Life with cats, and other things…
28th November, 2021 Searching for a letter I'd laid carefully aside Led me into boxes best left undisturbed. Inside so many pictures Of friends long since interred. Pictures of the pets I loved And held close to my heart. Their faces hang in frames. From the rest why can't I part? It's not the weather … Continue reading Pain and suffering
1820/8th October 2021 0707/9th October 2021 . Bang! Crash! Wallop! When a solid, 6'4 dude crashes to the floor, it makes quite a racket. Scared the life out of me. I had gone downstairs to see something on Grant's PC and as I exited the room, in front of him, Tinkerbell suddenly got underfoot. Evading … Continue reading Handling things
1742/6th October 2021 Time seems to be eluding me of late. Days are slipping by and I accomplish nothing. Except maybe take a few daft photographs. Like this next one that I think looks like a dog's face... Um, you have to tilt your head, perhaps... Maybe if I spent less time chasing dew drops... … Continue reading Peeved (again)
October 1st 2021 When I downloaded this image, I immediately saw it as a pilgrim, on his knees, wearing a flat-topped hat, extending his arms with an offering on a tray, to his deity, Queen Bee, sitting on her rose-coloured pad, beneath a floral umbrella. Other pilgrims are queuing with their offerings. Perhaps I should … Continue reading Marigold
0727/26th September 2021 Sunrise this morning matched my mood. The Sun fought bravely to penetrate thick layers of dark cloud and morning mist lay in the valleys. . For such an oppressive beginning, it has turned into a spectacularly bright Fall day, warm but not hot. The sort of day that should inspire. Yesterday was … Continue reading Fall funk
1902/16th September 2021 This next part of my medical woes story will require a degree of tact. I don't wish to appear indelicate. You'll see what I mean as we go along... What with all the noise and the absence of a needed medication as well as a fairly sharp pain in my middle, I … Continue reading THE VOICE
15th September 2021 Yesterday's fierce storm gave way to an interesting sky today, alternately boiling clouds to clear blue. . Another episode of Healthcare woes: An experience I share as a story of our system. Happily, it did "also pass".. . 16th September 2021 If what I have written so far about being admitted to … Continue reading “This too shall pass”
1943/26th August 2021 It's pretty bad when all I can find to offer are a couple of photographs with the challenge Where's the aeroplane? It's actually not that hard to spot. The sky was lovely, that night. I even braved the mosquitoes. It's been a bit glum, ever since... me too. Try as I might … Continue reading Feeling useless
1935/23rd August 2021 1944/23rd August 2021 Rainbows are becoming a daily event in these parts but it's always the light that follows which is so amazing and last night was particularly dazzling, otherworldly almost. A surprisingly and much welcomed good night's sleep helped motivate me to attempt a little light gardening this morning, before the … Continue reading Resentful!
13th June, 2021 It's always so nice to see colourful flowers in the field. But Summer is so not my time of year! For me, it's a time when there is too much happening. That mostly means the out-of-control garden . But summer has always been a challenge. As a child, my asthma attacks were … Continue reading Losing one’s tribe
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