Life with cats, and other things…
21st February 2026 Climate deniers point to this very cold winter we are having as proof that there is no such thing as global warming. All it proves is that scientists should choose their words more carefully. And that you cannot force people to confront inconvenient facts they refuse to acknowledge. Future generations will curse … Continue reading Target
Bluejays at the feeders, 31st January 2026 . "Awful glad you got the peanuts, missus!" Birds are such enchanting beings. And so diverse. . Bluejays being corvids are stroppy, noisy birds with little in the way of table manners. Doves appear to exist in their own little world. They seem not entirely aware much of … Continue reading Beaks
18th December 2025 For a long time we wondered what this old abandoned building had been. Grant eventually found out that it had been - a chicken coop. We pass it every time one of the cats visits the vet, or when we need access to route 22. . On Thursday it was for the … Continue reading Visits
Pigeons. 16th December 2025 Without notice, the wild turkeys stopped visiting, long before there was snow on the ground. The weather had turned cold at the time, but we see turkeys elsewhere when we are out and about, so we don't know why the girls stopped coming by. The last time we saw them was … Continue reading Frequent flyers
1st December 2025 The earthy smell when rain falls on dry soil = Petrichor There may be no other scent that pleases me more and this piece I think paints a perfect musical image. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLFXzer5e3o&list=RD3vFaS0hhR7w&index=3 It came up while I was debating what to write, so there you are. . As I say often enough, … Continue reading Those simple things
0726/5th November 2025 If it's not snow or orange trees... . 0728 ...there's bound to be another boring sunrise on offer. . 0737 Perhaps I should save some of these for when nights shorten, bringing dawn too early. . And I could save pictures of snow for the height of summer in the hope of … Continue reading Thieves
1620/24th November 2024 . There being a hill in the way, we don't see the sun set unless we drive somewhere with a view. However, when the conditions are right, we get a variation of the sunset which almost resembles dawn, which we see every day at this time of year. . It almost looks … Continue reading Slim pickings
22nd August 2024 . Today is an assault on the eardrums. It's as if this day was appointed for CLEANUP. One can hardly complain about farm vehicles here and I don't mind those. It's the cacophony of: Lawn mowers and leaf blowers. It's the latter that really get on my nerves because I simply cannot … Continue reading “Do they play cricket?”
0635/15th August 2024 . It wasn't a stunning sunrise, but I had to stop and watch anyway, enjoying the soft pink and grey sky of a slightly smokey morning. Then I went to check on the sunflowers... . Almost a reflection of the rising sun. This one is still erect. The others as predicted, came … Continue reading Token