Life with cats, and other things…
2nd March 2026 Passing the slope where we recently caught sight of a fox, we noticed that the pigeons were not assembled on the power lines where they usually observe our approach. But we caught up with them just the other side of the hill and this perch was far enough from the road that … Continue reading No polar explorer
17th October 2025 A short journey through the Vermont woods brought us again to Hidden Valley What a change a few short weeks had wrought. . Despite our efforts we'd missed out the height of the colours, although I'm not convinced these hills ever achieved the look we always hope to see, because of the … Continue reading Hobbies
A new destination for us last Tuesday: Lake Saint Catherine's in Vermont. On the way we found places where the leaves were still attached and green. . Though not at the Lake where the carpet of leaves was deepening by the moment. . A perfect Fall day! . Lake Saint Catherine State Park comprises 117 … Continue reading Lake Saint Catherine
0725/11th September 2025 . Not all our expeditions are tremendously successful but neither are they ever a total disappointment. Yesterday's outing to Bellows Falls would fall in this category. It was a place we'd read about in a crime series by a local author, Archer Mayor. Although I didn't attend, I read that Mr Mayor … Continue reading Bellows Falls
0610/23rd April 2025 . . While I was having a tooth drilled on Tuesday, Grant made an excursion to Vermont with our neighbour Ed, in search of supplies for his new gardening project. Next day, he required something else and was keen to show me a new route he'd discovered. So off we went to … Continue reading The Chocolate Barn
0705/30th November 2024 . Back in May my brother, who currently lives in Cyprus, ordered a new car which was delivered five months later. I mentioned this on Saturday to the young man who was selling me a new car and he was incredulous. . It had only been the previous week that the thought … Continue reading Is it?
26th October 2024 . "Didn't you say you WEREN'T going out today?" Willow doesn't really mind, as long as I tell her. It seriously bothers me if I can't find her when I'm going out, which isn't often, but inevitably happens anytime I'm in a hurry. When Grant's already got the car out! As long … Continue reading The right light
16th October 2024 . Ever mindful of passing time, we'd decided on another sortie on Friday afternoon and spent the morning busily attending to other things. We grabbed lunch and rushed out the door with only a vague plan in mind, which was because the electrician had come to fix the gas fire and got … Continue reading Twig peeping
13th May 2024 . May 13th was one of our better days. It saw us on the way to Vermont which took us past the nursery and I was surprised to see that the trees are in fact flowering fruit trees. Somehow I'd thought they were pines, though I never got a very good look. … Continue reading Juxtaposition
0710/14th October 2023 "Red sky in the morning" "Shepherd's warning." It may have been true, in the old days, back in England. The New England saying is: "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." . We set off to see what we would see. The provisional destination was The Salem Art Works which … Continue reading A very nice place