Good morning everyone! I have been sitting here by my window, eating breakfast and once again watching the morning awaken. The sky is mostly clear although there are some clouds to the west. It is supposed to be a sunny day however, we shall see if it is or not. Two ravens are flying by, the first has some food, the second one is chasing after it trying to make the first one ‘share’.

I have not seen any other birds this morning. There is a lot of large truck traffic on the street this morning, more than normal. This is a non smoking apartment building, with designated smoking areas. No smoking is allowed in the apartments, not even on the balconies. That makes sense. This is something that was stressed to me before I signed my lease.

Looking towards the little park and curling rink.

There are a lot of smokers in this building, and on my floor. They smoke in their apartments. They also smoke weed in their apartments. The hallway is sometimes quite ‘foggy’ with smoke. These people agreed to the non smoking rule before they moved in, now they ignore it. It might be just me thinking this way, but that seems wrong. Sigh. Then there is the man across the hall from me.

Looking more to the right in this pic.

But I will leave that for another time. I am not really complaining by the way, but I do feel that when people agree to something, then they should do it. Oh well. I still like this place though. It is bigger than my last place. And once I get everything settled it will be nice. I cannot do things as fast as I would like anymore, but it is getting done.

I will need help with some things, like putting up a drapery rod so I can put up my drapes. Being this high I guess I would not really need them, but it gives a room a finished look. It makes it look, what I call, ‘cozy’. Especially in the winter. The very wide window sills are great places to put my plants too. Muffin says that is okay, but I need to leave room for her to lie in the sun too.

Another view.

She is curled up beside me at the moment. Hmm, those clouds seem to have filled the sky almost completely now. So much for a sunny day. Oh well, Muffin and I will have our own ‘sunshine’ indoors anyway. Time for more coffee and back to ‘work’ in here. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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