Mirror, Mirror

We realized yesterday that our broken towing mirror would probably prevent us from getting a Texas safety inspection sticker—and our sticker expires tomorrow. So this morning I removed the black electrical tape that’s been holding things together. I pieced together the parts of the amber turn signal lens, and I put clear tape over the shattered mirror parts. I tried to reinsert the mirror in the frame, unsuccessfully.

What to do? We talked about our options and checked out the law and found out that we have a five day grace period, so we’re legal until next Wednesday. I had done some extensive searching for replacement parts soon after the accident and come up with nothing, but today I found what I hoped was the correct replacement mirror. It's being delivered to Loving Honda in Lufkin, where Edward works, and where we will be next week when it arrives. Unfortunately I realized later that it's the wrong item, so back to the drawing board.

We went over to Carol and Dick's this afternoon, taking along the ingredients for black bean and yellow squash stew. That's a recipe I got from Carol and one we really like. The secret ingredient is peanut butter.

Carol made an interesting vegan desert called mint brownies. Since they have no sugar, all the sweetness  comes from chopped dates. The frosting included fat free cream cheese, mint flavoring and a cup of baby spinach leaves (presumably to make it green). (The vegan version calls for soaking cashews and grinding them up instead of the cream cheese.)

Ken has been working on organizing our recent photos, deleting some and adding captions and locations to the rest. This is an ongoing project that keeps him busy. It's so easy to take lots of digital photos.

Right outside our window there's a bluebird box, but it's apparent that the wrens have moved in.

We watched an old episode of Doc Martin. It's one of Dick and Carol's favorite PBS shows, but we don't get it on the national PBS feed.