Mr. Booger

I’d heard about it, but had never observed it…until now…
A couple of days ago I stepped out onto my balcony in the cold to check the sky for interesting clouds to photograph.  I heard a noise and saw my neighbor’s boyfriend, two balconies over, striding out.  He walked to the balcony rail, covered one nostril [...]

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“Danger Cat!”

In the little strip of woods behind my house, there live all kinds of creatures – opossum, raccoons, birds, deer, and the occasional woodchuck.  But, without a doubt, the fiercest, most hostile, vicious, most savage of them all is…DANGER CAT!  I don’t know if you can tell by this picture, but he has devil eyes [...]

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Ad Nauseam

I usually don’t mind commercials on TV and radio.  I use the time to get a cup of tea or to think about other things, letting the ads wash over me like the surf over sand.  But lately, I made the mistake of actually listening to a couple and, momma mia!  I wish I hadn’t…
The [...]

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As The Yucca Turns…

Okay, yeah, I can hear you now, saying, “Not another yucca post!  What is it with this woman and her damned yuccas?”
Well, let me tell you.  I left a part of my heart in New Mexico, a place where I felt an immediate attachment the moment I first visited.  It was where my little sister [...]

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Gotta Move!

I was sitting at a stoplight yesterday, staring at the car in front of me and I realized that we must have the most boring license plates in the history of the world!

I mean, look at it!  No color to speak of and that minuscule bird at the bottom!  My license plate holder covers the [...]

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Avoiding Pigs…

So, the priority list has come out for the swine flu shots.  I guess they have to have a list because the government estimates that 120 million swine flu vaccine doses will be available by late October.  Unfortunately, roughly 160 million people are in the priority groups considered most vulnerable to infection.  The priority list [...]

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See Spot…Multiply!

Okay, I’ve come to grips with the onslaught of gravity on my formerly taut face and body. Once something goes south, it generally doesn’t return on its own.  As for the creases around my mouth that appear to have taken up permanent residence, I often refer to them as “laugh lines” because that sounds ever [...]

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More from Birdville

In my new role as resident Bird Sociologist, I have continued to observe the daily goings-on in Birdville, i.e. the Mulberry tree.  You might remember these two from my last report.  They had met, fallen in love instantly and flew off to consummate their love somewhere far from the probing eye of my camera.  Since [...]

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Beware…Of The Chair!

I’ve written before of my suspicion that certain so-called “inanimate objects” often, in fact, have minds of their own.  And unfortunately, those minds are obsessed with one desire – to torment, annoy or hoodwink their humans.  I’ve recently experienced two new cases.
First off, I was on my front porch washing the front of my house.  [...]

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Aliens In My Flowerpot?

Okay, a weird thing happened this morning…or last night, but I just discovered it this morning. First things first, though.  Yesterday I was out on my balcony marveling at the fact that my remaining yucca plant, which I had to dig up and plant in a flowerpot to save from a urinating dog terrorist, was [...]

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