He’s the guy I have to thank I guess for a beautiful opportunity to see spring birds. Not many, mind but the wonderful thing was it was finally…..warm! I brought bird seeds and timid chickadees took their time coming to my hand. The big thrill was this guy though. I know it’s not a great…

My grandchildren made these wonderful Easter eggs. It was a strange sort of Pascha. In the middle of Lent our beloved priest was “reassigned” . I’m not going to go into the whole sad story but it was really hard. I am in choir and during Holy Week there is a lot and I mean…

It has been a long time since I made my favorite walk around this “ lake” in Angrignon Park. The temperature was still low and I was glad of my winter coat and hood but the sun was so bright I could not resist. I took some birdseed in hopes of feeding a few hungry…

who is far away in British Colombia. My daughter who lives here offered me much appreciated practical hands-on help yesterday. What was all the fuss about? I’ll spare you ( most of) the details but…. Yesterday I had my first colostomy test. People are quite right when they say the prep is the worst part…

More than ten years ago I self published this book of poetry. To my surprise, it’s still for sale on Amazon. If anybody’s interested, check it out. They’re listing it at $19 …. I just wonder what would happen if anyone bought it. I had a great experience publishing it on the advice of Judyth…

On my way around the big pond in my neighborhood park. I’ve posted lots of shots from this vantage point. This is the first one this year though. It has simply been too brutally cold and snowy to tempt me out here. The treadmill at the gym has been a sporadic substitute. Sometimes even getting…

I had regular birdseed and inspired, I included the ends of some green beans I had been preparing The few that picked up à bit of greenery- spat it out! Read up on what to feed them and will include some steel cut oats today. My friend, the crow refused to enter the fray and…