Rain, rain, rain, rain. Listening to the pitter-patter of rain dripping and dropping all along the windowsills. I don’t mind rainy days when I can stay inside and read or watch a good movie or just faff around with paper or paint or whatever. This morning, scrolling through my camera roll, I came across one of my very favorite digital drawings of Mikey and Willey. How they so often just lolled about in quiet stillness. Were they daydreaming? I enjoy daydreaming, making time to let my mind roam awhile here and there, especially with someone on the same wavelength. 🐶🦊
“Shadows and Sunlight” — 17x13” — Origami
Daylight and darkness, the never-ending change of this world. Beginnings and endings, fullness and emptiness, princes and paupers, heroes and wimps, violence and peace. Everything has another side. Everything wins. “To men, some things are good and some are bad. But to God, all things are good and beautiful and just.”—Heraclitus
Here’s an Almond Cake recipe that’s baked in a pie pan. Does that make it a cake or a pie?! Hmmm. Here comes another question: To wheat or not to wheat? For some, that is the real question!😆 Any other questions, send me a message.👩🍳
While in Cape May last weekend for their annual Christmas parade, I saw these goldenrod flowers blooming by the dunes. Even though the day was windy and freezing cold, their bright sunny summer colors warmed me up, but only a little.😉 By the way, it was also surprising to see rose bushes still blooming in so many gardens. . .must be the clean ocean atmosphere with its naturally salty, humid conditions.
Heaven and earth. The highs and lows, the darkness and light, sound and silence, alone and together. The way things are. It’s all good.
That’s Sable, looking out, keeping an eye on things!!! This is the second picture from my friend in Pittsburgh. Here in Cape May, after two days of all white—icy white skies and white ocean—the sun has come out again, shining, and turned them back to blue. Delightful!
She: Steps in, smiles, leans in for a kiss, “Hi, honey!”
He: “Did you have garlic for dinner?”
She: . . .Smiling, “The moon looks full.”
We went to the movies to see the Japanese film, Rental Family, an engaging story about an American actor who is hired to portray different roles—family member, friend, partner—in touching situations with people he doesn’t know. Apparently, this is a real business in Japan today that serves the purpose of providing platonic companionship for social events or business situations, for loneliness or for the social etiquette of “saving face.”
Hot pink on a cold, cold day! It’s winter!🥶 Did you know that pink, as “in the pink,” is said to be the epitome of excellence? Early on Shakespeare used the term “the very pink of courtesy” in his play, Romeo and Juliet.
Rain all day today, maybe snow. It’s cold. Looking back at sunnier days.
It was the best of times, a perfect holiday gathering— turkey with gravy and mashed potatoes and string beans almondine and glazed carrots and baked sweet potatoes with apples and cranberry sauce. The eight of us sitting around the dining room table, talking and laughing and eating and playing a game of “Who Does Conor Look Like?” and reminiscing “Who Were You In Another Lifetime?” We all sat around the table for hours, taking it all in with good gusto!😃 Then it was time to watch NFL football and work on a Christmas jigsaw puzzle with apple pie🥧 and pumpkin pie🥧 and peppermint tea. So much to be grateful for. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving next time around!😘
This is a picture of my wall calendar. It features photographs and short stories of retired K9 dogs. Each month looking at these pictures and reading about these dogs, puts a smile on my face every time. I don’t know where the expression “Going to the dogs!” came from it but it fits here for a different kind of smile and chuckle. Look closely at the bottom of this November page, you’ll see Monday 31. There is no November 31, this month always ends in 30!😆
Sipping coffee, scrolling, looking for a picture to post, a picture to post. So many memories. I like coffee. I have one cup every morning. French Roast. I grind the beans fresh every time. I always enjoy coffee, but this morning was different. I felt the cup in my hand, the warm creamy coffee in my mouth, on my tongue, all the way down my throat and just had to share it. I say Yes! to coffee. ☕️
Like pieces in a puzzle, or a game of Go, which way to go, I just don’t know. When in doubt, just faff about, and let the pieces show you the way. No rules. Just making it up, feeling my way, day by day.
Who needs a guard dog?! That’s smiling Simon, a red-point Siamese, always on top of things. The neighborhood knows he likes boxes! 😸📦📦
Cyclamen, members of the primrose family, grow well in the garden or indoors with blossoms that bloom upside down! Inside cyclamen make good houseplants that can flower nearly continuously thru every season. These two flowers always cheer me. They’re the same and yet. One red one pink, one bigger one smaller, one taller one shorter, one older one younger. Nothing shy or bashful about the little one, she gets right in there and struts her stuff!
Standing back to take it all in, that white oak tree is super-duper, beyond superlatives. Just look at it! To give you a better sense of its magnitude, look at the base of the tree, just left of the trunk, and zoom in, really zoom in, on the teeny-tiny bit of white. That’s Dan standing there!
This time of year, Sunday means football day. I’ve always liked football and I enjoy watching a good game. I remember how as a young girl it was so fun to go out and play touch football with all the kids around the corner from my old house. Yesterday, inbetween games, I went out for a walk to move after sitting inside for hours. I got in my steps for the day, breathed in the fresh air, and looked around. This time of year with shorter days and colder temperatures, especially as the sun goes down, the skies are so beautiful.
“Peace Be With You” —11x9” — Origami
Peace begins with each one of us. “When you make peace within yourself, you make peace with the world.” Maha Ghosananda
Among the withering leaves, fresh life springs up. Life goes on.
Slept in…got up late…no new picture to post…so, here’s Mikey again. Sunday football, time out for a commercial and she rolls over for a quick cat nap.😽
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. Last night Dan sent me this picture. Now there’s a story! The old dog, he looks like the sweetest puppy, passively sitting there, cute as can be, a 20 dollar bill tucked in his harness. I wonder what he’s up to.
Things were moving there deep down in the chilly pond. Zoom in, look close, find the slender, bright orange shapes just like the orange leaves, but they’re not leaves. See the goldfish!
Inside we were the only two people in the theater watching the movie “Nouvelle Vague,” like a private screening, sorta special. Dan got up right in front of the screen and took a pose. Outside after the movie, I looked up at the nighttime sky, hoping to find Orion. All I could see was the full moon, it was really special. They said it was a supermoon, the biggest brightest moon of the year!🤩
