Category Archives: Daily Drama

Every few months, we wake to find our little corner of Virginia wrapped in fog. It transforms the landscape in ways it’s hard to pin down. The usual bird sounds and squirrel chatter are missing. Even the regular herd of … Continue reading →

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The deer come quietly in the chill morning sunlight and huddle together for warmth as they sample the daily spread at our backyard feeding station. Their dark grey-brown coats blend so well into the background of fallen leaves that it is hard to photograph them unless you catch them in full sunlight as I did here. The deer with their patches of white and the birds with their bright feathers are the only spots of color we see.

Two weeks ago, we were driving through hardwood forests in south central Virginia, and we saw the first beginnings of a riot of fall colors. The late afternoon sunlight lit up a few trees here and there with intense bursts of red and yellow foliage. We were eagerly anticipating a repeat of last year’s fall glory. Entire mountainsides had been ablaze in vivid autumn finery and it had lasted for many weeks. We had one day to marvel and I even wrote a post about it.

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This is a store cat in Fork Union, Virginia. Although he looks like a feline “Attila the Hun”, he is 20 pounds of muscular gentleness.

He greets customers by day and guards the grain warehouse against mice at night. He can usually be found on the highest stack of 50 pound bags in the warehouse

I admire animals that serve a useful function.

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It still surprises me that there are so many things I don’t know.

For example, I was recuperating from minor abdominal surgery yesterday and I picked up the “Get Well Book” by Herbert Kavet. The weather was beautiful out on our deck and I had thought I would pass the time with some light reading.

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