Life with cats, and other things…
3rd August 2026 To escape from slow-moving traffic this morning, we turned off to retrace the cross country route we'd chosen on the way to Greenwich. Usually we take it only in one direction, but it's aways good to get a view of it the other way around, especially when the weather is moody. . … Continue reading Delight
0524/16th July 2026 Looking out a window at dawn, I was relieved to be able at least to see the sky, which yesterday was obscured all day by smoke. Helpfully, the temperature had also dropped significantly. Alas, the reprieve from smoke was temporary.... . Yesterday, I believe we were "yellow", which gave us that eerie … Continue reading Scapegoat
1945/30th June 2026 Sometimes (frequently), I have trouble finding a subject to write about and quite often it ends up being no more than captions for photographs. Once in a while, however, my subject walks up the driveway.... But first let me tell you about SDTV: We now have three trail-cams which are planted in … Continue reading SDTV
2022/25th July 2025 . Long warm evenings and walking barefoot on the grass are two things anyway that I like about summer, the season I like least. . Wildlife activity is another, of course. This year has produced a bumper crop of skunks! One evening recently, as I passed the sliding door I noticed a … Continue reading Summer delights
1600/8th August 2023 Head down, battling to catch up, I had a lapse of attention yesterday afternoon. Luckily I was alerted to... ...that very moment I had just written about, when people in Vermont might be looking our way, at our hills all lit up while they for once were dark. . . So completely … Continue reading Creepy
0726/9th October 2022 It was not a hard frost, but there was a thin coating of ice on the bird baths this morning. Having abandoned working under the roof when temperatures rose, Grant decided he could get that project sorted out today. In theory, it was to be a small repair to a hole in … Continue reading Jack’s house
15th June 2022 This time, it was definitely a Monarch butterfly. It landed on the milkweed by the front door. Just long enough for a photo. Hopefully it will lay eggs. From what I understand, Monarchs feed exclusively on milkweed. When we first came here, we wondered how we could find a supply, but we … Continue reading Casual gardening…
0740/12th June 2022 Yesterday morning Grant saw a fawn with its mother, just down the road. As is often the case, at such times, I was not in the car. However, this morning a splendid chap came to visit. We don't often see bucks, so it was a treat. There was a female with him. … Continue reading Talking
14th May 2022 Dishwashers. I have owned several only because they came with the property. They always made a useful extra storage unit. Some (very strange) people like ironing. To me that always seemed a far greater chore than doing the dishes. If there had been an automatic ironing machine I would perhaps have availed … Continue reading Washing up…
0715/26th March 2022 Such a promising start... Even the Moon was smiling... . Oh! Looking through last year's photographs I am struck by how colourful they were by comparison to our currently drab vista, the single bright patch being the snow shovel. . Far too soon to tidy the shovel away. The photograph on left … Continue reading 20,21,22