Life with cats, and other things…
0840/10th January 2023 Just enough sunlight leaked through this morning to cut a stripe on the hill across the way, so of course I abandoned the washing up and went outside. Only to be accosted by: Actually, that's not quite right. In fact, I noticed him on top of the sumac bush, fishing for I … Continue reading Strengths and feathers
0915/15th October 2022 Most days now start with mist, often quite dense and so it was on Saturday, but as it cleared we debated taking another drive on a weekend. Everywhere else I have lived, I avoided driving on weekends or in rush hour. Here, we decided, this would not be a problem. We paused … Continue reading Saturday…
0812/27th February, 2021 So much for green and brown patches opening up. Overnight snow covered them over again. But Winter is basically done and the melt has resumed. At least I hope so, as we had a couple of summer visitors return yesterday and I wouldn't want them to retreat. While eating breakfast, I thought … Continue reading “Zoomer’s back!”
August 29th, everything normal in Cambridge. Just a week ago, we'd had the 12 minute weather phenomenon! Things were going along as they do in a Cambridge afternoon, when suddenly things began to beep. Not the "Hal" beep (our temperamental washing machine), or the microwave, but a rather shrill, urgent "All Hands on Deck" beep. … Continue reading Not a tornado
It was all the way back at the end of March when the wild turkeys began their courting routines, down in the field. With what seemed like limited success... But at some stage, those boys must have got their act together, because: Low and behold: "Baby" turkeys. More like juveniles, really. Mum's obviously been keeping … Continue reading A family visit
Is it possible that Wild Turkeys have regional accents? When I went out, early this morning to replenish the bird feeder, I could hear a familiar sound from somewhere "out there": "glubble glubble glubbler gluck". Wild Turkeys! I recognized the sound and it is definitely not "gobble gobble". Not up here anyway. Immediately I went … Continue reading Turkey love and Gimpy