Music and Cats

At ten o’clock, there is still a little light in the sky. Enough light for me to see several inch-long green tomatoes clustered on one of the four plants on our patio; not enough light for my camera to show them to you. San Marzanos, these tiny fruits, already oblong, but without the dimples and […]

When we bought our house, its landscaping (if you can call planting an entire side yard with English ivy ‘landscaping’) included three roses planted on the north side of a fence on the northeast corner of the house. Poor roses! They had to shoot canes up above the 6-foot fence to get any sunlight at […]

… so here’s my take on the Flickr meme that’s been going ’round recently.

Here’s how it works:
* Type your answers to each of the questions below into Flickr Search
* Using only the first page, pick an image
* Copy and paste each of […]

Late yesterday afternoon, my car’s odometer rolled over to 100,000 miles. (As I was looking for a parking space at the time, I was able to capture the event at very slow speed.) My little Geo Prizm has served me well for 14 years, but I don’t think I’ll see it reach 101,000 miles.
Around the […]

Shortly after noon today, Paul and I pulled on our coats and went out for a short walk. Although it wasn’t a particularly pretty day, several people were out on our street. As we turned a corner, I saw ahead of us more people — a couple holding hands, a woman walking with a child, […]