Happy Fourth of July to my American friends! And everyone else, have a nice lowercase fourth too ( Read more... )

The sun is shining, the snow is melting, the day is warm! Spring is here ( Read more... )

Can it be that this cruel winter might finally, haltingly, draw to a close? I saw the first crocuses of spring today.

( Crocuses )

It's been a long, hard winter, but during the intermittent snow melts, I've taken a few walks and a few more photographs.

The stream winds through the golden grass...


( Read more... )

Greetings, gentle LJers! Things have been most exciting here! The power is still out at home, so I came to Starbucks to get my daily dose of internet and also a working heater ( Read more... )

As part of my quest to watch all the Disney movies, I watched The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh yesterday, which left little impression aside from my sudden strong sympathy with Rabbit. I never cared much for Rabbit as a kid - Rabbit is a fussbudget - but watching it now, Rabbit has spent months working on his garden and he’s just bringing it ( Read more... )

I've been trying to get proper photos of the leaves for ages now. I'd almost given up; I was sure the rain would wash the leaves away before I got them.

But today, when I left my apartment, the every picture I took seemed to be perfect. The sun and the leaves did all the work.

( Silhouettes under the golden trees )

It's SNOWING! This is a seasonal milestone and must be celebrated with hot chocolate ( Read more... )

Last week, I visited the House of the Singing Winds. Doesn't it sound like a place in a fairy story? But it's a real place, an artist's house on a hilltop where the wind blew through the screened porches and made the wires hum.

( A fairy tale place )

My favorite season is upon us! More or less: it’s only early September, it may get hot again. But it feels like autumn to me: the nights chill, the days creeping into warmth, and the trees beginning to turn ( Read more... )