Shadows & Light

Another weekend, another walk on the Heath. I continue to marvel at how well Olga's responded to her anti-inflammatory medication. Sh...

Yesterday Dave and I took Olga to the cemetery for a rare family walk. I always love it when all three of us can go! And I was glad to fi...

I finished Mark Doty's book about Walt Whitman yesterday morning, sitting on our garden bench. I found the book a little uneven, a bi...

A few more pictures from my walk on Wednesday. I love the retro name of this cleaner. No one uses "smart" as an adjective relat...

I've been hanging around the house and our immediate neighborhood for weeks, and although I am always happy to spend time beneath the...

I'm just going to start calling my blog Bug-a-Day, because that's basically what it's become. We found this in the garden yes...

This little blue-green fly was very focused on one of the ragwort plants in the garden. It buzzed from flower to flower, probing each blo...