I'm Old & I'll Sleep Anywhere I want to!

 A few mornings ago I started down the stairs to the 1st floor--I was surprised to find Tuck, our 18 yr old cat ,sleeping near the top!

 It's probably a warm spot in the room with the woodstove ( though he curls up by that & puts his head under the stove!)

From the Plimouth Plantation....

Let's travel back in time to 1954 & a visit to Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, MA.    This is my sister, Judie & me with a Pilgrim standing in front of the enclosure for Plymouth Rock!

Judie doesn't look too happy to be there, does she?

Turkeys

Gobble, Gobble! Taken on the hill behind my house; the turkeys are interesting to watch!

Not Quite a Macro Monday

 This is a photo of a butterfly ( a Blue Morpho ) at The Butterfly Place, Westford, MA.  It was a favorite place for me & my Mom to go near where she lived.  Decided to crop & enhance a little...

Used  the Lomo feature in Picnik--you don't notice quite so much that it's perched on someone's arm!

Unearthing lots of goodies!

 We are making an effort to clean alot of extraneous stuff out of our house.  After my brother & I had to clean out my Aunt's I was determined not to leave my house in the same shape.  Have been filing one bag a day.

 But yesterday I found a large bag of shells & seaglass I had to have brought home from Isla a few years ago  & somehow it ended up in the attic.  Everything was wrapped well so nothing seemed to be broken--not even the sea urchins( the big one was chipped when I found it).  And I finally looked up the names of these cone shaped shells--called Siphonariidae--i usually find quite a few of them.

it's quite a haul... this is only a small portion of it!

We're Waiting!

 Many days when I drive through town in the morning I see this orderly line up waiting ..... and waiting.
Yesterday I drove by going into Torrington & they were all still there patiently waiting when I came back an hour later.

You see, they are waiting to get let into the area where there's food! ( just on the other side of the stone wall)

Look at the billy goat on the left & the Jacob sheep  ( the horned spotted one) on the right--lots of different breeds shown here!

A favorite

One of my favorite videos from Isla--even if you don't watch--just listen to the sounds of the birds & the waves! This was taken in 2008. Watching these keeps me going til the next trip! Enjoy!