quote of the Day

Well, Pargo used to be a no-name. Now he's a well known Mavs killer.

Tim McMahon, Dallas Morning News

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "You know the Mavs are in trouble when Sherrington, who pumped some serious sunshine (and took a hurtful shot at a certain blogger) before the series, waves the white flag."

I picked up lunch yesterday and we ate in Bogue Falaya Park. This time, I brought the camera AND I loaded the battery. Because of the spectacular thunderstorm we had last night, the river was higher than usual. White sand from our vantage point indicates that it gets quite a bit higher on occasion. The park is quite nice, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, and quite serene on weekdays. We'll probably be doing more of this.

Bogue Falaya - March 4, 2008 The green grass in the photo represents someone's back yard. This is old Covington and is certainly prime real estate. There are a few lovely houses for sale in these neighborhoods. I certainly can't afford any of them but maybe one of my readers can and could maybe invite us over whenever WE feel like it. :)

My friend, Andrea, is responsible for today's QOTD. She mentioned it the other day.

Quote of the Day

Little darlin'
It's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darlin'
It feels like years since it's been here

George Harrison (The Beatles) - Here Comes The Sun

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "If you did not stop reading this long winded post long ago, my point is that music did all of this, provided all of these wonderful memories and it just sucks that the kids as well as older people that missed out don’t have this kind of stuff anymore."

That sounds just like Lester Bangs. -Rob