Category: Stories
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Mid-September Check In
This morning is very cool and crystalline. We’ve had some rain and the vegetation has responded nicely, giving rise to a green landscape with hits of autumn. Sadly, we remain in serious drought and what rain we receive is too little and too late to help farmers salvage this growing season. Hopefully, we will receive…
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A Stormy Day
This morning is blustery and wet, gusts of leaves flying past my window. Increasingly, the landscape takes on the hue of late autumn. My last post was truncated by WordPress. The culprit appears to have been a page break. If you only read a paragraph you missed most of the post. Yesterday I was having…
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A Misadventure
Last Thursday Jennie and gathered our cat, Nori, into her carrier and set off to the vet. Not really. In truth she was terrified as always and we had to chase her around the house to get her into the carrier. There is something about a carrier that triggers her PTSD and she becomes faster…
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Approaching Thanksgiving
A cool, dark, dampish day with rain on the way. The last couple of storms stripped the leaves from the trees but did not break the drought. We used the relative warmth of the day to put up some of our outdoor holiday decorations which we will now enjoy, as we can see them…
