Life with cats, and other things…
0701/27th February 2026 Friday began like this, with my favourite sort of winter scene. Frost in the trees, tracks through snow and long dark shadows on pristine white fields. . It's just as well the recent blizzard passed us by. 30 more inches on top of what we still have could be problematic. As it … Continue reading Old Depot Loop
0641/26th February 2026 Breakfast - and puzzles - often have to be abandoned in favour of sunrise. . 0643 This was one I needed to follow. Zooming in... . 0644 ...and back out. One should not lose sight of the big picture. . 0645 Or the finer details. . 0646 There were so many points … Continue reading An open mind
1720/24th February 2026 It is quite startling to look out a window at this time of year and see the hills painted orange. Especially when the afternoon has been mostly overcast. This is the joy of having an open sky with a good vista. . AI confirms: "What we see acts as an immediate, involuntary, … Continue reading AI confirms
24th February 2026 Returning from our short shopping trip, I installed myself before my PC only for the phone to ring and I knew instantly that we'd messed up. What we'd been supposed to do on Tuesday morning was take Lily to the vet for a blood draw. I'd remembered on Monday night, checked the … Continue reading Mindset
1737/23rd February 2026 Just before dark on Monday, a row of bright pink clouds appeared behind the hill across the valley, the only colour in an otherwise totally grey day that left places south and east of us under many inches of snow. As much as 37 in some areas. . 0616/24th February 2026 By … Continue reading The tide
21st February 2026 Climate deniers point to this very cold winter we are having as proof that there is no such thing as global warming. All it proves is that scientists should choose their words more carefully. And that you cannot force people to confront inconvenient facts they refuse to acknowledge. Future generations will curse … Continue reading Target
0736/22nd February 2026. Snow sky. To the south - a blizzard. Here, snow flurries. While I personally feel short-changed to miss a good storm, the aftermath is a lot for Grant to cope with. No sooner had our walkways cleared from the last lot of ice than they got buried again on Friday night, so … Continue reading Snowy Saturday
19th February 2026 Taking the scenic route to Greenwich sometimes causes us to disturb a group of pigeons. They huddle atop a telephone pole beside the road. . We often slow down there to say hello to a trio of horses, but that day we saw that they were in another pasture. It is the … Continue reading Attention
0640/19th February 2026 Looking up from my morning geography puzzle on Thursday, I gasped at the sight of a sky suddenly transformed as the Sun crept toward the horizon. . It's been a while since we had one this lurid. It was not the "shepherd's warning" of the old saying, at least not until next … Continue reading Start of day
1705/12th February 2026 How wonderful is the gift of eyesight and how we take it for granted. As a child I was given a book of general knowledge that I poured over for hours. I also spent a lot of time looking at pictures in my mother's discarded magazines and sometimes cut things out. This, … Continue reading Contemplation