Cha Cha and Bernice suspect the turkeys are plotting a rebellion.

This is Sadie, relaxing with her toy monkey after a hard day of beagling.

Look closely! The dark blobs in the trees are wild turkeys being, well, TURKEYS.

I was working yesterday--and the big hoopala is planned for Christmas, since I'm joining Wendy and Jeremy in Santa Monica then--so I figured I'd just fix the turkey--whenever. Use that nifty deep fryer I bought specially from QVC--I cannot resist a gadget--and let...

There is a cloud resting in the valley below my house. How lovely it is.Today, I'm especially grateful.For my loved ones, human and furry.For my freedom, and those who preserve it for me.For the first responders, the brave ones who run toward any disaster, in order to...

They're out there, windy and cool as it is, trying to snug down in the inadequate branches of tiny trees along my driveway. This morning, I watched with a smile as one HUGE turkey bounced precariously on a low branch, while another, below on the ground, jumped and...

I love Tuesdays. Like Thursdays, they are buckle-down-and-tend-to-business days. By Tuesday, one is over the shock of Monday, and has yet to reach Wednesday--over the hump day, they call it--when a lot of people inevitably start thinking about...Friday.Tuesdays are...

It snowed. Then it rained. Now, of course, we have slush. You don't see paintings of slush. You don't read poems about it. It's just--slushy.Lest you think I'm feelin' blue, it isn't so. I painted and drew this weekend, and even managed to post a couple of my sketches...

I slipped into a parallel universe. That's the only way to describe it. :)I had every intention of doing everything I usually do in a day. But it just didn't happen. (Well, beyond normal care and feeding of the animal kingdom, anyway.) I never got dressed, actually. I...

When Mary Ann and Larry told me they could see our large flock of wild turkeys swaying in the limbs of the small trees in front of my house of a morning, from their place across the road, I thought they were pulling my leg. You have to see these birds in person to...

This has to be some kind of record for me. As of yesterday, I have a 4 foot Christmas tree set up in my office. It is white, with pastel lights, and it looks so pretty in the dark. (I have always loved the way Christmas trees look in the dark.)Why so early? Well, I'll...

I spent the whole weekend relaxing. Painting. Reading. You get the idea. In fact, I became SO relaxed that I'm running late with just about everything, including this blog.My original intention was to work this weekend, as I am so close to finishing "Garrett"....