Life with cats, and other things…
15th May 2022 A few short weeks ago, I was taking photographs of snow and ice on these plants. As white as the world was, now it is green. Even as a child, summer did not suit me. Although it meant school holidays, summer always brought on severe asthma attacks. My brother and I would … Continue reading Phobias
1553/12th May 2022 While it is hard for me to find the enthusiasm for summer that I have for other times of year, there are certainly many moments of enjoyment to be found. And it doesn't need to be anything at all grand. Gazing out a window yesterday afternoon, I noticed the clouds. Summer afternoon … Continue reading Afternoon delight
11th May 2022 Being late is plain rude. And disorganized. Even now, I am seldom disorganized. While it is perhaps possible I may have been a trifle rude, on occasion, it would only have been mildly so and only under duress. Though there was that time, in Kolkata airport…it may have been a little extreme. … Continue reading Explosions
8th May 2022 How many contrails have I seen and photographed, yet never before had I noticed that they cast a shadow, or at least so it appears. Things are not always as they appear, of course. Willow loves to sit in the door to catch the sun and to watch the world go by, … Continue reading Illusions
It feels like a release, all nature’s stress and tension getting washed away…New poem, “Nightfall“ — Jacqlyn Thorne
9th May 2022 In the course of life most people take a turn on an emotional round-a-bout at one time or another, or more. At times I have found myself quite giddy and those occasions were the ones that involved animals. Why it is that I can become detached and objective in a human situation … Continue reading Emotional round-a-bout
1815/7th May 2022 There I was, washing dishes and gazing out the kitchen window. It tends to happen at much the same time every evening. Guess who has figured out how to extort one more carrot. "Grass." she said, mournfully. "It's all there is!" Well, what is one to do? As is plain to see, … Continue reading Evening entertainment
0540/6th May 2022 Something woke me with a start yesterday morning, so I jumped out of bed and lifted a blind. A promising start to what quickly became an indifferent and gray day. The Sun tried hard, but could not quite dispel the gray. Yet the day was not all gloom. Jim Jim squirrel came … Continue reading Feeders
1140/5th May 2022 After leaving Sikkim at the veterinary hospital yesterday, we meandered, with no destination in mind, which in my book is almost always more exciting. We were not very far from home, but the landscape changes within just a few miles, around a bend or over the top of a hill. And of … Continue reading Green!
5th May 2022 Any cat in my care that looks like this at lunchtime on a Thursday is off to the vet. Because, at the weekend cat emergencies involve an hour's drive and a long, expensive wait at a special clinic. And Sikkim suffers with motion sickness. We are very fortunate that our local veterinary … Continue reading Sikkim
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