Saturday, November 29, 2008

Out East: Edwards Ave.

The other sign, saying perhaps "Farm Stand", must have fallen down. All that was ahead on this country road was a guy working on his house. Better get the siding on before it snows!

The clouds were lifting rather than gathering over this symbol of the future, the windmill. Hard to take a picture facing the sun but that's where the windmill was.

One crop finished ...
... and another (cauliflower, or cabbage) coming along.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Fredrik's blog


I've just discovered a wonderful blog from Sweden called Ystad Daily Photo.

http://ystaddailyphoto.blogspot.com/Ystad Daily Photo

Check out the soundslides he has made. Links to them are on his posts of Nov. 14th (small children) and Nov. 23rd (beach). Wonderful!

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A pet peeve of mine


Trucks that are much too big maneuvering around our 2-lane roads and crowded parking lots. To have one of these swinging around a corner at you is truly terrifying.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Fluffy grey visitor

Gotcha! Neighbor's cat comes to visit. To eat my birdies?


Friday, November 21, 2008

Where Cats Sleep



About ten years ago I bought this little book as a gift for a friend, but I liked it so much I had to keep it for myself.
It's only 48 pages long and mostly pictures. I know all you cat lovers out there would enjoy leafing through it. (Sometimes one just wants to look at pictures) The authors are Lynn Chang and Liz Ross. To see some pages you can go to Amazon and click on Look inside this book

Friday, November 14, 2008

Sorry, no book talk today

Been busy with stuff--work, laundry, choir, writing, cooking--and can't think of a book to recommend.

Oh wait. I did read one thing recently that was interesting... two letters of Pliny the Younger describing the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. A first hand account. You can find his Letters in any library or book store. (I warned you way back, I like Greek and Roman authors)
They are also online,
Pliny the Younger on Mt. Vesuvius

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Kitty videos

Simon's Cat!!!!!

There are 3 videos: "TV dinner", "Let me in", and "Cat man do", all very funny.

Simon's Cat