when the doctor said

"keep the leg immobilized"

do you suppose this is what he meant?

alas, said the gargoyle,

i'm spending next winter where it's warm...like cedar key, maybe.

i'll be waiting a long time

while my knee mends until I can take this walk again

i can't sit up for many minutes at a time

but i'll try to post from my archives and leave comments whenever i'm able.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HEALING WISHES!

brattcat took a nasty fall in the woods on sunday.

updates will follow as available.

emma, the dog,

is a little deaf,

but she still knows the sound of a saucy dinner plate being placed on the floor.

mother nature's shelves

hold trinkets of snow.

what do you keep on your shelves?

skywatch friday: after the snow

winter has a hearty appetite.

it nips at houses and nibbles on trees.

and all the while the sky sighs like a proud parent.

this is the approach to our town hospital

i wonder how many people notice how beautiful it is

the woods are silent, dark, and deep

i thought, my friends, you'd like a peep.

hatching a plot

what mystery sleeps within this ball entwined by twigs and christmas lights?

how would you like

a sleigh ride on valentine's day?

happy valentine's day, dear hearts

i fear ellie, the little girl next door, may have lost her heart.

this plumed and glittery valentine lay languishing in a snow bank between our two houses.

may this day bring a smile to your hearts.

and to ellie's, too.

while nibbling on a croissant

guests staying downtown at the latchis hotel

may also feast their eyes on this colorful mural of brattleboro

hanging in the cozy breakfast nook

the orange shovel

leans against the wall, waiting for the snow to stop

fresh snow fell

and trees sighed

in the pearl-soft light.

a fondness for cattails

even in their winter dishevelment

the beelzebubs

who came in second on the a cappella t.v. show "Sing Off"

performed at our local museum sunday morning.

they were great...

though these images are not...

i was pretty far away and they never stopped moving.

just a little house on the hill

with a solar collector and a view almost all the way to massachusetts

animal, vegetable, mineral...

what might be found under the red roof?

rearview mirror

which is more real? the objects held within a mirror?

or the objects held without?

skywatch friday: dusk

illuminates an upstair window in kyla's house

on abbott road

where has the sparkle of winter gone?

on my last morning in florida

dawn sang an aria of fire in the spanish moss

frolicking florida-style

i hope you'll indulge me in another day or so of florida photos.

i offer this with a tip of the margarita to dave of costa rica,

the big kahuna of surfer-dude photos.

this, in case you were wondering, is not brattcat on a surfboard.

February Theme Day: Wood

While listening to the radio

or planning his next project,

Mr. Brattcat likes doodling with his pocket knife.

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