Coup de gras translates to blow of fat. That brings to mind striking someone with a pork belly. Coup de grâce translates to blow of mercy, or “death blow”. And is properly pronounced [cooed grass].
I mention this because robins are flocking around the house eating the cherry laurel seeds, and consequently bombing the yard in a continuous process. The seeds are very rich in cyanide (CN), as are the leaves, but it is not hydrogenated, which is what makes it poisonous (HCN). A couple have hit the oat grass, so Myka’s salad is “cooed grass”. I have to be careful not to feed her any tainted blades.
I mentioned coup de gras because I have been prepping chicken and pork loin for cooking. (Chicken/broccoli rice and eggs ackley, with sausage gravy to follow.) I had to wash a lot of gras off my hands.
Once the robins depart, I will take the truck to the car wash and get rid of the unsightly purple dots. They are quite fearless when after the berries. I can get within eight feet of them at eye level without a problem. That makes it difficult to shoo them away. They love gorging on those berries.
About 65°F outside the window. It’s not quite warm enough to open the windows. It’s sunny, with hazy blue skies. A nice Saturday afternoon, even though it’s dangerous to go outside and enjoy it. That is, unless one has a pair of wide rosewood minstrel bones in one’s hand.
I made a store run last night, close to $70, but not nearly enough to deal with the mad money. Stocked up on paper plate reserves, and I got cat food. I got deli mesquite smoked turkey and sliced provolone and gouda, brats, bread, flautas, Reese’s, pot pies, etc. Not a big haul, but enough to fill most of the gaps in the kitchen. I will not go hungry for a long time.
Made a call to storage, and said if the problem with the credit card mechanics weren’t solved to call me back this morning. No return call, so I am waiting for the entries to show on the bank account. I don’t need two months rent added to mad money.
To whittle down the mad money a bit, I ordered four sets of Martin strings for the Egee. I discovered that it was a good thing that I downloaded the MF app for the iPad, as the new website shopping cart they have doesn’t work on my laptops. I can check the order on the laptop, but that’s it. A sure sign that I will be upgrading laptops soon. I should get some more 9V batteries soon. The last one is in the tuner. That gives me six or seven months to stock up.
Signed up with Brookshire Bros. for COVID vaccine. Seems to be the only public source in town. Now I wait.