Life with cats, and other things…
0704/20th September 2024 . This is probably our busiest time of year, in as much as retired folk may be called busy. With the scene changing by the hour, it's hard to keep up. . Because - after six years we are still finding new sights and constantly note we must "check them out in … Continue reading Late bloomers
0830/30th July 2024 . This morning saw us dropping Little Man off at Cambridge Valley Vet. It's his Big Day. Poor little scrap. . Because he's such an expert at disappearing and because we had to withhold food from him, we shut him in a locked room last night. Oh, the wailing when he heard … Continue reading The BIG DAY
24th July 2024 . The sight of now tall corn transforming the landscape reminds me of Cambodia, which could scarcely be more different. In my father's old photograph, the rice was at an early stage. How I loved to see the paddy fields when they were ready to harvest, a sea of green waving in … Continue reading Energiser?
1904/16th July 2024 . New York State has been hit twice in the past two weeks by destructive tornadoes. This was a phenomenon which used to be virtually unheard of here, but we must get used to it. People all over the world face disasters every year in the shape of floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, … Continue reading Shapes
12th July 2024 . An expanse of purple attracted my attention to the lower field recently. While I'd taken some photographs from a distance, I was persuaded that I should go for a closer look. On the way down, ox-eye daisies. . As far as I can remember, I am not sensitive to goldenrod which … Continue reading New arrivals
10th July2024 . Our days have shortened just enough to make it possible for me to almost catch the sunrise. . This morning there was a sun dog. . Sun dog My camera often catches birds in flight . And in the garden, a sun flower. After failing four years in a row to get … Continue reading Either way
27th June 2024 . This morning for a change, I declined the offer of a "quick excursion" and I just know the man will come back and tell me he saw new born fawns or some other creature I would love to see! Because it's on those quick trips that we often have the nicest … Continue reading Eagleville
1939/10th June 2024 Having placed June very low on my list of likes, I have to admit that the early part of the month was actually not bad. Just before dark on the 10th, the sun broke through very briefly to touch the rim of the hill opposite, while a single beam, as of a … Continue reading Tails
1712/22nd June 2024 . Last night the sky had regained a little character, but today it has reverted to being anaemic-looking haze. June is the month I like least. . As a severely asthmatic child, summer was when I suffered most, although curiously and most fortuitously, in SE Asia the asthma disappeared totally. When I … Continue reading June
20th June 2024 . "We got all wet!" . As predicted yesterday, we had another cracker of a storm. The day before it came on as I was going outside. I hesitated just long enough to convince myself I would not be struck by lightning, then carried on. It reminded me of my childhood when … Continue reading Walking in the rain