Life with cats, and other things…
10th November 2025 Murky mornings provide moody images, so we extended the post office run briefly. . It has been many months since we had a morning like this and the gloom seems set to continue for the foreseeable future. However I like the look of wet trees in late autumn. . Especially when there … Continue reading Expletives
1832/10th June 2025 . A sign in the village advertises an upcoming art gardens tour. "Well they won't be coming to us!" ...I said. . If I was to describe my style of gardening it would be laisser faire. Whatever grows, grows. Weeds, flowers, grasses of many kinds. . A weed is merely a wild … Continue reading Laisser-faire
0638/14th April 2025 . Yesterday morning's misty dawn was captivating. . . . It was a good way to start the day, though a quick scan of news headlines soon put a damper on my elation. . Most days I can shake off a bad mood but yesterday it took up residence, possibly because of … Continue reading The Boss
14th October 2024 . Coming home from Clifton Park on Monday, it was by now daylight but the mist was still clinging. You could call it atmospheric. . Whatever, it made colours pop. . Maybe low cloud, rather than mist. . To be rid of the car following us, Grant turned beside a railroad track! … Continue reading Pea green
0840/1st October 2023 There is never a shortage of subjects to photograph here, no matter the season, the weather or time of day. It seems that spiders are at work 24/7. . . Spider webs are always most noticeable on misty mornings and recently we've had few days start any other way. . After an … Continue reading Stained glass
0745/6th May 2023 In principle, I am not a fan of mist. Even with the advantages of modern technology, I like the pilot of any aeroplane I happen to be on, to be able to see where they are going. Back in the days before all said advantages, mist caused my airline colleagues and I … Continue reading Small delights
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
0703/25th August 2021 It didn't even warrant a photograph. And I take pictures of the most obscure things. But I'll get to that in a minute. . . An obscure thing. What is it? Even before I became a lady of a certain age, I dressed in long pants on all but the hottest days … Continue reading Curse of the clover?
Ghostly sounds drifted across the valley, muffled by thick morning mist. They could easily have been rifle or musket fire and I imagined myself transported back 260 years to the early days of Cambridge which was founded in 1761. Having read the Eliot Pattison's entire series of Inspector Shan Tao Yun books, I have progressed … Continue reading Ghosts