Tag Archives: autumn
Looking Through My Window
Thee are times when I take this for granted, and other times like now, when I realize that for some this would be 贅沢.
A Fine Early Fall Day
And a good time to start pruning back the trees in the front of the house. I can appreciate the adage learned from wife unit that one should never allow a tree to grow taller than one’s home. Good practical reasons for that. Of … Continue reading
Of From Stoops and 90-Year Old Aunts
The last few nights have been pleasantly cool and now the the sun setting noticeably earlier, a reminder that autumn will soon be here. Sipping some red wine and listening to the insects cry, brought back things from 30 years ago, when I was … Continue reading
An Unsatisfactory Weekend
So, far, I’ve been semi-attached to this PC. Thursday evening a mail came in from the translation company, telling all to be ready for a large amount of work and I inferred that given the deadline, I’d better get on … Continue reading
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Perfection is the Enemy of the Good
Never more so than yesterday. It was wife unit’s day off and I suggested a drive towards Front Royal, and take in the fall colors especially as it was a weekday and much less traffic. ‘Oh no, its overcast, I … Continue reading
Punked
Have a neighbor 'round the corner with a nice(r) house, much bigger lot, 2 large yellow labs, whose barking resonates far and wide, and a number of large trees. Guess yesterday was leaf raking /bagging day for them; here … Continue reading
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