Pictures and stories

 During this set of pics, I have a couple of (to me) amusing stories to tell- one fitting in with the pics, one with nothing to do with them.. So lets go back to Sunday...

An early evening walk after the race

On the hill just into the plex grounds, we saw an object that at first looked like a basket.  What we found was a knitted cover...

Over an ottoman!  Thankfully not an Ottoman Turk, we wondered why such a thing would be there...

...but soon figured out it was a prop for this girl getting a photo shoot done.

The remains of the day's soccer events...

I now interrupt this peaceful venue with story #1.  It began the end of last month, when our company's prescription provider called me and let me know that one of my medicines I was getting at Walgreens for $10 a bottle she could now get me through their Canadian suppliers for free ( which I was already doing with 2 other meds).  She tried to explain it was going to a different Canadian pharmacy- but alas, she called me at work, my machine is loud and my phone quiet, so I didn't quite grasp that.  I did grasp what I was to tell my Doc, and that I would have to tell Walgreens I wouldn't be needing them for it anymore.  I passed the info to my Doc's office, and all would be well, until...

Drought has killed the Swamp

Cricket practice

Colors at the Ravine

...It gets to be last week, and I've heard naught from my meds!  So, not realizing that I was dealing with 2 different entities (and hearing nothing from the second in any event), I sent an e-mail to the original pharmacy asking what was going on.  To which they replied they NEVER got the Rx (which indeed they hadn't, and for good reason) and gave me info to send to my Doc.  Which I did, and they complied.  One day later, the prescription outfit called me and said that I hadn't gotten my meds because someone had CANCELLED it at the new pharmacy....

"Nuts!"

So, we tried to dope out what happened.  They had to send the meds to the second pharmacy because the first one didn't even carry that pill! (And the guy from the first pharmacy didn't notice that, though it was clearly in the title of my e-mail!) Next, when I told Walgreens that I didn't need that med from them anymore, they must have inadvertently cancelled it for the new pharmacy as well (mistake #3).  So when my Doc's office sent the new info that the e-mail guy requested, that pharmacy asked the provider what was going on, which is when they called me.  The lady at the provider said she would take care of everything, and the pills would be on their way, albeit not getting here until after I run out.  Because, Canada has to send them to LA to be received into the US, and then they come back across country to me.

At this point, though, I still have no contact with Pharmacy #2 (inappropriately enough called Luck Pharmacy), no notice of "your package is on the way" from Canada Post, so the story may yet be developing...

So let's move on to Friday morning...

Frosty... about five degrees above, "Let me go back in and get another coat"...

Hunter's Moon, they call it.  Does Guy's son know about this?

I was really getting into the "Moon over Autumn" shots

This seemed an odd sight.  It was actually the Pond Pros lady coming to add some gunk (or, I guess, anti-gunk) to the Alumni Pond

Oh, you wanted the other story?  That comes Saturday...

Still frosty not quite as cold. Doggie on the corner kinda delayed things

Heckle and Jeckle were in fine throat...

Early morning fishing, so Misty skipped the landing...

...besides, she was distracted yet again by doggies.  In addition we played tag with Oreo and his dad all morning.

This is what you get when Doggie figures out the river might be deeper than she likes here...

The cricket field from the rise up by the road

Now here is where second story begins.  I'd been checking my pedometer for accuracy, and on the rise, I learned that hanging it on the leash belt maybe wasn't a good idea.  Stupidly, I put it right back on the leash belt...

...and shortly after we scared the crane off the pond, I realized it was gone!  We backtracked to where I last knew it was there.  Misty was a big help (lol), as she was not only pissed at turning back (since we had almost caught Oreo), but also got distracted by two big dogs with their dad, and mom pushing toddler in a carriage. (Which we would run into again on the way home!)  I shot off a short prayer, asking God for help in finding the little bugger, it was next to impossible.  Finally, we got back to where we made the turn towards the pond...

...when we saw the season's opening woolly worm!  Looks to be an ULTRA-mild winter, if it's right!  And just then- as if God said, "See I just wanted you to notice the woolly worm", the pedometer dropped out of a fold in my hoodie and landed at my feet....

Into the forest red...

"Hey, did you see that deer just go by?"  Well, I caught a glimpse of his tail...

Gotta love Big Guy.  Last to wake from his winter sleep to turn green; last to change his green robes for gold...