Today dawned sunny and cold, frigid by local standards. We were up at 4:15, just in time to see the full moon framed by the high window in our bathroom and go back to bed. Magnificent! Now the strengthening sun throws surprisingly long shadows across the landscape, the sky is that perfect robin's egg blue, … Continue reading Mid-January Check in
This New Year's morning features fog and light rain, our unseasonable warmth continuing with little cold. This is good in that our heating has been less than dependable. We are due to receive a new heating system tomorrow and tomorrow is forecast to be the coldest day of the winter thus far. Should be interesting. … Continue reading New Year’s 2022
Today is a dank, dark early winter's day, the kind of day whose cold seeps into one's very bones. Here and there a few colorful leaves hold fast to otherwise bare branches. Now the conifers truly rule the landscape. A couple of days ago I was deeply engaged in a video conference when a titmouse … Continue reading First Flakes
We have had rain and the drought is hopefully broken, finally. After two years of drought it is difficult to believe our community averages over fifty inches of rain a year. One of the hen turkeys has returned and brought eight chicks with her. They are so small and adorable! Last year there were three … Continue reading Wildness
Dreaming the World 