The siege lasted two weeks. A trailer full of equipment sat in our driveway preventing access to our garage, so we parked on Hartland Avenue and came and went by the back door instead of the front. A small dump truck sat on the lawn perilously close to our year-old pear tree in its coat [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Buddha’
The Siege Has Ended
Posted in House and garden, tagged Buddha, cats, house maintenance, roof on 2010-04-24 | Leave a Comment »
Buddha and the Birds
Posted in House and garden, tagged birds, Buddha, gardens, snow on 2009-12-19 | Leave a Comment »
This house has a patio, a stone-paved area edged with an iron railing, and raised on stone walls one story above the ground to make it level with the house’s first floor. Windows on the west wall of the dining room overlook the patio, making a pleasant view from the dining table, and a French [...]
More Signs of Autumn
Posted in House and garden, Musings, tagged birds, Buddha, flowers, nature on 2009-10-09 | Leave a Comment »
Sunlight arrives later and goes away earlier, and the yard is full of crisp leaves. Sedge and other volunteer plants flourished around the Buddha all summer, concealing cats who lurked below the bird feeder and birds who searched for seeds when the cats were away. Now those plants are all dry, rustling in the wind, [...]
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