Life with cats, and other things…
0840/27th September 2023 As we drove into the mist yesterday morning, there was Nibbs on the wall at the end of our road. He is definitely a cat that gets around though hopefully not out to the state route. He didn't even turn to wave! . We were on the way to my eye doctor … Continue reading “Doing”, or not…
0654/9th September 2023 Saturday came and left without fanfare. Even the expected rain did not arrive although we are promised a wet week ahead, with a tropical storm coming up the coast. It's that time of year. . School tax time. Ugh. There's not much one can do about it. Is it just me, or … Continue reading Gone to seed
0553/7th September 2023 The humidity yesterday morning had me gasping and my joints protesting. This weather turns me into a slug! How grateful I am that the whole of August was not like this, which it easily can be. . Anyway, I would surely survive it. Relief was in sight, according to the Oracle. Doing … Continue reading Slug
28th August 2023 Do you ever stop and ask yourself how many moves it took, to get you where you are? How many things had to fall in place to make important events occur? In 1976, as my aunt and uncle planned to retire and move to Maine, I found myself an apartment. The rent … Continue reading No returns
0705/3rd September 2023 A good deal of honking alerted me to their approach but I was up checking on the Roses of Sharon and did not have my camera with me. . But I had been talking to a grasshopper and attempting to master the magnifier application. It works very well but I have trouble … Continue reading True blue?
0857/30th August 2023 If you've read my blog more than a couple of times, you will have noticed how often I stare at the sky and how I try to capture it's every change. . Until my parents took me to SE Asia in 1956, I was barely aware of the sky. Clouds were just … Continue reading Stuff
1850/29th August 2023 It's not far off a hundred years ago that George Formby sang about what he saw: "When I'm cleaning windows." I think of it, when I'm doing dishes: . Mrs Groundhog is getting round! . The little one is filling out too, though it is svelte by comparison! Mrs G was so … Continue reading A few more things I’ve seen
1315/28th August 2023 Turned my head at just the right moment, . to be delighted, seeing hummingbirds at the buddleia. . Ever on the look-out for new flora, this morning my eyes lit on this vision by the pain clinic parking lot. Fall being in evidence, I didn't pay as much attention as I should, … Continue reading New discoveries
1920/26th August 2023 "Master Sparrow! It's eating our nuts!" . " Master S told us to fly up in its face." "But it went right on chomping?" "It was sitting on our wheelbarrow!" "How did it get its fat ass up there?" . "That's rather unkind talk!" "Do you call me fat behind my back?" … Continue reading Only yesterday
0643/23rd August 2023 First thing this morning I thought we had smoke again, but it was nothing more than heavy mist. A report from the fires in Maui quoted a couple whose house had unaccountably been spared. They said they felt guilty about their good fortune. Guilt is the wrong emotion, but I do know … Continue reading “It”