Life with cats, and other things…
1104/24th April 2024 At Monday's appointment I happily reported my previous treatment to have been a success and we agreed on the next target. Surprisingly, they could schedule it on Wednesday. So we were soon retracing our trip. . Planning a quick pick-up in Greenwich, we gave ourselves an extra 15 minutes of cushion time. … Continue reading Nephologist
1353/19th April 2024 Forsythia is in bloom everywhere. . It seems to me that last year at some point I observed the flora developing in colour-coordinated stages. . Right now it's yellow. . It's not a valid theory, of course. . It's a matter of what my brain perceives to be the predominant colour. Just … Continue reading Up and Over
1545/17th April 2024 Without consulting the oracle, it was obvious late yesterday that our weather was on the change. . It had been my favourite sort of day but the change made for a pretty sky. . Beautiful skies are like beautiful music. Endless variations, all irresistible. . It set me thinking. Which would be … Continue reading Photographs
1843/15th April 2024 The first thing I do every morning is glance out of the window. Often I then run outside to capture a great dawn. Today it was just a single, very long, thin cloud, in itself worthy of a photograph. . Some weeks ago while finding myself in a garden centre, I picked … Continue reading Perfection
0642/14th April 2024 This promising start soon deteriorated into a storm warning, although for now it only amounts to a heavy overcast. Needing to do food shopping, we took another circuitous route noting as we crossed over the Battenkill that the water level was impressively high and fast flowing. . Our squirrel friends are shedding … Continue reading New territory
1545/12th April 2024 The celestial artist has been adding a lot of burnt umbre to the pallet lately, to the point of it seeming not real, at least not in Spring. That is a Fall colour! . In addition yesterday, there was an aquatic effect. The house is without gutters, so rain pours straight off … Continue reading Daffodil
0645/10th April 2024 In an ideal world, I would have residences in both hemispheres which would allow me to enjoy permanent Winter framed with brief periods of Fall and Spring. . But then there would be all that travelling and a house sitting empty for 6 months, or occupied by someone else, which is often … Continue reading Not likely
0800/8th April 2024 It's always good to have days-old photographs to fall back on when rain beats against the windows! Monday was brilliant for the latest trip to Clifton Park. . Early morning contrails drifted, creating a thin layer of cloud. . There were no rushes of eclipse-watchers so I got another of those images … Continue reading Resuscitation
1720/6th April 2024 Life is slowly returning. When we had so much warm weather during the winter I wondered what would be the outcome, but perhaps the flora returned to a state of dormancy as we are no further along than in previous years. . As far as I can tell. As you may have … Continue reading In search of carrots
0851/7th April 2024 Vet visits are so stressful. Last time we took a cat to the vet, we came home without her. This morning it was routine check-ups and vaccinations and there were no dire findings. But Willow has a bad tooth. Uncomfortable probably, without being actually painful. It may fall out or it may … Continue reading Vet visits and eclipses