wayfaringwordhack | Entries tagged with photos

ETA: You cannot imagine--OK, maybe you can--how frustrated I get with DWs cut feature. I always have to try multiple times before the cuts function. I will try one more time, and if it does not work, I apologize now if you feel I am photo-spamming you. Mea culpa. :( OK, I lied; I am trying ~~twice~~.... THRICE! ARGH!

Sightings:

We have a very, very skittish new visitor to the bird feeder, a great spotted woodpecker* (pic épeiche), and I vow to get a better photo. In the meantime, observe that Friendly would like a close encounter with the birds, too >.<

( photos ahead )

Possibilities:
J is going to do a month-long mission in Italy this winter. I hope the kids and I can go visit him there for a week or so, depending on policies concerning the virus. I would like to add another country to my list. Speaking of lists, I was sad to see that my links in this post and this one are no longer working. I entered some info into another site and then took a screenshot so the same will not happen to me again. :-/

( Where I've been )

___________ *Make that "woodpeckers" because I saw two in the tree together today. :D I got a pic of one in the willow, but it is 4-5 meters farther than the linden tree, where the feeder hangs, so I don't know that it will be worth posting.

...take and post a lot of photos.

Just scrolling through, looking for a photo I posted during our Mayotte days of our coconut grater--which I couldn't find--keenly reminded me of that.

I must do better. For my sake, for the sake of my kids.

Like these New Year's Eve photos from a year ago (2019):

A few outdoor photos to take my mind off the pain of impending infection blow-up.*

The potager is sleeping, but we have food out for our garden bird helpers:

The pond's first winter:

Lunaria (Honesty) pods:

Aren't those spindle berries gorgeous?

Deck the halls, or the hedges:

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* Yeah I think Dentist Optimist did not call it, and I will probably end up having to go on antibiotics to kick the infection.

November 29 began like the other mild days we have had thus far this autumn, but by afternoon a London fog had settled on the landscape. Freezing temperatures during the night gave us our first aerial frost of the year.

Enjoy a little walk with me along our hedge and garden to enjoy the seasonal sight.

Some gold and silver:

The wild rose leaves were especially gorgeous with the unique crystal formation:

Festive garlands:

(black byrony berries)

Where did the spider go during the freeze? In an webgloo?

(yarrow)

This has been a spectacular year for holly. Our neighbors who are in their late sixties say they have never seen so many berries.

Fare thee well, Cosmos. See you next year.

In this post about my birthday, I mentioned that I would come back to that lovely table which was holding our new pottery.

Consider me back. :P

While at Guédelon, we watched many artisans at work, including the carpenters. Farmer Boy declared that when we got home (insisted, in fact, that AS SOON AS WE GOT HOME, irregardless of that being 10 p.m.) J would help him make a stool. However, on the road, the idea morphed into making a replica of this table we saw at Guédelon: