Life with cats, and other things…
September 2025 Can it be that September is already running out? . A few clouds grace the sky without the benefit of rain. Though there is the possibility, this week. We've been told that before. . A wake of buzzards circled over a field Thursday's exciting expedition was to Greenwich for bird food, with a … Continue reading Not just feeling
16th September 2025 After consulting Google Maps, we decided to go back to Lake Sacandaga, taking a more southerly route around the bottom and up the western shore. The Adirondacks are extensive and dotted with lakes but there is a limit to how far we can travel in a day, bearing in mind we have … Continue reading Size is not everything
12th September 2025 It had been a few weeks since we discovered The Georgi and with Fall coming, I wanted to have another look at the magnificent hydrangea trees which change with the seasons. So we went for another afternoon excursion. Two in the same month! . The trees form an arc across the lawn. … Continue reading Topsy-turvy
0720/23rd October 2024 . "We're running out of time." "We should make another attempt at Whitehall!" . It's another glorious day, far too nice to stay in, so we're off again in a short while. . (This was yesterday) . Road trips here are always enjoyable but I must admit there have been rather many … Continue reading To Whitehall?
16th October 2024 . Ever mindful of passing time, we'd decided on another sortie on Friday afternoon and spent the morning busily attending to other things. We grabbed lunch and rushed out the door with only a vague plan in mind, which was because the electrician had come to fix the gas fire and got … Continue reading Twig peeping
1631/15th October 2024 . A few years ago we moved this little maple from in front of the house where its roots had nowhere to grow. We then watched anxiously to see how it would recover from the shock but it did well. Then, last spring the condition of its bark concerned us. However, it … Continue reading Nuisances
0704/17th October 2024. It had the look of Winter. . Warm rays of the rising Sun turned overnight frost to vapor which soon dispersed offering a brilliant morning. . The bird baths were frozen over, but the ice broke easily when I bashed it with a stick. Too dark for photographs. Later on, I missed … Continue reading A quick hour
7th October 2024 . One of the albums I created for the Fall pictures, I entitled "baring trees", - trees that are becoming bare. For me they are a class of their own. . These were taken on a variety of drives, so I can't identify all the locations. But I think it matters not. … Continue reading Baring trees
0948/13th October 2024 . Hues are emphasized by the damp. . I rushed out, just in case I didn't have enough images in my file. . The richness of a wet Fall morning! Quite extraordinary. . The Fall inventory was getting out of control, so last night I created some files. Rather than make a … Continue reading The damp
7th October 2024 . The Fall of 2022 was unbelievably stunning because the trees all showed their glorious splendour at once, a spectacle of shining gold set off against brilliant blue skies. Oh, it was magnificent! So many different factors come into play to result in such a display. I have seen it only once … Continue reading Such as