Tag: spring

• Blackbird

  

  Of all the seasons. Spring in England is the most capricious.  Not that I don’t love a bit of caprice – I do – but she can get a bit wearing sometimes.  She never tires of invention and sometimes, well, you just yearn for a little permanence, you know? Anyway, to put you in the…

  frederick anderson

  April 27, 2021

  Homelife

  England, garden, Growth, life, New, Scents, spring, Sun, Weather

• Winter Wanderlust…

  For those of you who didn’t notice, or those who are uninformed, this news:  Blue Monday is behind us for another year.  Blue Monday is usually ‘celebrated’ on the third Monday in January as the most depressing day on the calendar Celebrated?  That may not be the appropriate term:  endured, maybe?  Slept through?  Survived?  If…

  frederick anderson

  January 30, 2020

  Homelife

  cold, dampness, Diet, food, life-affirming, Seasons, spring, survival, wildlife

• Betrayal

  “So, what d’you fink?”  The crow is back on the lamp post outside my window.  It is his third visit this morning, but the air outside is still cold so I have been pretending to ignore him. “About what?”  I ask, through my grudgingly opened casement. “This, mate.  This!” I stare cluelessly at him for…

  frederick anderson

  May 30, 2016

  Uncategorized

  Chicks, children, Class, crow, Eggs, humor, life, Loyalty, marriage, Nesting, philosophy, society, spring, Structure, values, Vanity, wisdom