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little house sounds
an old house has sounds, especially night sounds. as i stirred a bit of ginger into soup tonight, i heard a pitter, a pattering. water dripping? i've heard that before, and do not want to hear it again, at least not suddenly, as when the ceiling started to drip. mouse feet? more frequent, more likely, but not that, either. i turned to see a pasta ( Read more... ) -
Nature study
On the way to brunch, saw the second Baltimore Oriole I've ever seen; saw a garter snake by the log out back (maybe two snakes; after one darted into the log, Henry spotted its head inching back out, tongue a-fluttering, head a-swaying), ate pea pods off the vine, and taking photos of goldfinches ("goldpinches" per Henry) on the feeder, en famille ( Read more... ) -
polish farm opportunity
some days it pays to check the referring sites on my flickr stream:
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going to hell/ go fly a kite
i'm about to go out with henry to give his kite a try fly. yesterday and today it's in the 70s; wednesday, we woke to snow on the ground ( Read more... ) -
spring snow
i saw a plump robin in the front yard yesterday. wednesday was a day of weak sunshine and high, gusty winds, shoving my car on the road, blowing the store's A-frame sign halfway down the storefront in one go ( Read more... ) -
this morning's musings
this morning's light is diffuse, not harsh, as the sun comes and goes behind clouds. fine snow in the air sparkles. as i drove to breakfast, i wondered how to capture it: with words? poetry? paint, camera? which made me think about fiction. (i'm in a thinky mood, occasioned by reading a couple people's "25 random things" on facebook) i struggle ( Read more... ) -
a baby woman!
we have a new family member! kathryn & my sister's partner have birth his morning to a girl. no name yet. everybody is fine. we are chuffed! henry is under the impression that his cousin will grow up to be his sister - i'm not sure if he's told anyone he had a sister coming - i didn't notice any *particular* looks at my belly. -
not a snow day
there's not as much snow as there could be, but it's still coming down. it's gone up to 20 degrees f, though, after days at 10. the birds are doing their thing at/around/under the feeder; the cat went out, looked around, and, to henry's amusement, shook quickly-accumulating snow off her fur and came right back in. i've said yes, of course, stay, to ( Read more... )
