Life with cats, and other things…
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
Last time I was asked by a nurse at the medical centre if I feel safe at home, I replied that I was starting to feel battered by my cats. Yesterday they were behaving like horrible little toads. I don't know what gets into them sometimes. Spatting and arguing. And other unmentionable things. I guess … Continue reading Getting beat up
A couple of days ago I suddenly realized "oh damn...a filling fell out of my tooth." Being a person who does not tend to procrastinate over things of that nature, I looked in my date book to confirm that I had a dental appointment penned in for May and decided to bring it forward. So … Continue reading 21st Century procedures
Boy cardinal is a little out-numbered One of those days Was followed by: A moody sky that brought unexpected snow Poor squirrel left his 'brolly at home, so had to use his tail instead and a day later : The flicker got to referee the starlings and the blue-jays. Poor flicker is a solitary chap … Continue reading My friend Flicker et al
Snow, they say is coming.... First it was "2-3 inches ", Then 2-4,... 3-6. Now they say 5 to 9. But where is it? Not started yet. Not here anyway. Kind of wrinkly clouds. Maybe if they got a poke It would all come down. It's sort of like waiting for the visit of a … Continue reading Snow events
For the advent of a new decade, never mind a new year, I feel I should come up with something profound, but sadly the mind is shut down, on strike, apparently, like the birds in a very silly poem I wrote not long after arriving back from the West Coast. I thought I had posted … Continue reading Welcome 2020
