Battle for a home

It’s all about the battle to make a home and keep it.

My place in June

I’m taking a break from telling what I did on vacation to update what’s happening at my place lately. It’s a cloudy wet day, so for a change I am not outside working hard. I wandered around with a camera instead, to supplement photos that I did not have already. First of all, I want […]

Mayhem on the Farm

You could film an episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom at my house.

snow+rain=flood

Like I mentioned in my last post, my delight with the unusual snowfall was wiped out quickly by tons of rain that flooded my property. I ran around this morning taking photos of the same spots that were flooded on the 12th. Scroll through and compare. Wow! That was a lot of water! Now that […]

Winter in a week

When you shovel snow for only one snowstorm all winter, it’s fun!

Critters

I like to believe they all make up my own personal menagerie.

Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds have discovered my feeder. It’s clear they migrated in, because one day there were none, and the next day there were dozens. I watch them from my home office window and marvel at their antics. Part of the appeal is that they are so remarkably tiny, as if being small should make it harder […]

Spring forth

How grateful I am to be human and to be able to comprehend beauty.

A shift in the weather

I hope you are enjoying the change in the season, finding your sources of joy, and making a way to connect to the people you love.

Winter in Rainier

After the heat of Santiago, I arrived home in Rainier, where a thin layer of snow still covered the ground.