driving to and fro

Of course, on the day that I absolutely HAD to drive into the city - twice - it was freezing rain, or if not actually freezing at the moment, was threatening. Luckily, Carm has been my hero today volunteering to do the driving back and forth. For the early morning drive the roads were just wet, but the ice was still threatening this afternoon. In the end, both trips would have been fine for me to make on my own but it was nicer to do it together!

Yesterday was a beautiful day with temps reaching into the mid teens and full on sun. Today, the opposite. That's pretty lousy luck!

Let's time travel back to Friday… I overcooked the roast and the yorkshire pudding… I may never make another prime rib roast again! Hopefully I learned a lesson this time - take it out way before it reaches the rare temp (138F). In fact I might take it out at 134F since it seems to continue cooking for ages as it rests. The yorkshire pudding was just a dumb mistake. I'd pre-cooked them a few days earlier and stuck them in the freezer but when it came time to warm them up, I slid them into the oven which I THOUGHT I’d turned off but hadn't so they sat in a 350F oven for way too many minutes :-(

The other failure was the icing on the cake. The actual cake turned out well but of course the icing just flowed off, leaving just a thin layer of almost fudge. It was okay but not amazing…

All that said, it was a great night!

Chapter 52 Cato and Bailey Hear about Magicians

It was a normal afternoon except that Carm was out golfing. The parrots knew because they saw his golf clubs at the door. Laura started playing music right away which of course Cato and Bailey loved. Grace too! They all really liked the song that talked about Magic especially since Laura told them that she was friends with actual magicians!

https://youtu.be/h6o38MN8yqE?si=2pW-uPtw4xrTH_F4 (Magic Pilot)

Laura told Cato and Bailey that she'd see the Outerbridges on Saturday for Easter dinner but that the animals would all have to stay home because there would be too many people there. Cato and Bailey were sad about this and wondered if they'd get a chance to see the magic show sometime. Laura thought that might be a possibility but not for a while as the magicians were going to China to put on shows. They weren't sure where China is so Laura told them that it was on the other side of the world from here and that it is even farther away than Florida where they went for a vacation many years ago. Laura got out a globe so that she could show them how far it was!

Cato knew that she could do tricks as well but they weren't magic, although everyone who saw her do the tricks thought that it was a great show. She wondered if she should be part of the magic show that went to China. Bailey thought that might be a good idea, but wasn't sure if there would be glop or toast in China. Laura said there might be other good things to eat but it didn't matter since it would be impossible to get a passport that would let the parrots go there.

Plus Laura knew that Ruth and John would not like them to go so far away!

Awesome!

“my honey driving”

“no actual ice on the roads in the morning”