Life with cats, and other things…
9th October 2023. Main Street, Greenwich, NY. Parts of Greenwich are quite nice but how very much nicer it could be. The yellow signs are just the latest eyesore. . There are lots of really lovely trees despite a tangle of power lines everywhere. Many houses are decorated for Halloween. I'm not a fan of … Continue reading Signs again
7th October 2023 Little white butterflies flit about, often in pairs, but I have never before seen one alight and stay for a photograph. Rather a long shot from my desk. Then when I looked at the image I saw the very big bee. Gaillardia keeps offering its blooms. It is an admirable plant! . … Continue reading Comparison
1640/6th October 2023 Waiting for the stragglers to come home for supper the other day, I heard an unusual bird call up in the woods and turning around I was dazzled. Rays of the descending Sun caught me like a floodlight. The afternoon had been heavily overcast, but Sun always gets the last word. So … Continue reading Heads up
0743/5th October 2023 This day the morning mist was sepia. It fits well, into the gallery of images I've been collecting of late. It's a very brown sort of period. . There is, of course, a place for brown as our friend Zoomer demonstrates. Zoomer is a little brown furry creature that is stocking up … Continue reading Cheeky
1055/27th September 2023 Since we were going that way today, I thought I would take a photograph for comparison to the one (left) that I posted yesterday, taken on the same day, last year. . The geese are consistent anyway! . Harvesting. I'm not sure what grain. . "Hey guys, you missed a bit!" You … Continue reading Dawn & dusk
0750/25th September 2023 It was still dark as we began breakfast activities yesterday. Grant noticed movement on the porch and thought His Nibbs had come to join us, so he threw open the door startling a skunk. Fortunately it fled without comment. That could have been a bad start. Dentist's visits are not high on … Continue reading Laid back
1700/19th September 2023 A great sky and a delightful temperature encouraged me to go for a short walk the other afternoon. Until now, being outside meant fighting off hordes of insects which rather detracts from the experience. . When I first came here five years ago, I found it rather a struggle, walking to the … Continue reading A short walk
1738/15th September 2023 A watercolour sky. No drama. A gentle blending and deepening. . . 0700/16th September This morning's aquatic sky soon became a grey overcast, but rain held off which pleased Grant who is doing things outside. . Topping up the bird feeders yesterday, my eyes travelled to the bottom field. Unable to distinguish … Continue reading Black hole!
1720/13th september 2023 The Battle of the Open Doors. It seemed I had no hope of winning as the reason they are open twice a day for 15 minutes is to allow the cats access/egress. Apparently some dreadful thing might befall us if the little dears had to wait a nano-second to be let in. … Continue reading Making a case
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