Feline Feng Shui

At the risk of offending again the anti-cat and anti-pet followers of this journal (and I know you are out there) here is another cat photo that gave me a Moment of Joy. This morning Daisy and Sophie arranged themselves in  perfect matching poses at the corners of my bed. Now, I really deeply love […]

One Fine Day

https://vimeo.com/428900785 Can’t get enough of clouds… this is a such a fine planet. By contrast, Venus has an atmosphere with much CO2 and sulfur dioxide at a temperature in the hundreds of degrees, due to runaway greenhouse effect. Our planet is quite perfect; we really should be protecting it…

Rain

http://3j2.d3f.mytemp.website/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rain-window.mov Imagine a planet so nearly perfect that clouds come over and drop rain so that plants and animals can thrive. Most planets are not so loving.  (It loops, so it will rain forever…)

The Giant Leaf Approach

I had a conversation the other day with a burdock plant. It is the plant with gigantic leaves that later in the summer produces Velcro-like sticky burrs. I asked the burdock about its giant leaves.  I said that in the tropics many plants have giant leaves in order to gather more sunlight, but here in […]

A Quiet Moment

Here is a little quiet moment, with sound optional. It loops: you can stare at it as long as you want… https://vimeo.com/424853522

Feathers and Eggs

When you put up birdhouses and birds choose to live in them it’s a good feeling. When they lay tiny eggs, smaller than your pinky fingernail, even better. When they pull out their own feathers to soften, decorate and disguise the nest it gives me a moment of pure joy.

Spring Farm Field

In spite of the fact that I know that farming is a difficult, dirty, and sometimes dangerous way to make a living, none of that can take away from the feeling of joy that I get from seeing a freshly plowed field in spring, with a rich green forest around them. This is the conservation […]

Ring of Petals

Every spring there are a few days when flower petals rain down and create fleeting artworks on the ground. The wind nudges them into the corners and edges of the landscape where they highlight the shapes they surround.  

A Chipmunk Greeting

I know it’s just a chipmunk.  Wikipedia says, “Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae.” Rodents! Like mice and rats. But when I drove home this morning and this particular chipmunk didn’t run away, but rather sat and looked at me, I felt grateful. We shared a peaceful moment. And I felt a […]

Advanced Feline Technique

I present this photo of Sophia the Cat with not a little parental pride.  In nearly 70 years of having cats in and around the house I don’t recall having a cat with such advanced skills as to use a rear foot as chin rest, placing a foot between the two front legs. I realize […]