Shattered, Collected, Drained

When I ventured outside a few days ago, I was met with disappointment. 

My beautiful bird bath was shattered. 

Joe thinks it was from the wind.  I never plugged the hole in the bottom, so it was not holding water.  I don’t believe freezing was the cause.  Now I am back on the lookout for a sturdier bowl.

I have also been able to walk more and am taking less pain medication. Today the temperatures were in the upper 60s. I decided to walk around the yard and pickup sticks with my grabber.  You have never seen as many sticks fall out of trees as fall out of the two river birches in the front yard.

 We also took the truck to the local garage for an oil change.  On the way home the engine started knocking.  Joe pulled over immediately.  There was no oil in the engine. He hitched a ride back to the garage and the mechanic came back.  He said the filter O ring blew off and all of the oil drained out.  Another filter and 5 quarts of oil later, we were able to get back to the house.  We just hope there is no permanent damage.