It’s another Music Monday, have a favorite song? Feel free to join in and post it.

I’m surprised they never did a sequel to this movie.

Well here it is, Thursday, March 2nd. Not a real earth shaking day of much importance. I did tag Nahi that it is National Banana Cream Pie day. I should have got the memo earlier. I have a pumpkin cake in the oven instead. It’s an overcast, bit dreary colder day so I am still embracing all wintery type of comfort foods for a bit. When it’s warmer, I will think of something more spring-ish.

Sadly, my week hasn’t been all of that fascinating, but it hasn’t been all of that dramatic either. Which is a good thing when dealing with a lot of things, people mostly. I can’t figure out if people have always been annoying and I just had more patience and tolerance. Perhaps, it’s not Covid we needed to be worried about at all, but some other mental virus that has permeated society? Somehow I doubt they have worked on and found a cure for it.

Sadly, no spring bulbs here yet, but I thought the above cartoon pretty much hit the nail on the head. I’ll have to look around for some pre-emergent to deal with those other kind of “bulbs”.

Here it is the start of the new month and what should appear to get the month off on a good start but a surprising package of madeleines! A big thank you to that sneaky “leprechaun” who sent them!

I have always heard of the cookie, seen images of them, looked at the specialized pans required for that iconic shape, but I have never tasted one. Until now. For those of you, like me, who have never had the pleasure of the indulgence, madeleines are a bit of a cross between a cupcake and a cakey sugar cookie. It has a very slight glaze or brushing of honey or syrup to sweeten the cookie, but it is not overly sweet. One could easily eat one or two (or more) for breakfast and not feel guilty.

A lovely treat and again a big thank-you to that sneaky leprechaun! Oh and in case my leprechaun has never had the iconic cookie either, be on the look out, you never know if they might magically appear on your doorstep in the coming days too.

(Just be glad it’s nothing green, like Brussel sprouts).

Well here we are on the 27th of February, one more day for this month before we head into March and hopefully more springlike weather. Last night a thunderstorm came thru, and even though not much rain fell, it was comforting to know that it did come down as rain and not snow.

Lots going on this week, whether I get a lot done or not remains to be seen. Spent some more time working on Divi on a site and there are a few hiccups still. I have an idea of what the issue is, but not sure if it’s something I am able to do or not. Which had me lying and bed and thinking, does it really matter?

I came here to blog, to converse, to be with others who also like to blog. I feel like I am getting further and further away from that when I try and putter around with customizing. I do however want to have some working knowledge on how things work, how it can be done, but to be truthful if I got the message, nope that is it, all you can do, I wouldn’t cry about it.

I feel like I am on the cusp of so many different things, and I am waiting. Whether to go forward, backwards, or head off completely in another direction. That’s life for you, it can never make up it’s mind so you can. But then it can’t make up it’s mind til you do. It’s a vicious cycle.

Hey it’s Monday again, time for some more music…

I did a little experimenting with my site yesterday to see a little bit more what all Divi can do or can’t do, or what I want I would like it to do and it refuses to do. So at the moment things on my site are a bit mixed up and later on today, tomorrow, or sometime this week I will set about redoing it and indulging in a little more in experimenting. Well, as long as I don’t break anything else.

The page looks okay, nothing great, not excited about it, but it was fun to try out a few things. The animated title, kinda fun, kinda interesting, kinda annoying. It will go. The colors, background, a quick stick up for something, are a bit blah, but it’s just a test. A test I think I should probably be studying for, or at least watching the videos when they are suggested for help. But it’s much more fun to “wing it” and press buttons and ask oneself, “I wonder what this does”.

I was quite proud that I had somewhat of a cohesive site up until clicking on the menu. Some links worked,some just took me back to my site. Clicking on blogs, took me nowhere. It’s all there though, somewhere lost in the Matrix. It’s what happens when you have a choice between the red or the blue pill. Or in this case, Divi or the default theme.

I gave up early on it to leave for another day, and realized what I need to do is to first decide on a template design and then go forward from there. Somethings I tried to add showed up okay when added in their little boxes, but failed to work when saved. I found some of the column choices limited in Divi, but then I have only scratched the surface. I think my next try will be to look at the different choices they already have, and try to customize one of them, other then trying to build it all from scratch right off the bat in Divi. Again, maybe if I bothered to watch a video or two might help.

Lying in bed last night, I got to thinking, if only I knew someone who did comics. They should do a running strip on the trials of the Matrix, also known as the WordPress dashboard. Morty, OhNo, and Tripod are forced to figure out all the coding and system before the Nonsequentials eat their way thru your blog site and making it go sadly wonky. Then they get to visit the Oreo who gives them all a pat on the head and a cookie, and Civatar is saved from awkward, wonky websites.

(And now another test….will this blog entry show in it’s entirety, or will it behave as the others and go nowhere? If it gets lost, I will switch things back so hopefully it shows up).

It’s hard to believe how fast the month is going, I’m all for a quick, short month that will get us closer to spring. It’s amazing what a difference a couple of 50 degree days can make. The large snowfall we had last week is quickly becoming a distant memory. There are still patches of it, here and there, but it’s slowly being sucked back into the earth.

The geese have been flying, one hears them, before one sees them. I haven’t seen or heard the robins yet, but they should be here any day now. I guess I need to just spend more time being aware of what is going on around me outside. It’s a quick in and out til the weather becomes more cooperative. It’s tempting to get out there to start doing some clean up, but leaving the old vegetation gives coverage for those bouncing temps, seeds for the birds, and protection for beneficial insects.

I’m ready, and yet I am not ready for spring. I bounce back and forth on plans, plants, gardens, projects, and when I think I have it all figured out, a monkey wrench gets thrown in for good measure. It will all work out, and if it doesn’t, it’s on to a different plan. Unfortunately all of my plans are expensive. I plan for one thing, only to readjust those plans. Did I mention my furnace went out right before the big snow storm? Yep, of course it would. The guy came out, looked it over, took down the serial numbers, etc, etc. and said he would try and find the parts needed. If he can’t, a new furnace is in my future. More juggling of plans and that check book.

For a Monday, it’s rather quiet. I don’t hear much going on except the distant rumble of a train, a few birds, and the soft scratching at the back door. The feral cat is ready for breakfast. He is becoming less and less feral every day. Amazing what some food and kindness can do for an animal, and for people too.

I haven’t forgotten, it’s Music Monday. Feel free to post a favorite tune and tune out the rest of the world and it’s responsibilities for a moment.

Wishing you all a day of chocolatey goodness! …(I’m calling dibs on the caramels!)

Over on our old blogging site, we use to do a theme of posting music on Mondays. Seeing as this is Valentine’s week, I thought a good theme for today would be music that included the word “love”. Getting your thinking caps on and join in the fun of posting a favorite song that has love in the title or the lyrics, I’m not picky.

It’s Sunday, that is my excuse, I will try to think of another excuse for all of the other days that I am lazy.

Suzi prodded me a bit to write a blog, it’s been awhile, so I guess you can blame her for my meanderings today.

There isn’t much to report today from the land of corn. It’s a quiet day, the sun is shining, temps are pretty decent for the middle of February. Hard to believe that spring is only 36 days away. And yet, it is hard to believe spring is still 36 days away. Anticipation or lack of it will skew one’s viewpoint on anything.

Today is the Super Bowl. I won’t be watching or caring who wins. But, by all means feel free to give a shout out to who you are rooting for and if it will be a day of all things football for you. Just make sure to share the nachos, chicken wings, or pizza you will be imbibing in, I’ll pass on the beer. I never acquired a taste for it.

In two days it will be Valentine’s day. Did you remember to get your significant other something special? Are you even participating? Or are you like me and will be waiting for the day after sales on discounted chocolate? I remember in the past we did a romance week on the blogs one year. Not sure if anyone is up to doing any themes or challenges on here? It’s been a bit quiet, but I know some are still mourning the loss of Shmoozezone, some have responsibilities and can’t be on-line all day or for hours at a time. But I will put the thought out there about maybe doing some of the old challenges we did to garner more blog postings.

Whatever your day brings, I hope it is a good one. And Suzi..I will try and do better on the blogging!

Over on our old website of Shmoozezone, we use to do a lot of theme stuff and one of them being, a “Two for Tuesday” where bloggers posted pictures, graphics, memes, jokes, basically anything that had some commonality in the two items. I could post a thousand garden pics of the theme, but I will save that for my “We dig dirt” garden group. (Another reason for groups, to spare those with no interest in all things related to plants).

I have posted this pic before, but it always gives me a chuckle, and it’s still relevant today as when I took the picture. The same cast of characters live around here or are frequent guests and so far they all do their own thing and get along. Except for the neighbors dog, the dog is never welcomed by them no matter how much he tries to be a freeloader and grab a quick lunch.

Two for Tuesday…..two yellow cats… One by the bench on the left hand side of the picture, and one yellow cat looking in the window of the door as I took the pic. Also a guest, trying his best to blend in and pretend to be a cat as well.