This morning is a little cooler than yesterday, but very clear.  The moon is waning, and it’s just a crescent now, so it’s pretty dark, and the stars were beautiful when we took our morning walk.

Yesterday’s excursion was to the pier.  We replaced the sticker for the car, so we had no trouble parking.  Whereas, in the past, we’ve gone as far south of the pier as we can find parking, yesterday we went only a couple of blocks south.  We discovered that there were benches in that area, so when we separated, I walked up to the pier and back, and then sat on a shady bench and read (The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls, a gift from friends on New Year’s Eve).  I realized that I had my phone with me, and that even if I can’t use it to make calls, I can use it to play music, so I was well entertained until my sweetie found his way back to me, right on time.  The beach was lovely, and I enjoyed the short walk, but that’s more exercise than I’ve been getting, and I was tired.

After the beach we stopped off to do some grocery shopping.  It was mobbed; I couldn’t find a spot at all close to the store, so eventually I gave up.  We picked up a bunch of things, and then came home.

I tried working my way, step by step, through the diagnostics for getting the printer to work, and have not yet made it happen.  There are still a couple of steps I want to try, but I may have to give up.  When I open the utility I get a message inviting me to download the latest versions of HP software– which I’ve already done at least three times.  I gave up for the evening.

After supper we watched the DVD of Cobra Woman, the 1944 Maria Montez movie, that our friends left with us on Monday.  It was just as bad as I remembered, and the extravagant costumes and bad acting were great fun.  (What I hadn’t previously noticed was that the hero does rather less rescuing than the monkey.)  (The monkey, by the way, wears a loincloth.)

Ah, well.  Today we’ll go back to the pier for a little while, and then have a visit from my cousins.  Printer notwithstanding, it should be fun.

Happy Thanksgiving.