Life with cats, and other things…
30th August 2026 When we re-establish connection with a previously well-travelled, subsequently abandoned route, we appear to become drawn back in by it. Thus, he we were again on Wright's Road recently. . There are several kinds of sumac, including one that is poisonous. It has white berries. Sumac is a deciduous shrub in the … Continue reading Naughty children
August has been busy after weeks of blank pages in my pocket calendar and I constantly feel I am running to catch up but never quite succeeding. In the old days, I could juggle quite a few tasks and I wondered what I would do with so much free time in retirement. Now, I wonder … Continue reading Just there and just so
1112/27th June 2026 Some people keep diaries or journals. Maybe taking photographs is my version of the same thing, though it relies on my being able to remember the where, when and how. Mostly, once I've used photographs for a post, I delete them, though I will admit to a reluctance to ever discard pictures … Continue reading A sunny afternoon
When I catch sight of the apple tree in a certain light, I fancy that it is waving hello. Another tree fell in a winter storm, cutting it in half, however the remaining growth seems healthy enough and it offers a perch to birds and small furry creatures. It may even produce an apple this … Continue reading Wild meadow
2053/23rd June 2025 . In the long ago days of my youth, like many of my generation, I was an idealist. Growing up in the aftermath of two devastating world wars, I believed that mankind had surely, finally learned the error of its ways and would find a better way forward. . Our survival as … Continue reading My world
2013/16th August 2023 It appears I gave up too soon the other day when struggling with WordPress. It's what I am apt to do when I am overtired. In that condition it would take me all afternoon to achieve what this morning I managed in less than a minute. Why must we be presented so … Continue reading Challenges
26th July 2023 People talk of prevailing wind. There is also prevailing colour and at the moment it seems to be yellow. . What it is about cornfields? Maybe it isn't about the corn at all. Maybe it's all those lines that go on for infinity. The illusion of something ahead, just out of reach. … Continue reading Arachibutyrophobia?
31st July, 2021 For a change of scene, we went for a short drive yesterday afternoon, taking a rural route through the countryside and over the Vermont border, into Bennington. There's never a bad time to take a drive here, barring blizzards and rainstorms, of course. When we returned from Malta (the one in NY) … Continue reading Afternoon ride
30th July, 202` Every day I find myself more impressed and intrigued by Nature's designs. After an all-night downpour, the sun burned through. A solitary bud on the rose of Sharon that didn't disappear into some creature's tummy:( Next to the rose of Sharon, a little gap in the woods is full of lovely wildflowers … Continue reading Queen Anne
1909/9th July 2021 Having attended to the bird feeders and water bowls before breakfast, I ruled that the garden would be out of bounds for the rest of the day. Yesterday in the short time I spent outside, I managed to wrench my left shoulder. Possibly pulling the invasive vine off the invasive honeysuckle.... Overnight … Continue reading “Not” a garden day