Life with cats, and other things…
The Olympic Peninsula Washington State In the interest of my personal sanity, I have declared this to be a media-free day. Which is partly because my Internet provider is the most irritating, swindling, annoying non-provider I have ever had the misfortune of having to do business with. I have tried every way possible to obtain … Continue reading Media-free day
Is it possible that Wild Turkeys have regional accents? When I went out, early this morning to replenish the bird feeder, I could hear a familiar sound from somewhere "out there": "glubble glubble glubbler gluck". Wild Turkeys! I recognized the sound and it is definitely not "gobble gobble". Not up here anyway. Immediately I went … Continue reading Turkey love and Gimpy
Blackie and Penny It started at four o'clock this morning. Bang. Bang. Bang bang. Bang bang bang. Bang. Then again: Bang. Bang bang. Bang bang. I turned over moaning to myself, "who's playing with what now?" Then I looked at the clock and pulled my head back under the covers, only to hear BANG BANG … Continue reading Kitty chaos
Birds in the apple tree 25th March 2020 My family and my group of friends is very small, so I have been able to check up on them by email to ensure that they are safe. Well, as safe as is possible under these very strange circumstances. If there is one that I worry about, … Continue reading Not knowing…
Then this happened When I went outside this morning to capture shots of glorious Spring in Washington County (NY), the birds were still singing their gay Springtime tune, but not long after they were back sitting on their bush glaring at us through the window. "WTF is THIS?" they said. They are very rude birds. … Continue reading Spring in Cambridge
Stormy morning, Cambridge NY 23 March 2020 This morning I went through my email and came away with the following link which I recommend: https://www.whisperingknights.org/
As I was scratching my brain for a topic this morning, I received a phone call from a faraway friend and we chatted about other, long-ago friends. One of them was the first person I chanced to work with when I joined British Airways. That first day on the job, I was dispatched to work … Continue reading My friend Larry
