No more quiet

If it's not one thing that seems to be interrupting our peacefulness of living here in the mountains, on a quiet river, it's another. Yesterday evening it was a speed boat on the river! We have never ever had a speed boat on the river, in fact, for at least 40 miles of it, it is not even allowed. Occasionally you will get the fisherman small boat who uses their small outboard motor to putt up the river, while they then float back down and fish. And not just a loud speed boat going by...no no....he decided he had to do donuts in the river in the area in front of our house and neighbors - twice! 300 miles of river and they chose right in front our our houses to do that. Our friends we used to live across the street from in town had boat like that...he never ever used it on the river. He went to a lake.  It's like every issue that finally goes away, a brand new one pops up. I would never have even guessed that a speed boat on this river would be one of them.

The lawn is growing so fast, dh can't keep up with getting rid of the grass clippings. Neighbor said the same thing. Today it is raining, so good thing he was able to get it all done yesterday. I got my mopping done while he was out doing that. I tried a new way. Doing a room or section at a time, then taking a break before I did another part. It really seemed to help with my back. I was even able to change the sheets and remake the bed, too. During my breaks I started watching a tv show dd said was good - Big Sky. It is pretty good. Suspenseful. I got my hummingbird feeders filled up with fresh nectar. It seems like every time I look out there they are drinking out of them, or if we are on the back patio they are always buzzing by. I've been trying to keep the driveway island area weeded. Once or twice a week I go through it and pull what grew, which is usually just a handful. All the flowering plants I put in their last summer/late spring, seem to be growing back. I thought they all died, LOL. Hopefully I'll get some flowers this summer.

DH finally texted the HVAC guy to find out when he's going to install the air exchanger system dh requested 3 months ago. He said he'll be out this week to do it, but didn't give dh a day. Which probably means that's a "maybe" and he'll end up not coming this week. I'm also supposed to hear back from the cabinet lady next week on when they will install it. Not holding my breath on her either.

It's really raining hard this morning. The water is just pouring out of the gutter spouts. One pours into my bird bath and it's overflowing.

It was a busy bird day outside yesterday. A turkey kept gobbling. He sounded like maybe he was across the river, though he may have been down at the base of our high bank. Some ospreys kept circling over head for awhile. The eagles were chirping (we still don't know what nest they moved to) while the osprey were overhead. Oh, and "Tom" was back tapping on our windows at 6:30 this morning. I forgot to shut the blinds on the french doors when I went to bed. He didn't seem to do it very long though, or maybe I just fell back asleep.

One of my new tshirts I ordered was white, which I wore yesterday. I shouldn't wear white. LOL. By the end of the day I had 3 stains on it.