Life with cats, and other things…
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
30th June 2026 If I was wealthy, I'd quite like to have a nice garden, maintained by devoted professionals who would remove faded blooms promptly. It is natural that flowers last only a short time, that blooms die, and maybe the right thing is to allow Nature to run its course. In most instances, I … Continue reading Connections
0545/29th June 2026 Seems like a suitable photograph for a day that offers an EXTREME HEAT WARNING. It wasn't just the weather warming up today, though. Retiring from a customer contact job removed a great deal of stress from my life. A substitute was soon found when I began fostering cats, though that was a … Continue reading Flares
1107/27th June 2026 Saturday's outing was to the post office. I am tempted to refuse such brief excursions but seldom do as even such short trips serve to revive me and are often surprisingly interesting. Saturday's sky was good. And it was cleaning day, so escaping the vacuum was worthwhile! Today, Sunday, the post office … Continue reading Old friends
0507/22nd June 2026 This morning (27th June) I finally put the portable heaters away, something that usually happens around the end of April. Earlier, I could not warm up despite wearing two sweaters, but the house heats up after sunrise and the week ahead promises the belated arrival of more normal temperatures. I am thankful … Continue reading Lilies