I’m posting this from Asheville, North Carolina, where I am visiting with my friend Kathryn. She is a composer. oboe player, and music teacher. She has completed several chamber works and has arranged for a performance of them, which will be taking place tomorrow. I felt like it was necessary and appropriate to attend this [...]
Archive for January, 2009
On the road again
Posted in general silliness on January 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Winter wonderland (afternoon edition)
Posted in birds, Flowers, garden, labyrinth, Philosophy of Life, Photography, religion, Weather on January 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »
In the belief that sometimes a picture really does equal a thousand words, here are 12,000 words.
Winter wonderland
Posted in Photography, Weather on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The sleet stopped and it drifted big fat lazy flakes down all night. We awoke to a world covered in beautiful snow. We have about three inches on top of the sleet layer. I went out and played with the new camera. Those are the Dragon’s Teeth in the rain garden. [...]
Who turned the winter on?
Posted in birds, garden, Health, Photography, Weather, Wildlife on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Boy, we have enjoyed a whirlwind of weather in the past week. Last Thursday it was in the high 50s and we were out moving rocks and dirt and mulch. Today we are enjoying three inches of sleet that is frozen into a hard packed crust while more is rattling down through the [...]
The gloves tell the tale
Posted in garden on January 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday during the rock moving, my gloves developed holes. So today, I broke out a new pair. I have been interested in just exactly how long it takes me to wear through a pair of leather gloves, so the last ones I “date stamped” when I started using them: it was 11/6. I [...]
