Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Inside Your Home I love the edges and reflections in the house and the angles. I love the little things. Books and clocks and dolls and toys.
Month: October 2020
THINKING PINK
Today is the ten-year anniversary of my breast cancer surgery. I would love to announce that “I’m cured,” but with cancer, you are never cured. You can be in remission — sometimes for decades — but it takes just take… Read More ›
AND FINALLY, THE KITCHEN DOORS ARE SHINY AND NEW
Arthur Poisson, who has worked for us before, does beautiful work. When he is done with a job, it looks finished. He says his goal is when he’s done, it should look like it has always been that way …… Read More ›
KIND OF SQUARE IN A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER WAY
A RED BELLIED WOODPECKER TAKING A SEED BREAK Kind of square with feathers. A red-bellied woodpecker taking a break from debugging a tree for a yummy seed snack. The bugs must have had a really serious “go” at the trees… Read More ›
SOMETHING OF THE RED SQUIRREL KIND?
Something like a red squirrel? This is a mama red squirrel. I can tell because she has teats full of milk, so I guess these cute red squirrels are also breeding. They don’t come out as often as the big… Read More ›
THE RABBIS BY THE WESTERN WALL
My favorite place in Jerusalem was the Western Wall, sometimes incorrectly called the “Wailing Wall.” In Hebrew, it’s Kotel — it rhymes with motel. I used to go to the Kotel to pray and leave messages for God. I loved the… Read More ›
THE CONSTANT RABBIT: A NOVEL BY JASPER FFORDE
The Constant Rabbit: A Novel By: Jasper Fforde Narrated by: Andrew Wincott England, 2022. There are 1.2 million human-size rabbits living in the UK. They wear clothes and can walk, talk, and drive cars, and do pretty much anything most human beings… Read More ›
A FEW MORE PICTURES FROM OUR (BRIEFLY) COLORFUL FALL
It didn’t last long, but at least it was there, however briefly. I didn’t think I took a lot of autumnal pictures, but between August and September, Garry and I too more than 3000 pictures, so I guess we were… Read More ›
HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT BLOG AWARDS? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PONZI SCHEMES?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #90 I’m glad you did the math on this one. I got lost somewhere in the squaring of numbers but numbers aren’t really my world. Actually, I’m not sure this IS my world. I watched the debate tonight… Read More ›
AND THEN THE WIND BLEW AND THE LIGHTS WENT DARK
I had a nice set of posts planned for this evening until the wind came up and the lights went out. We got a lot of wind which, apparently brought down some trees and although it is usually dark here… Read More ›
KIND OF MUSICAL: THE SQUARE CIGAR BOX GUITAR WITH ITS OWN PHOENIX
THE SQUARE COMMUNITY It’s kind of musical around here. I have my guitar, ukulele, two penny whistles, a small xylophone and a tiny electric piano. I had a very different idea of what to do with today’s pictures, but the… Read More ›
CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
We don’t need scientists to explain climate change to us. We can see it all around us. The rivers are dry with their muddy bottoms showing. Fall came weeks early and blew away a week later. The winds which normally… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 