Wide awake at 5, I got up and read. Checked on Moby, still on the old bed in the back room, up on the stack, as he'd been since yesterday afternoon. Seemed to simply be comfy, but cats hide illness, so I was a little worried. He came out a short while ago, hopped to the top of his tree - which I consider a sure sign that he's fine. Didn't even bother him (too much) that Eleanor came to sit on the bottom shelf, although he had to use an alternate path down.
Came across an NPR story about bullying, and dropped into an anxious state for a while. As mentioned a few too many times, my worst bully was at "home", although I also got it at school - intermittently, and they weren't as good at it.
Then Moby wanted to go out, and I was more or less dressed, so I threw on a jacket and took him. So many birds around here, I can hear them, can't spot most of them. A flash of dull grey/brown/black if I'm lucky. Then the peals of church bells at some distance. A lovely sound, like ship bells or train whistles, carried on the air. Feels like rain, none on the radar though. Not today, not tomorrow, not until Wednesday. Then snow and a hard freeze.
Glad I've resisted the temptations of a mild April to plant. The onions hang in their bag, still. Maybe next weekend I'll give in. Let the last cold front have it's way, then sneak a few seeds into the ground a little early.
With promises, trust, but then wait, and verify. Replicate data. Test. Truth doesn't mind a cautious soul.
6 comments:
Glad Moby's feeling chipper.
Happy Easter, withal.
It strikes me that a good gardener would make a good brewster, and vice versa. Sending fur ruffles to Moby and Eleanor!
Rou,
I am only a very beginning gardener, but I have to wonder if the different time scales would be difficult to negotiate. I know I was terrible in my chemistry labs, which I'd think is closer.
Maybe I could one day grow wheat, rye and hops...
The Canadian Geese have starting coming back - it is always a warming sign of summer to hear/see them fly by. More locally we have Cardinals and 'little brown birds' of various species. Saw a pair of bunnies in our back yard during the day time yesterday, and two days previously saw a raccoon at dusk.
um, hey, hi. i seem to be reading about ten days behind in my list, which means i feel awkward making comments.
but hi.
i'm still out here. still paying attention.
ten days from now or so i'll find out what you said today.
i hope you are enjoying yourself.
flask,
Oh, please don't feel that way. Your comments are as welcome as a gift delayed in the mail. A happy surprize.
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