Life with cats, and other things…
1805/18th August 2025 . Ordinarily, I would not be pleased by the arrival of sixteen unexpected visitors. But those who came calling on Sunday were not ordinary. When we first lived here, we were on their route and came to count on seeing them periodically, but in recent years we seemed to have fallen out … Continue reading A visit
3rd July 2025 . Just over twenty-four hours after I accidentally deleted a whole selection of photographs, I had a chance to re-take them as we traversed the very same route. The light will never be the same twice of course and yesterday was certainly quite different. . We set off under a grey sky … Continue reading Re-take
0638/14th April 2025 . Yesterday morning's misty dawn was captivating. . . . It was a good way to start the day, though a quick scan of news headlines soon put a damper on my elation. . Most days I can shake off a bad mood but yesterday it took up residence, possibly because of … Continue reading The Boss
0944/21st March 2025 . Yesterday morning was far too beautiful to come straight home, so we shot past our turn and I got some pictures that I'll share in two parts. . Let's start with the birds.... . We ended up doing a loop and met these guys going and coming. They have yard and … Continue reading Improvements
19th January 2025 . Before the storm on Sunday, we went for a supply of bird food. When the weather is cold and snowy, it's hard to keep the feeders topped up. . As we drove, the sun briefly sent its rays beneath the dark, threatening cloud, like a spotlight. . It touched the tops … Continue reading No pot of gold
0711/22nd November 2024 . After many weeks without rain, it finally arrived yesterday and is likely to return today. Not a minute too soon, either. I saw an anguished post yesterday from someone in the village whose well has run dry. Disquieting news. . Just after dawn this morning, forbidding storm clouds moved in. They … Continue reading Bodies of water
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
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!”