I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.
I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.
I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.
A fruit tree orchard is a dream of mine too. We do have a cherry tree but it's more ornamental than productive. I had planted some fig trees but an overzealous helper thought they were weeds and killed them.
I have two ginger cats, both are male. Macavity is 11 and Pumpkin is 3. Both have very strong personalities.
My son raises chickens and this young kitten appeared out of now where one afternoon. My son saw the tail up following the chickens around. He didn't give it much thought because he figured it was the neighbors kitten. He discovered the kitten in the henhouse nestled in the hay with one of the chickens. He put it outside and shooed it away. Only to find it there in the morning, so he called the neighbor who said they didn't have any kittens.
The kitten did live long in the henhouse because once my grandson saw the kitten he became a member of the family. His name is Tom, he still hangs out with the chickens during the day but comes inside to get dinner and sleep with CJ.
kare. Get a ski pole. It is what I use in winter can dig into snow and ice. Shows me snow depth and helps me have good footing on ice. Found mine years ago in the local Good Will store for cheap price.
IMHO, The weather is less predictable than 50 years ago. Regardless, there are cycles.
We have had brutal winds this week, some snow, 16°F right now. The cold is important to kill off the nasties and snow in the mountains will help our streams come summer.
I got a cane for walking but it won't help with ice.
Robert Graves invites you to use his poem, A Pinch of Salt as inspiration in your entry today. Poem is in the drop note.
Good Morning.
In the first part of the poem Graves seems to take away the projected dream. In the last part he gives it back. Perhaps it is an inspiration to remember that a dream can become a reality at any stage of life. Some dreams have to wait for the proper timing to be in place. Other dreams should never come to fruition.
Make your dreams worthwhile work toward them. Then let me know how that turns out.
Make a list of common objects that you might like to write about because of their appearance or personal association. Write comparisons to these objects anything--everything you can think about the objects. Now take all this information you've gathered and write a story or a poem about what you've discovered with your list. Have fun.
BOOKS THAT GUIDE
How does a Field Guide, Guide?
Facts about flying feathered creatures,
Birds of Pennsylvania Field Guide.
Beautiful, fascinating, fluttering, Arthropoda,
Audubon Society butterflies Field Guide.
Useful products of nature containing ancient beauty,
Audubon Society North American Tree Field Guide.
Accurate, factual weather phenomena,
Audubon Society North American Weather Field Guide.
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