Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - Morning Walk; RAIN; Staying Inside Today

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - Morning Walk; RAIN; Staying Inside Today but Keeping Busy

You can barely see them.  It's probably just as well, as they may not approve of me including them!!

After going to sleep in my chair and to bed early, I was awake around 4:30 this morning.  I laid there for awhile before I got up to make the coffee, then put a load of clothes in the washing machine.  After reading my devotional, I made a list of things I wanted to get done for the rest of the week.  

At 7:15 we headed to the park for our morning walk.  My sister and daughter have been walking together in the park this week.  I took a picture of them yesterday but forgot about it.  That is the picture above.

It was cloudy this morning, but what was left of the sunrise was still very pretty.

I took a few pictures this morning as we walked.  The Oswego Parks & Community Foundation purchased these banners several years ago.  They feature various landmarks located in the park and community.  

In the upper left corner shows a portion of the Overlook in the park.

The buffalo (shown below) are at the top of the banner.

The sign in the background is our City Welcome Sign at the three main entrances to Oswego.

In the background is part of the Neosho River Bridge, located below the park bluff.

At the bottom is the Indian sculpture located in the park.

As we left the park I told Dean we needed to stop by the garage to pick up some fruit from the freezer, however neither of us had our key.  When we returned I told Dean I would make breakfast burritoes instead.  That was one of the things I bought yesterday at our local grocery store.  We really love the La Banderita brand of low carb tortillas.  We haven't had any in months.  I bought two packages.  They have a long shelf life (6-7-20) which is great.

It started raining not long after we returned from our walk and it has rained off and on all day, many times with some lightening involved, but other than a few heavy showers it's been just a steady somewhat light rain most of the day.

It wasn't long and we were enjoying our breakfast burritos.  It was nice to have the tortilla to wrap them in.  Timing was perfect as the clothes were damp dry just as I finished my breakfast.  I hung them in the shower to finish drying with a fan on them.  When it is sunny, the shower "skylight" provides enough heat to dry them pretty quickly, but on a cloudy day they need a little help.  I still had another load to do, and they were done before lunch.

After getting my daily chores done, I started working on the blog.  I do not like getting behind, but things happen and sometimes you just have to go with the flow.  Dean came back at noon.  I warmed up some leftovers for him and I had the last of the egg salad.  We will have chicken and noodles again tonight.  We both love them, so we won't mind eating them at least two more times. 

At 4:20pm the rain has stopped, however, I do not believe it is over.  The forecast for the rest of the evening ranges from 70-90% chance of rain.  It was 57 when I got up this morning and it dropped to about 53 shortly after we walked.  It's now at 58 and it looks like it will remain between 55-58 until tomorrow morning.  The rain just started again.  While it's not that cold, it feels like it without the sun pouring in through the windows like it did yesterday.  

Puddles of water, but the grass is Green!  😊

I decided to make no yeast rolls to have with dinner tonight.  It literally takes 10 minutes or less from the time you get the ingredients out, mix it up and put everything away.  I love EASY recipes.  (Update:  I thought I saved the same recipe I've been using to Pinterest, but it wasn't the same one.  The recipe was exactly the same ingredients but the temperature to cook it at and the time was way off.  Needless, to say that recipe is no longer in my Pinterest account.  I'll refer to my cookbook from now on, but they turned out okay, even though I had to cook them a little longer the second time around.) 

After dinner, Dean watched TV while I worked on the blog and played a few games of Free Cell on my phone.  

I've got a few break apart white chocolate chip/macadamia nut cookies in the convection oven.  We'll have those with a dab of ice cream on the cookies have cooled a bit.  I'll have to make a new dessert tomorrow night.

Good night from Oswego, Kansas.