There has been way too much bird hanky-panky going on in the backyard today as well as too much Petey distraction. Fortunately, the temperature today has been no more than ninety, making for a very comfortable outdoor writing experience. Yes, I have a shade tree, a box fan, and a Diet Cherry 7Up to help in that regard.
And having another Monday vacation day has made for another long and creatively productive (so far, so good!) weekend. And then there is the Friday holiday coming up as well, so this will be a nice and easy (I hope!) three-day work week. Since it’s only 2:50 and I’ve only managed about 4 pages today, I’m not feeling particularly spunky. Definitely not as spunky as the male birds chasing the unwilling females through the trees, up into the branches, down to the yard. I hate to break the bad news, but the girls ain’t giving it up. Still, I’ve done heavy polishing edits to five chapters and that feels really good, giving a better cohesiveness to the story.
Oh, watched a really cute older movie last weekend, Dancer, Texas. Totally character-driven and a tad slow, but some very brilliant tidbits in showing character. The sort of stuff that real revs my character motor. I’m sure I’ll find myself borrowing freely down the road somewhere and never remembering where I got the Post-It Note idea. Oh, wasn’t it Elizabeth Shue who also used Post-It Notes in The Saint? See, it’s hardly original, but fun to see used. (As an aside, my favorite Elizabeth Shue movie is Adventures In Babysitting.)
Petey has been channeling Kermit today. “It’s not easy being green.” His pond needed to be de-algaefied. So, the hubby does the cleaning thing and next thing we know, Petey is gone! Again! Argh! Thank goodness we have Smith, Turtle Hunter Extraordinaire. He found the danged escapee on the other side of the yard and quite summarily put his foot down – directly on Petey’s shell!
