Life with cats, and other things…
0641/26th February 2026 Breakfast - and puzzles - often have to be abandoned in favour of sunrise. . 0643 This was one I needed to follow. Zooming in... . 0644 ...and back out. One should not lose sight of the big picture. . 0645 Or the finer details. . 0646 There were so many points … Continue reading An open mind
1717/1st February 2026 The Snow Moon rose on Sunday night just as we were dishing up cat dinners. Urged to go outside for a photograph, I declined... . ...watching instead from inside a nice warm living room. . Earlier, while sightseeing we'd found ourselves on Wilbur Road passing The Car Emporium, a repository of vintage … Continue reading Not Niagara
0644/24th January 2025 . The Moon looked particularly lovely in yesterday morning's cold blue sky. . When things don't make sense to me, I often look at the sky and contemplate what lies out there. The vastness of it all renders our problems insignificant. We are less than a speck in time and space, after … Continue reading Birthdays
16th January 2025 . 17th January 2025 . It has been some time since we had a really spectacular dawn, but it always draws me to watch. There is beauty even in simple sights. . Light (unpredicted) snow fell overnight. Two squirrels dug through it on the patio searching for nuts. "I's cold out here, … Continue reading Wild goose chase?
29th December 2024 . To mark the end of this irritating year, something completely DAFT. A short cold snap over Christmas offered the chance for the ice creation I've waited so long to attempt. On Christmas Eve, birds came to decorate. . 2021 began with a prolonged period of below-freezing weather. Refilling the bowl each … Continue reading Daft
23rd December 2024 . It isn't due to last much longer, but we've been enjoying a seriously cold snap these past few days. Enjoy? My brother thinks I'm mad. He, like our father, has spent much time avoiding cold weather and is currently sitting on top of a heater in Cyprus. . Like most people, … Continue reading Delighted
0802/14th December 2024 . Saturday dawned even more crisp than the day before, which is hard to believe today, given a current 57F/14C. . The frost looked especially pretty on top of a light dusting of snow, so I gladly accepted a drive to Greenwich. . We hadn't got far before I yelled STOP! . … Continue reading Refreshment
1st February 2024 It was another grey day but I'd mentioned that we had not been up to Carter's Pond recently, so when my driver suggested we "pop up" there, well, why not? After all, the snow would be gone again soon and I wanted to see the pond iced-up. . No, we didn't get … Continue reading “Don’t touch”
1603/2nd January 2024 This morning was more wintry . Dee Dee was unimpressed and Willow got inside the firescreen to warm up. As if they would otherwise be frozen. The fireplace works much better since the removal of the fake logs. . When the fire refused to stay lit, Grant took it to bits to … Continue reading Unique
0710/17th February 2022 Yesterday afternoon Grant took me to an eye appointment, re-scheduled due to a recent ice storm. Rain which had been forecast was just arriving, but fortunately not in the predicted torrents. Our lane that takes us to the main road was a muddy mess and on either side, the fields had turned … Continue reading Nuts?