Ironically, the hot water in my ensuite bathroom, is frozen. So today I went downstairs to the 'guest bathroom' and had a nice hot shower. A thunderous, pounding wonderful shower! I may use that one from now on: I love a good, enthusiastic, un-wimpy showerhead, that knows how to deliver the goods! There is a big blue fern in there now, too, that will surely appreciate the humidity! It is again very cold today, though the forecast for the next several days shows increasing warmth. It will no... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Ever wonder what ChiffChaff looks like...?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olegchernyshov/12325332983/ (This isn't my photo, found it on flickr.) Sign in to see full entry.
Another poem...
It was inspired by a painting of a farmhouse Dutch door, the kind that you can open whole, or just the top or just the bottom. I've always loved Dutch doors! As I wrote this one, I didn't know until the last stanza whether it would be a happy or sad ending. HOMESTEAD: The Dutch Door It was spring and everything was new-- Life and love and everything, and everything we planted grew! The door you'd made was open wide the scent of new wood on the air that brought the warmth of spring inside and... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 3, 2014
According to the weather forecast...
It's supposed to be snowing today. And every day for the rest of the week. Well, there will need to be some clouds, first. The sky at 9AM is bright and unbroken blue, the sun is messing with the snow we already have, dropping it off the ridiculous Mansard and quasi-Mansard roofs someone a few years ago was high architectural style in Colorado Springs neighborhoods. Madame has not shown her nose yet--lately, when she has, it has been cute with snow crumbs: without actual wet water in the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
An odd lot of photos... and visiting London's East End in the 50s
...snow and a serendipitous arrangement of aerial prints... the sun I described in the previous post... all to be seen in the usual place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ I've been watching an interesting and most moving BBC show. "CALL THE MIDWIFE" is based on the memoirs of an actual midwife who started her career in London's East End, in the 1950s. One thing I like about this sort of show is that it is not formulaic, and the stories offered up are not predictable and does not have... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunshine and daisies, and memories of summer
Looking out on a bright day and high mist that obscures mountains, there is a white disk of the sun just peeking back. I'm guessing that's about 7-8 inches of snow on the rail, and no critters come to beg nuts and seeds, yet. There could be more snowfall today. A few days ago, CCT and I were talking about some coneflowers I had on my porch last summer, from which I saved the seeds, and hope to grow in the yard in the coming summer. I sent a link to the one that came up in my searchings. Well,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 31, 2014
No squirrels today
It's snowing, and there is more already that we have yet seen this winter--about 6 inches, I guess, and no sign of slowing. There is an odd feel to the day. Two days ago, it was near 60: last week we had days like that, and cold ones. You never know what to expect or prepare for. I see that Madame visited, and perhaps some birds, but now the snowfall is increasing, I think they, like I, and staying snug at home. My son and I went out for breakfast before the snow began again in earnest, then to... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
It's time for a little more color.
I bought a primrose at the grocery store the other day... set it in my garden by the glass doors, tucked in among the geraniums which are also blooming. And there is one lone blossom, the second one, on the nasturtiums... http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Color and Light
The cold water is frozen in the bathroom again--just the one, all the other faucets in the house are happy to produce cold water on demand. From where I sit by the glass doors, I can see the plumes of steam blowing from the neighbors' heating system vents, lit up by the early sunlight. A tiny snowfall just avalanched off the roof here, in front of the glass doors. I really do not understand why, in a zone prone to snow, anyone would build houses with flat roofs. I'm pondering today, whether it... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Whiskey
We went to a lecture today, part of the Prologue series presented at the UCCS theater. These presentations are always tied in with whatever show is being put on currently. The current play is called THE WEIR and is set in an Irish pub. So, today's Prologue was about whiskey. A local distiller who works pretty much solo brought samples to share, and talked about how the stuff is made. We sampled "white dog" which is pretty fresh from the process, and another of the aged stuff. There was also a... Sign in to see full entry.