Life with cats, and other things…
0711/25th January 2023 Awake long before I needed to be, I turned off the alarm on my iPhone in approximately 6 ways, but it was delighted to inform me at 6 am that no, I hadn't done it properly. How is it that what you can set in motion with one simple step, requires so … Continue reading In search of birthday cake
18th January 2023 "Hello old woman. I see you've been left alone in your motor vehicle, like me." "So I'm going to sing for you." "Let me just get in tune." "Woe. Woe, Woe." "Woe. Woe." "It's called the 'Woe song', see." "Woe is me. Woe is me." "I've been left alone. Woe is me." … Continue reading “Woe,woe!”
1642/15th January 2023 Yesterday afternoon's 15 minute art show. . Friday 13th had been delightfully soggy and scenic. Foggy, too. Summit Lake's Winter look. Not nearly as frozen as it usually is in January. There is always colour to be found. Even if it's only the centre line of a rural road. The lid of … Continue reading Finding colour
2nd January 2023 "Was it something I said?" "Rude she-cats! Mutter mutter." After hitting us up for three lots of breakfast, the boy took himself around the front to stare at the all-purpose hole in the sumac. Perhaps he fancied a main course of mouse or chipmunk. Then Grant went out with his walkers. Muffin … Continue reading *LBJ
0717/25th December 2022 For the past few days I have been listening to choir music. Not Christmas music, "Sacred Choir Music" that I found at random on YouTube. The sound is one I have always found soothing. It touches me deep inside. Russian choirs especially. What is it in this sound that is so moving? … Continue reading Nuts
0751/23rd December 2022 Howling wind, creaking house and enervated cats got Grant from his crib early this morning. Patches favoured rising also, so I clicked on a lamp to see what ungodly hour it might be. 0600. "It's still dark out!" I moaned. Whereupon it went dark in also, as our lights failed. Surprisingly, within … Continue reading Elliott
0947/16th December 2022 Coming back from Greenwich this morning, we found ourselves driving through heavy sleet and we said "here it comes!" After all the fuss, we had expected to wake this morning, to at least a few inches of snow. But I didn't need to look outside to know it hadn't arrived. There is … Continue reading Caring
0814/15th December 2022 A group of Sparrows, I've decided ought to be known as a "scavenge"! "Host" may be the proper name, according to Google, but I believe my title is more accurately descriptive. Bottoms up. You'll have to excuse my little friends. Someone told them there is a storm coming. So they are in … Continue reading Scavenge!
0651/14th December 2022 Something I have never really considered till today: "It is always darkest before the dawn" The first person to have said this, according to Google was one Thomas Fuller, in 1650. In fact, it is darkest before dawn, as that is when there is the least light and it is also the … Continue reading and so forth
13th December 2022 Early clouds lifted this morning, revealing the transformation. It's not as if it's the first time I saw snow! Dragging myself from a warm bed when it's 8 F outside and piling on clothes in order to replenish the seed trays sometimes doesn't feel awfully appealing. But the moment I set foot … Continue reading Dazzled