Granted, this was sent in 1910, so there have been quite a few intervening seasons since this image was first [literally] posted, but this is one tree that Ember cannot climb!
Archive for December, 2015
Greetings of the Season
Posted in Art and Craft, into the woods, tagged 1910, blue, candles, Christmas, festive, German language, greetings, postcard on 16 December, 2015| 1 Comment »
Experiment #4
Posted in Art and Craft, composite, My brain, Nature, scenery, tagged blue, change, chaos, green, Kate Bush, trees on 15 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Points if you know the song lyrics, of course. This picture is unrelated, in the sense that I knew I wanted to post the image before the title for the post made an awkward shift from a single word to something with more [literal] resonance..
Making the Season Bright
Posted in Uncategorized on 14 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Coffee, Cake, and ….Kitten?
Posted in Uncategorized on 11 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hedging our bets
Posted in Backstory, Elsinore, Food, Gardening, tactless observations, tagged change, Gardening, Keeping Up Appearances, silliness on 5 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In light of the fact that we can typically get raspberries from our yard in December, I’m thinking more and more about an edible hedgerow. Raspberries, beautyberries [native], maybe more quince…
If I do, chances are, I’ll order from Nourse Farms…. Unless you have some suggestions for me…?
Heck, maybe a rose known for its hips rather than its blossoms might be fun, too.
UPDATE: A helpful friend sent this image of “a rose with hips”:
That friend, of course, did not have to live through wearing the massively-flowered dresses of the late 80s/early 90s. Mine were at least knee-length though….
Here’s hoping the rest of the winter is temperate enough that the figs don’t get frozen to their roots again. I miss having handfuls of figs to eat in late summer.
It’s not entirely looking a lot like Solstice…
Posted in autumn, Food, Gardening, insects, scenery, tactless observations, tagged asters, bees, chaos, Gardening, green, orange, sunset, winter on 5 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Seriously. People grumble about weather in the 40s and this is happening down the block:
I should be grateful at least evening looks about right:
There were bees out today. I’m happy for them being able to get a last snack or two, but really. BEES?
Fine. Click through to some hysterical Torch Songs in which the word ‘Me’ has been replaced by “Bees”.
Kitten update
Posted in cats, kittens on 3 December, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Rethorykal Questions 