One of the survivors When I returned from hospital, most of my remaining flowers had succumbed to frost. But Fiddleneck, Sweet Alyssa, larkspur and the smaller of my two hollyhocks are still hanging on, for now. Usually by now we would have had bitter cold. And people still don't believe in global warming. But that's … Continue reading Confessing →

1520/15th November 2021 Yesterday I abandoned you halfway.. Sumac has dark red cones. A bit of straight road Yesterday I got an email from a friend with photographs attached or the modern densely populated world. Places like Kowloon, a Rio de Janiero favela, and many more, appalling scenes from a nightmare. I came back to … Continue reading Journey’s end →

0748/13th November 2021 ....0753...... At 0804, the sun had not crested the horizon, but it's rays were catching the tops of hills and trees, creating that very glorious pre-dawn glow. Don't you love this time of day, when the Natural World comes alive? Cocks crow, the dawn chorus gets in tune... It's magic. Then a … Continue reading Dawn’s early light →

12th November 2021 Don't you just love a really wet day? As long as there aren't too many in a row. Is it silly that I even enjoy the raindrops on a window? Maybe it was the euphoria of being home again. So what happened? It's very boring.... I'll make it as brief as possible … Continue reading Briefly… →

0742/11th November 2021 It's been 9 days since my last post. I've been busy on another minor medical adventure. But major enough to put me back in hospital for 4 days. You may remember how I loved that back in September. No way I was going back. Ever. So I felt a hypocrite, giving in … Continue reading Hypocrite? →

0754/5th November 2021 Even before sunrise, we could see that the world had changed overnight. No surprise, of course. One reads the projected nightly temperatures. Yet there are so many variables in how it will appear. Additionally, a different camera What, exactly, makes frost so spikey? Something to do with the dew-point, I suppose. Each … Continue reading Frost 2021 →

2nd November 2021 River Road runs along the Hudson from Schuylerville to a bridge at Stillwater where we cross over and continue along the river on the other side to Mechanicville where we shoot off to Clifton Park. We have done this journey now in every season and it is never dull. While Grant will … Continue reading River Road →

1st November 2021much Not much time today, as I have an appointment to get my iron levels pumped up. Since the emergency surgery in September I have been severely anemic but my stomach does not tolerate iron supplements. My Primary Care Physician was made aware of this but seemed to think it would be fine … Continue reading Donut hole →

29th October 2021 Burly, the big old male groundhog has been sleeping for over a month. He didn't even wait till the end of September. The rest of the gang retired not long after, but it appears we have an insomniac. Previously, our latest sighting of a groundhog was October 17th. This little girl was … Continue reading Going to bed, or not… →