Mid-September Sunset
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2009
The world anticipates the equinox and is practicing fall colors. Fade to black and white with glimmering stars overhead. I love fall.
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Something New, and Something Old
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2009
There is a recipe in my new gluten-free cookbook that has intrigued me since I read it. Today I made a batch and just pulled them from the oven. They are made with a light rice flour mixture, some garbanzo bean flour added for protein, and instead of shortening the recipe called for a nut […]
Fresh Bread and More
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2009
Yummmmmmmm. This pretty much sums it up. Our early warning alarm system in the form of a macaw told us we had company. This is the plum tree next to our bedroom, and most likely this is the same midnight burglar that was visiting a few nights ago. Trying to decide if it is safe […]
Clever Mishkin
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2009
This afternoon Terry was out for some attention and Mishkin was really wanting to come over to the couch and participate in the attention. But he knows he isn’t allowed to come that close to his sibling. He came as close as he dared, between the chair and the couch, and watched Terry getting her […]
Fall Breakfast
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2009
A cool morning, 41F (5C), and the house is delightfully cool. There is only thing to do under such circumstances. We must start a fire in the cookstove to take the chill off the house. And then there is only one thing to do with a hot stove… cook breakfast. Yummmm. Water heating in […]
Already, so soon??
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2009
It has been raining here all day, wave after wave of storms rolling through, with sunshine breaks in between. The sunshine, when it was here, was delightful! I split a couple of wheelbarrows of firewood and stacked it in the rack on the front deck, just for exercise and so I wouldn’t have to move […]
Wood Elves and Nightime Visitors
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2009
Wood Elves are a tricksey species that make an annual appearance in the fall, usually before the Autumnal Equinox when they are widely observed dancing in the moonlight. They provide things. In our case they provide us with a lot of work to be done. It will take several sessions to put this large pile […]
Thunderstorms
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2009
This morning when Dan was checking the weather report to see what was in store, he saw that there was a red flag warning for today for extreme fire danger from thunderstorms. Earlier today a much larger and darker thunderstorm rolled through, and it did have lightning, hail, rain and heavy winds. It moved so […]
Happiness is a wet bird
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2009
Few things in life are a joyful as a macaw taking a long hot shower. She drinks a lot of water when she’s taking a shower. A wet bird, inside and out. It takes her many hours to dry completely, and she just gleams with iridescent blues and golds. Opal was worried when I put […]
Playing with cameras
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2009
This is Mishkin’s favorite sleeping position on his blanket which resides on the couch… Both our computers have webcams and when the program doesn’t freeze solid it takes an ok picture. It also takes little videos but we haven’t figured out a way to convert them to a format anybody besides us can see. And […]