Life with cats, and other things…
5th December 2022 "Did you say you wanted to go to Walgreen's?" "Um...maybe..." Actually, I had gone off the idea, but I thought if we went in that direction, we could return via .... ...the pussycats. Yesterday being one of those brilliant days, all the more lovely in that it was book-ended by grey wet … Continue reading In search of chocolate
18th November 2022 Most of us can find something to be grateful for. Discovering that it had vanished suddenly, I was stunned. For four years I watched the little tree on the hill opposite, as it grew and went through the seasons. I came to think of it as "my tree" which obviously it was … Continue reading Gratitude
0635/23rd November 2022 Comparatively, I have seen better sunrises... ..more flashy, more dramatic, perhaps? There have been times when I gasped, "Oh my!" Today it was more like "Hmmm, that's nice." But as I continued to watch.... clouds broke up and light caught their tops, just so... ...before the master crept above the horizon It … Continue reading Another day
21st November 2022 Something is missing. It's been missing since last Saturday. But I only noticed yesterday. How did I not see that it was gone for two days? Something I've looked at every day for four years. Let us say it was because of the snow showers... A feeble excuse. I notice stuff. Stuff … Continue reading Gone
17th November 2022 Today can't decide what mood to be in. So it's gone for gloomy with bright intervals. First snow yesterday did not amount to much. The bird baths were slushy but not frozen. Though the sparrows made a big deal of it. Till the pigeons arrived. The cardinals are much more refined, and … Continue reading Big deal
0625/7th November 2022 Each dawn is a surprise and now, I am generally awake to enjoy it. If I had been paying attention, perhaps I would have considered rising really early this morning, in the hope of catching the lunar eclipse. But being the dope I am, I read that it would start at 4 … Continue reading Zoom
21st October 2022 It's already late and I haven't got a thing done. Periodically I have insomnia. Often it's more a matter of cat disturbances but last night the brain said: "No! Not sleeping." Instead it sent messages to my legs: "Things are crawling on you...." Restless leg syndrome. When it's bad, there is no … Continue reading Not conceding
1453/26th October 2022 Largely, it's all these Fall photographs. Every day a new vision. Colours brighter than I have ever seen before. Each time of day a new perspective. It's exhausting! It's exhilarating. It is also distracting. Yesterday I nearly blew an appointment because I had got into my head that it was for 3:30. … Continue reading Blame the cats
0724/19th October 2022 "What now?!" There seemed always to be something wrong in my father's world and growing up with the sound of his constant moans, his world became my normal. When I was leaving the boarding school that I attended for two years in England, I asked some of the girls to write in … Continue reading “What now?”
1425/10th October 2022 "Oh my God!" Turning from the sink, somewhat startled, I saw Grant staring out of the sliding door. "What?" "The Cooper's hawk nearly got Red!" It wasn't the original Little Red but one of her kind. Maybe Grant's sudden appearance by the door startled the hawk into flying off. The squirrel seemed … Continue reading Decisions