Sunday, 5 January 2025
I find my mind keeps going back to the dinosaur track fossils found northwest of London in 2023 and reported this week, especially the drone shots that show the entire nearly 200 yards of prints. Amazing.
[Confession: I stole this photo from my 2022 archive, still 5 January, however.]
Saturday, 4 January 2025
Four of us enjoyed a delayed holiday meal today, with a turkey-dressing theme…missed the cranberry sauce…I’m glad the gravy turned out so tasty.
Friday, 3 January 2025
It was still pretty dark this morning when this critter trundled purposefully past the back door and around the house, zoom: gone. I thought: “Silver Streak” and chuckled har har har.
Thursday, 2 January 2025
Look at this slow-water river. I’m still working out where all the sand came from. Upstream, yeah, but where?
Totally different scale: look at this dried trunk, cut to clear a path of a fallen tree, probably dead or almost dead when the wind rushed in.
Wednesday, 1 January 2025
We dined this evening on hoppin’ john slightly re-imagined, which I sure hope still qualifies to give us good mojo for 2025. The black-eyed peas were fresh, mmmm. I lightly cooked the collards. The grain is off piste—it’s wild rice, which of course isn’t rice botanically…. The broth of all three was from some turkey thigh bones I held back for this evening.
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
I arose before the sun (I know it’s relative), and thought, this is the last dawn I’ll see of 2024.
When we were out doing our final errands, I chose some red food…that’s pickled beets and duh raspberries. I haven’t tried the former (yet), and the raspberries, uh, almost flavorless…but gorgeous (eat with your eyes doesn’t really cut it sometimes).
Monday, 30 December 2024
I like the silver branches, side-lit and almost glowing. Lovely, sunny afternoon.
Sunday, 29 December 2024
I went down memory lane today and came up with this sunrise from October back when we were up in northern Michigan. What I was actually spending time delving into was the excavations in Cova del Toll and Cova del Teixoneres…although the caves are right next to each other, the excavated remains date to very different periods…early no-humans, then Neanderthal, then some human stuff. Cave deposits can be terribly complicated to figure out, and I’m only superficially delving into these (apologies)…anyway, pondering a sunrise is far easier.
Saturday, 28 December 2024
We set out in overcast…which became very light mist…
…yet we decided to go with…ta-dah…the Swedish option, and drag it home ourselves, and figure out assembly…ourselves.
And now we have a new couch, somewhat similar to the last one, and also somewhat different. We’re so glad to have a TV couch again. Or is it a sofa?
Friday, 27 December 2024
Happy Boxing Day Boxing Day, if you admit that’s a thing. Perhaps I should have lit these candles before camera-izing.