Ramblings

Help. The Ruby Throat has arrived early this year. As soon as he was spotted the Hummingbird feeders came out, nectar was prepared and the feeders were hung in the yard. There is not much blooming back there yet therefore supplementing his food was a priority. The problems: First it was the ants climbing down the hangers to converge on the feeder holes and the sweet nectar. Out-smarted them by drilling a hole in a plastic paint cap, the kind that has the small cover in the center, and filling the outside with water. Now it’s the lizards. They latch onto the openings and take up residency to suck the nectar dry. Can’t figure out how to thwart them nor can I figure out how to keep the Raccoons away either. It seems no matter where I hang the feeders the cute little buggers can figure a way to reach them. They must hide in the woods during the day and watch because every single time I plant something, that night they come dig it up. I replant it and they then leave it alone but it is weird. Does anyone have an idea how to solve these problems?
Last night, Friday, I cooked for an engagement party. Nothing unusual about that but what was unusual was running into old friends. Some of them I had not seen since 2002. There were attorneys and would be district attorneys and many of the Hill people I used to know. It was like old home week there for a while.
How much effort does it take for a perfectly healthy human being to return a grocery cart? Evidently more effort than most want to extend. I witness it every time I go to Publix and today was no exception. I have no problem with those who legitimately park in the handicapped spots or the older than I folks leaving theirs strategically in the lot, but I do have a problem with perfectly healthy, young and younger people abandoning a cart because they are just too lazy or in too big a hurry to walk the short distance to take it back. Most of the time the attendants will take your groceries out for you but if you opt to do it yourself at least have the courtesy to return the cart instead of leaving it behind another car or pushed up against the car next to yours or just left in the middle of the lot. If people have enough energy to get dressed to the nines, slather on makeup and diamonds then they ought to have enough energy to return a grocery cart.
What do you do when you befriend someone, do every thing you can to help them, get them a better paying job and try to help them build some self-esteem and they spend their days trying to put a knife in your back and sometimes succeeding? What do you do when people make promises to you then they spend their days trying to figure ways to get out of those promises? What do you do?