With our lawn mower in the repair shop, we found yet another reason to "take a break" at Barnes and Noble. After dropping the mower off, we went by and got our grandson, Gabe, and took him with us to
Carbondale.
Here we are checking out some magazines and the computer.
Gabe is Adam's son, and he is a 15 year old high school freshman.
Yesterday we got to visit with our daughter-in-law who was in the area for 4 days, from Oregon. We met her at
Effingham at El
Rancherito, for a delicious meal and some great conversation, catching up on the 4 years she and Adam and family have lived out west. She was missing her 3 little ones, and had been real busy while here cleaning out a storage shed, and visiting with family and friends in southern Illinois. Sarah said she thought she didn't like the Oregon weather, with temps in the 50-60's and rain everyday, but while here she still had rain, and the temperatures up in upper 70's felt hot to her. She found her body had adjusted to the climate on the Oregon coast.
Today I have been refreshing my hummingbirds feeders, and they have been buzzing around like crazy. It is so nice to watch all the birds at our feeders. I planned on some yard work, but we just had another pop-up rain shower, so I am waiting for the sunshine and hopefully will get something accomplished soon. Enjoying my journey during this beautiful springtime.
