[ A spray of oval green leaves sprawls over a pink granite boulder. The leaves look slightly thick, as if the plant that bears them is a succulent. ] SO good to get back out into the woods. I wish I’d gotten a better pic of these leaves, but, well. They’re cool-lookin anyways.
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[ A rough circle of pale granite boulders surrounds a firepit. The area inside is probably twenty feet across, and the tallest rock looks to be maybe ten feet high. ] It’s been TOO TOO LONG since I had the time to shove both boys in the car & have a PROPER Woods Day, but
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, and Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a purple harness, are both meatloafed up on the passeger seat of a car. Everyone’s ears are drooping sadly. ] The boys’ Uncle Jasper has disappeared off into the wilds of OVFF for a week, & y’all, the
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[ A close view of a bit of half-buried root; the wood grain curls in waves like the sea in stormy weather. ] This is a really nice place to spend the winter; I’m really enjoying it here. A yard full of Ponderosas, the mountains rising in the distance, & above it all, that deep
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, stands facing the camera, one eye squinted mostly shut. ] I’ve been carrying a basket of pendulums & other new stuff around for the last three months, not getting around to taking pictures of them so I can get them posted, but I finally got round to it
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[ A small clear spot on the forest floor, filled with old, mostly flat, rusty cans. ] I found another can graveyard! Of course I got a bunch of small beauties pics on Woods Day, for all that it was a short one.
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, seen from above: he’s sitting on a cutting mat and several scraps of black leather, and he’s wearing his purple harness. ] I’d wanted the road trip to be a me-and-Loiosh thing, like in the old days — since Jasper hadn’t come along for the trip, either —
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[ The last few petals of a pink rose cling to the bush, shining in the sun. ] Starting with the one thing from that Mall Wart parking lot that wasn’t orange, the very last of the year’s roses.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is hunkered over a hole in the dirt. His face is squinched up and he looks cranky. Also there’s a bunch of dirt on his face. ] I finally managed a Woods Day — a short one, in the middle of a road trip, & with
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[ Two tall Ponderosa pines stand below white skies. Each is dusted with light snow, and snowflakes are visible falling past them. ] The problem with moving is the amount of STUFF involved, & in this case, by STUFF I mean ‘my prescriptions’ & ‘the place that has the warranty for the van’s transmission’ &
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