I finally have a chance to post some photos from our trip to The Everglades. We saw so many birds: herons, ibises, pelicans, gallinules. Here’s a beautiful anhinga: Nesting with young: A purple gallinule: And, of course, an alligator:
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Key West
A few snapshots from our winter holiday in Key West. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast called The Popular House. I hate to overuse the word charming, but the B&B was charming. Their kitchen was bright with fresh oranges and McCoy pottery: The living room was trimmed with Dade County pine and featured a big […]
Ishbel, Part 2
A second attempt at Ysolda’s Ishbel shawl. This time I did not leave the half-finished knitting on the airplane. I made this version with Mountain Colors sock yarn, in a delicious berry shade.
Cold Comfort Cats
The windchill is -35F in Wisconsin, and my indoor cats have lost all desire to sneak outside. Gabriel, the snaggle-toothed sixteen-year-old, ventured out to the country doctors last week and came home with a bottle of thyroid medication. That was enough cold weather for him. Snowy, his glamorous companion, has taken over the sunny heating […]