Life with cats, and other things…
0700/12th October 2021 It would have been a pretty sunrise this morning but the fog/mist still lingers, day after day. Soon, instead of dew it will be frost and the world will have a different look. The only problem I have with frost is that it makes manipulating the camera a bit awkward. As far … Continue reading Nature in charge
Clover in one of my favourite colours Apparently hers too. His? Also clover, also quite popular: So pleased that the wildflowers feed so many. Swallowtail flitted between the wildflowers and my marigolds. Beautiful creature. This white cosmos is one of my favourites It's so very delicate. Even the buds are exquisite. . One day I … Continue reading Murder most foul
1843/24th September 2021 When the setting sun reaches a certain angle, it lights up the distant hills while the rest are already cloaked in shadow. At this time of year I stay close to the window and also keep my ears pricked for the calls of geese.. It's the lovely, mournful sound of Fall. That … Continue reading The greatest Artist
20th September 2021 Because our resident groundhogs made short work of the seedlings I attempted to grow last Spring, Grant went out and got a huge bag of mixed wildflower seed. It was so slow in growing, I'd given up all expectations but in August a variety of green shoots began to appear, unmolested! Creating … Continue reading Fiddleneck
7th July 2021 Playing with the macro lens, I made new friends: They were no more cooperative than my larger pals. Japanese Lady Beetle. It is said that meeting one of these is a sign that your creative pursuits will bring prosperity in the future. Also to make use of your vivid imagination. Well then! … Continue reading Wee things
Sulfur cosmos, turning their heads to the morning sun. 12th June, 2021 "Midsummer draws nigh," He said with a sigh. "What does that mean? "Everything's so green, "Only just, "Looking robust!" "It's the seasons", he said With a shake of his head. "Can you not learn, "Your device to adjourn, "And stop filling in vain … Continue reading Sigh
Nature provided my topic for today, right on schedule, as in the past two years. On 28th May, 2019, our first Spring in my new home, we were surprised one afternoon to see a white-tailed doe lying on her side, in the field below the house. Unwell that day, I had been lying down and … Continue reading Privileged
1958/23rd May 2021 It's as if someone pushed the re-set button. Suddenly, the sky is full of contrails. Even more than there used to be. Making up for lost time? My friend Tim is off to Iceland in a few days, having not travelled by air for 15 months. For him, this was an eternity. … Continue reading Where are we ?
3rd May, 2021 Thrashers at the watering hole yesterday afternoon. As far as I know, their lives are no harder than any other bird's. Except that I can never bring their name to mind when I see one, so they get called "Flashers" or "Dashers" or even "Road Runner", an entirely different bird. Lovely to … Continue reading It’s a hard life
Books about animals are almost inevitably sad and it came to a point where I just had to stop reading them. "Providence of a Sparrow" by Chris Chester, for example. A bird story that reduced me to a quivering wreck. It was so terribly poignant and about a sparrow. The little bird in this picture … Continue reading Not “just a sparrow”
