Archive for January, 2006
Shadow, putting up with Christmas Day shenanigans. What a gentle dog.
Maybe I’m getting all wistful about having a dog because Mister Hugh has been so NAUGHTY lately. He’s good for about four days at a time, followed by several days of messes on the carpet. I’ve been going through the laundry detergent like nobody’s business [...]
I’m fighting a food coma from eating too many of Helma’s potato pancakes. Her cooking is so good my digestive system can’t keep up and I want to pass out next to Hugh on the floor. (Edit: Except he just peed in his sleep — argh!) But I have to keep chipping away at the [...]
For The Birds
3 Comments Published by Gail January 30th, 2006 in Critters + Creatures, Photography, Raconteurism, VideoclipsPentax K-1000, 80-200mm
It was beautiful yesterday, so after my last drop-off at Salvation Army, I went to nearby Lake Scranton to take some wildlife photos with the zoom before it got too dark.
If there’s one thing photography teaches, it’s patience. I gripped the lens barrel for a full 10 minutes, waiting for this gull to [...]
It continues. And it continues to amaze me… what with its sheer volume, and all. But I’m beginning to see the bedroom carpet again, so it looks like I’m making progress.
Some things I don’t know what to do with yet. For example, I found a largish box of Star Wars paraphernalia, with parts of R2D2 [...]
Mister Rogers would agree, it’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood (only, he’d drop the extra Queen’s English ‘u’). Not content with more photos of my street’s power lines, I headed further up East Mountain from my house this time to capture the setting sun from higher ground.
[This entry sat in draft mode for a few hours -- I had an unexpected visitor!]
During my recent excavations, I made a small discovery: it appears to be a writing assignment for David’s last year of high school. It’s a bunch of writing on looseleaf paper with no headers or full dates. David’s handwriting looked [...]
Another brilliant sunset yesterday, with more orange than purple. Today’s sunset was bright, too, but this is the best I could do from the office window. The only way to avoid the power lines in the picture is to go upstairs, but the giant magnolia tree tends to obscure the view:
I watched this morning from [...]
Earlier today I came across this “Top 10 List” meme that David and I filled out a year ago, and I was shocked to re-read his #1 fear:
Dear David,
It’s garbage day tomorrow, so I channeled a rare burst of energy into cleaning the garage, and hauled many bags of rubbish to the curb. I love you madly, so I can state with impunity to the internet that you were quite slovenly, especially in your bachelor years. I was always getting on your [...]
The House of Fielding is a bit of a dust cloud these days, with all the shuffling and disturbances. But lately there have been some brilliant sunsets from the front porch, and on Tuesday one drew me away from the rubble to capture some of its hues on camera.
Now, back to work…
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