Life with cats, and other things…
Ruby-throated hummingbird Sunday morning's job: taking down and deep-cleaning the hummingbird feeders. This year I got new ones that had a lot more bits than the one in the above photo. I have tried various designs and am yet to find one that I would call perfect. The last hummingbird was seen on September 19th, … Continue reading Mistaken identity
23rd September 2026 Recently a group of deer have taken to visiting in the evening, usually a doe with two fawns, sometimes three. They have only in the past few days lost their spots, which has not inhibited their playfulness. This particular evening as they were departing down the driveway, they met the flock of … Continue reading The Great Intelligence
1644/2nd July, 2026. Yucca. With no answers and no improvements to the malady that was affecting me, I decided yesterday to forgo applying the steroid eyedrops I had been using for two weeks. While they seemed an unlikely suspect, the use of those drops did coincide with the beginning of my slump. This morning, I … Continue reading Cheerful
1840/15th April 2025 . Likely the last appearance of twigs until after the Fall, given today's warmth and down pouring rain. Lit up by late afternoon sun, I find their appearance appealing, like so many things in Nature that we take for granted or fail to notice. . As often as I see it, I … Continue reading The sound of Summer
0623/2nd September 2023 Lifting my curtain to this vision, I picked up my camera and went outside in my nightshirt and waded barefoot through the very long, wet grass. Something caused me to turn my head and too late I realised there was a deer by the apple tree. . Sometimes, if you don't look … Continue reading Readiness
21st July 2023 Any day that starts with a smiley face has to be good. Especially when it's Little Red's smile. . It actually started was when I went to refill the suet feeders and all I could find was this... We've been raided by raccoons before, but they don't usually take the feeders as … Continue reading Wrong end
0630/23rd June 2023 "Well that's a very good question." "I'll just lie down here and consider it." . "Maybe I'll research the matter and get back to you." So what was the question? Which is more interesting, the view through a telescope, or under a microscope? As I don't possess either one, it's hard to … Continue reading Small fry
12th August 2022 Frustrated by my first attempt to create a post, I breathed deep, counted to ten and went outside. At 6 am when I went out I'd come back in for a sweater, but I was astonished that by late morning there was still a cool breeze. Surprised and delighted, of course. New … Continue reading “A bit of rain”
Early evening brought visitors to the lower field yesterday. It was hard to count, but there were at least 6. They looked up as I snapped their pics and then jumped the far wall to another property. The Farmer's Almanac says this is to be a long, cold Winter. It will be hard for them. … Continue reading Mr Green
2016/3rd August 2021 Do you think my life would make a good sitcom? Last night I glanced out the window, saw the sky and went running out the front door, only to notice a doe with her fawn not 20 feet away. "Oh, sorry!" I said, like the Englishwoman I am, turned around and rushed … Continue reading Wot I worry about