nothing is ordinary

Odd things

sometimes something will catch your eye; a color, a pattern, a shape.  the front of this old air-conditioner caught my eye the other day.

one of those days

today is one of those days; dreary, chilly, damp and depressing.    the trees are fully clothed with leaves with a green mansions feel to it, the wild, yet there is not one spot of sun reflecting on anything, anywhere. i'm not really complaining (except a little bit) because i know that at any moment the weather can take a sharp turn and it will be hot and humid, the sun so bright it will burn your eyes out... and miserable.  i do not take heat well.  so as of this moment, i've decided to just enjoy the damp green day through the window and plot and plan how i will regain my farm.  i need a gardener or time at home and a sharp saw. 

i did find something interesting to show you...a heart-shaped tree stump.  at one time in my life i found hearts everywhere and knew they were a "sign".  i never knew what they were a sign of but i could just feel that they were special and that i had been special to have had them presented to me.

spring

it is spring.  the yellow daffodils and forsythia are blooming. the periwinkle and violets and  the wildflowers are popping up; the toothwort,  trout lilies, the bloodwort, all beautiful and all oh, so  temporary.

it is also the time for mating and princess freckles went into heat, so thursday she was spayed.  poor baby was zonked out on medicine for a day and extremely submissive, but yesterday she rallied back.   black wolf dog is still lingering in the yard.  sorry, buddy, our little girl will not have your pups.

                                                                                  

what is age?

                      after spending a week with my mother, i came home with bits of wisdom.  

                                                   

snow monsters

last night it began to snow.  at 4:00 a.m. it was still snowing, two inches at that point.  at 6:00 a.m. when i got up there was at least 4 inches of snow, and it is here for a while because the temperature is dropping.  we are expecting another two inches.  i was sipping coffee this afternoon, looking out the window and i saw it...the snow monster.  it wasn't there earlier, but with the shift of the wind it appeared.

"jack-ie!"

this is a dog story.  the story is about a dog calling to another dog in the night...the kind of call that wakes you up and you think, "hush up!", but it doesn't.  you can't go back to sleep because the dog continues to bark, on and on and on and on.  annoying, huh?  very annoying.  you are not awake now, nor are you asleep, but you get in the rhythm of the dog barking, and then for some unknown reason a miracle happens.   suddenly you can understand  dog language and you know the dog is calling, "jack-ie!", "jack-ie!", "jack-ie!", "jack-ie!", "jack-ie!", "jack-ie!"

awakening the next morning the first thing on my mind is, "who is jack-ie?"

meet coyote.  coyote is about 15 years old now and has never been touched.  she wandered the fields as a puppy and finally ended up at our house, too wild to be touched although she will eat from your hand.  we love coyote and so does princess freckles.  i think jack-ie must be coyote's other friend.

taffeta dresses

today i was thinking about grade schotol and  high school things, i suppose because of the photograph i had taken.  i'm not sure that taffeta dresses were during my time, but it still caused me to reflect back.

On Christmas Day I saw...

fortunately i had my camera with me on Christmas day when i captured the following:

                                                               

Christmas rush

today i will finish my thinking, my looking, my shopping.  yes, today is the day.  each year i wrestle with gift giving, deciding on the "perfect gift", yet never have i ever found it for what i want to give you is something that i would pull from inside me that would give you eternal peace and happiness.

happy thanksgiving!

princess freckles says"happy thanksgiving everybody!