Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
We have a new badge for Stream of Consciousness Saturday – congratulations Pamela – and a fresh new prompt. Today, Linda has given us: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘notice.’ Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!” If we were having a beer, you would be picking on me, perhaps with... Continue Reading →
It seems all the critters around here have had babies. We’ve seen baby squirrels, baby chipmunks (too cute) all manner of baby birds and baby bunnies. It’s been hard on Maddie. We go out into the yard, her yard, and we find it occupied. Considering what she mostly uses the yard for, I think we... Continue Reading →
So far, 2017 weather has been cold, colder, colder-still, warm, cold, warmer. This weekend was warm enough to change the yard from snow to mud and for Maddie to be able to sit without her vest on. So, that’s what we did. We also went for the first walk of 2018. And we, well I... Continue Reading →
You would think that I would have run out of cute squirrel pictures by now. You would think that no future squirrel pictures would be compelling enough to command one of the four blog spots I have each week. You would think these guys couldn’t get any bolder, more demanding and you would certainly think... Continue Reading →
Faith came over on Sunday, ostensibly to finish a bench she has been making in my workshop. Maddie and I delayed her entry into the shop – Maddie with some oooh-oooh-oooh-Faith-is-here-Faith-came-to-see-me time and me with two heavy desks located in the basement family room and a dumpster in the driveway. Maddie was mad at me,... Continue Reading →
"You snooze you lose...unless you have kitchen privileges" I pulled into our driveway on Sunday morning, and found two squirrels waiting in the yard. They seem to know that we carry nuts (or perhaps we are nuts) with us in the car. As I walked over to toss them a few peanuts, they heard some... Continue Reading →
As the days are getting cooler, the squirrels around here are more focused than ever on gathering nuts for their winter stash. Gathering involves foraging around the yard for acorns that have fallen from two oak trees in neighbors’ yards, picking through the Maple seeds and digging into pine cones. Gathering also means hitting the... Continue Reading →
Continuing the theme I started on Monday, I have a few more small animal photos to share. Some are the typical “I think this is a cute photo” photos. Some are attempts by me to achieve an artistic effect. What can I say, I keep trying. A couple of them are evidence. After years of... Continue Reading →
Yes, but a short one. Today is the second time I’ve published six blog posts in a row. It’s really not my style, and Maddie thinks I need to spend more time walking, sitting or lying on the couch with her. So, I’m going to skip the usual, kinda-sorta-somewhat-serious thing that I try to do... Continue Reading →
