Life with cats, and other things…
0754/8th July 2026 How lush the world looks at the moment. Corn is already tall enough to begin impeding views, but the fields themselves are a nice sight, covering acres in all directions. . The field we traverse on the way out to the state route is grass which gets turned into silage. We had … Continue reading Chased
8th July 2026 There wasn't anything happening at the Stump Church pond. I don't imagine it's called that, indeed it may have no name at all, but that is where it is. In the past we have seen a kingfisher there and a variety of ducks and geese. I think once even a muskrat. But … Continue reading Nymphaea
1644/2nd July, 2026. Yucca. With no answers and no improvements to the malady that was affecting me, I decided yesterday to forgo applying the steroid eyedrops I had been using for two weeks. While they seemed an unlikely suspect, the use of those drops did coincide with the beginning of my slump. This morning, I … Continue reading Cheerful
American Black Elderberry Yesterday I scrolled back and forth through my archive looking for the above photo without finding it. Searching for something else today, I promptly came upon it. This happens to me all the time and I can't decide if it's the Universe winding me up mischievously, or just that I am hopelessly … Continue reading
1720/30th June 2026 "The kestrel is back!" exclaimed Grant. "On his waiting room perch!" Myopically gazing out, I said I thought it was a dove, confirmed by the zoom. The two birds have very similar colouring and that is the kestrel's favourite branch. The "waiting room" is barely clinging to life and it gets in … Continue reading Yellow
0550/4th July 2026 Where was I before getting side-tracked by that bear? The end of June, that was it. Grant came in from his morning rounds one day, urging me to take walk out to the upper field. . Although I look out frequently from a back window to admire the grassy slope, I admit … Continue reading Gardener
1802/3rd July, 2026 It was beginning to get dark and I was thinking of going out for a last look at the sky, so I glanced out the window and... . Oh. Two days ago I mentioned the bear, last seen on April 17th. Perhaps I have acquired Grant's talent for getting animals to show … Continue reading No disappointment
1112/27th June 2026 Some people keep diaries or journals. Maybe taking photographs is my version of the same thing, though it relies on my being able to remember the where, when and how. Mostly, once I've used photographs for a post, I delete them, though I will admit to a reluctance to ever discard pictures … Continue reading A sunny afternoon
1812/30th June 2026 Life follows a pattern, as it is bound to since the same chores need to be attended every day and doing them at the same time gives us a vague sense of order, I suppose. We eat certain sorts of food for breakfast, others for lunch and dinner, not because we have … Continue reading Fortuitous timing
1945/30th June 2026 Sometimes (frequently), I have trouble finding a subject to write about and quite often it ends up being no more than captions for photographs. Once in a while, however, my subject walks up the driveway.... But first let me tell you about SDTV: We now have three trail-cams which are planted in … Continue reading SDTV