Life with cats, and other things…
19th February 2026 Taking the scenic route to Greenwich sometimes causes us to disturb a group of pigeons. They huddle atop a telephone pole beside the road. . We often slow down there to say hello to a trio of horses, but that day we saw that they were in another pasture. It is the … Continue reading Attention
1614/18th December 2025 Thursday had been a simply splendid winter's day, but the forecast was not good. We were to expect dramatically rising temperatures and rain... . 0727/19th December 2025 By dawn on Friday, much of the snow had receded and clouds were rolling in. Before long the rain arrived, driven by powerful wind that … Continue reading Chain reaction
15th July 2025 . This is a very good year for hostas locally, but driving past at speed I had not managed to capture a photo, which is how we took a detour and ended up - at the cemetery. There were no hostas, but we always enjoy the trees. It is not a particularly … Continue reading Gordon Bennett
0607/5th June 2025 . Good news and bad news for this weekend's Balloon Festival. Current wildfire smoke from Canada may dissipate but that's because rain is predicted. Ballooning seems an impractical sort of enterprise, dependent on way too many factors. While I daresay it is nice to float above the earth, personally I'd rather get … Continue reading Excitement
23rd May 2025 . Maybe it's a result of all the rain we've been getting, but this year our trees are fuller than they have been in recent years. . The difference is very noticeable because this year the trees are blocking our view of the road. . This is how it was our first … Continue reading No shortage
Stillwater. 21st April 2025 . Little Man is spooked.... It is a good thing, to be up early. I say so often enough, but there is early and there is too early. Too early for me generally means any time before 6 am since, after all, I don't put my light off until midnight or … Continue reading Spooked
1630/13th November 2023 There are moves and there are moves. Any move is discombobulating, but moving a scant few miles is a whole different matter than hauling your life from one coast of the USA to the other. The first time I did this, taking an equivalent job in Seattle, all of my focus was … Continue reading Tamarack
1810/16th October 2023 Without at all intending to, we found ourselves approaching the bottom of this road which Grant recognised. Sometimes I wonder how he remembers all these routes, but I suppose when you are driving you tend to keep mental notes about such things as landmarks. I recognise them but cannot always situate them! … Continue reading Sun breaks
21st February 2023 27th February 2023 A different look. "Snow? I laugh at snow!" The trees are undaunted! Hawks in trees. Early light with snow on the ground, very pleasing. . On the way, yet again, to Clifton Park. . The geese were waking up with cold bottoms. Grant tells me that wildfowl get themselves … Continue reading What matters
0700/23rd November 2022 Feeling more than a little unsettled, on Wednesday, I was in need of distraction. Earlier, I had noticed something down in the field below the house. Something skeleton-like. Probably the skeletal remains of a deer we found weeks ago. It had provided a good feed to passing wild animals and periodically bits … Continue reading Loving trees