Life with cats, and other things…
0602/8th May 2026 Failing to check for wildlife, I went charging out to get the above photograph and scared off a fox that was tucking into the peanuts I'd put out earlier. So, when Grant went out I made him take a special offering to be delivered by the old wall where we believe their … Continue reading Happy Friday
0728/24th March 2026. By 0730 on Tuesday we were approaching Addison, Vermont, trying to remember where we needed to turn off the highway. Luckily my GPS came back online in time. It's the sort of road that doesn't advertise itself, so without a GPS warning, you can easily miss it. Across Lake Champlain, some of … Continue reading Poor birdy
0700/14th November 2025 Despite a bank of cloud on the horizon, Friday was deemed promising... ... for a test run with the new tripod. That is for the person expected to use it. As I've mentioned, I do not get on with tripods which, like umbrellas cause tripping. . My experience with umbrellas is that … Continue reading Testing
16th October 2025 Encouraged by the radiant cheerfulness of foliage in the village, we felt the need to add a little sightseeing to the routine shopping we'd planned. . Days like this are to be appreciated. Fall trees are glorious when fully adorned in gold or scarlet, yet I am very partial to the above … Continue reading Dry dock
1857/6th October 2025 The moon is so bright just now, I keep waking in the middle of the night thinking it's time to get up. Then when I look outside, the moonlight makes it appear to have snowed. Things aren't always what they seem! . Living in the country, a clear night sky is something … Continue reading Harvest Moon
2010/9th June 2025 . If I recall correctly, June is the month when we sometimes see fireflies. Last year I saw not one and with the weather being so peculiar now, who knows? . We always hope for Monarch butterflies and we keep a crop of milkweed for them, but as fast as the plants … Continue reading Murk
This is what I need - a herd of goats. . Arthritic hands, a crook back and gardening do not a happy partnership make, especially when the garden in question contains world class weeds. Our weeds could compete in the Olympics. We already had a good crop before Grant obtained a load of topsoil two … Continue reading Aquatic groundhogs
1731/3rd March 2025 . The landscape is changing rapidly and I can't say I'm a fan of the in-between, which is neither one thing nor the other, but it's all part of the natural process. Unlike the time change coming up on Sunday morning which is a piece of human nonsense. . One of the … Continue reading Feathered friends
12th December 2024 . Feeling the urge to check on the condition of other rivers, we plugged instructions into my phone and set off, noting a distinct and sudden change in the weather. A bitter wind had got up, bringing snow. . But there was fair sky ahead. Inevitably, to get to where we intended … Continue reading Puddle ducking
2nd December 2024 . One day, after the first light snow, we went down to have a look at Fly Creek which runs into the Batten Kill River at Greenwich. It has shrunk to a bare trickle. . The river itself is running very low. . Usually the rocks are submerged and the water level … Continue reading Shifts