Life with cats, and other things…
0624/31st March 2021 Morning rounds have been modified since the advent of milder weather. Some nights still dip below freezing which requires dumping ice from the bird baths, but I had to let go of my ice sculpture mania and I have to admit I don't miss freezing my fingers! Instead, I now slice carrots … Continue reading Wilderness
Remember those tulips that came up in my flower bed? They are so starved for food, they fight each other: Fur flies every day. Birds use it for their nests. Tulips are poisonous to cats, but apparently not to deer. How could I ever be mad at a face like this? Not only hungry, but … Continue reading Now you see them…
1815/28th March 2021 At times, over the past few days, the world seemed really to have turned black and white. Clouds rolled over us like thick wedges of cotton wool. Yet....some colour is returning: Only naked stalks, but you can see life re-awakening. With the snow gone, I saw how the deer had kept themselves … Continue reading Blue clouds
0638/28th March 2021 06400654 Yesterday, the half-cleaned windows irritated me so much, I decided to damn well clean them till they shone. And today, after that brilliant start at 0638....down pouring rain. Of course. . Depression. The kind I have is 50% chemical imbalance. To be honest, I'm not sure how out of balance my … Continue reading Keeping control
Returned and undelivered mail It's not just me. There's been a depression over the area for the past four days now Today it resulted in a very brief thunderstorm, as if testing a system that has been unused for a few months. It was successful enough to send cats under beds. Then the sun reappeared … Continue reading USPS
In this image I can clearly see the eye of a black cat For my sins, this morning I decided to attempt cleaning those windows which are accessible to me. And remembered why it is that they so rarely get cleaned. It's not that I hate the job. It's that I am horribly incompetent. Pretty … Continue reading Moaning Minnie
"Check up time? Really?" It's that time of year. Cat check,-up time. Moan. Lucy got a mostly good report except for two things. She has one eye and the doc. seemed just a bit concerned that it's not quite right. Lucy declined the suggestion of complicated investigations. We are to keep an eye on it. … Continue reading Ticked off
20th March 2021 The Polar Cap is not melting, I've decided, it's just shifted to Cambridge and is currently situated above the flower bed I was hoping would produce Spring flowers. That is not going to happen anytime soon, obviously, as one cannot even chip away the ice. I don't think I've ever seen anything … Continue reading Illusions
20th March, 2021 The tree, above, is the most attractive sight in the landscape, currently. Any Spring flowers that may have attempted to arrive are still buried firmly under this remaining, stubborn lump of ice. That's if various creatures didn't dig up the bulbs for their dinner, of course and I wouldn't take bets. In … Continue reading Sphinx
0700/19th March 2021 or 1200 according to my confused camera Throughout the night, it howled and moaned and roared like a great lumbering beast in its death throws. It rattled the windows, whistling through all available cracks, clattering the porch furniture and creating a veritable symphony among the wind chimes. Suddenly, mid-morning it stopped dead, … Continue reading Wind
