It doesn’t happen all at once … You become. It takes a long time. – Margery Williams Patience does not come easily to me. I like to work in a flurry of activity and a flood of energy and then collapse into absolute lethargy after. I am not slow and steady by nature. One step…
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After the Storm
Yesterday’s blizzard wandering in, walloped us with 25cm of snow (or thereabouts) and then shot out the door as quickly as it arrived, leaving a clear sky and a beautiful afternoon in its wake. As the day waned the light got progressively more beautiful and the evening brought with it another treasure: I had not…
Spiders, spiders everywhere…
Spider orchids are such peculiar things. “Eternal Wind” started to open a week or so ago and since then has emerged as a cascading stalk of dangling spiders. Luckily the cat isn’t at all interested in *these* spiders. I know I took some photos before, but I wanted to have another go now that it’s…
On mumbling and monkeys: a challenge
There are friends that you happen upon in this marvellous Journey of Life whose initial impact belies their long-term significance. Friends who slip in through an open door, stay for tea, drift out again and then return from time to time, for another visit, to chat or simply to check in with a “hi, how…
Chilly disposition
Monday dawned with a sweeping shower of freezing rain that coated trees, roads, cars and buildings, making the driving a little interesting and the city quite pretty. I had meetings for the morning and an errand to run at lunchtime, but I managed to nab a few minutes to snap this picture up near The…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 