[ A rough circle of pale granite boulders surrounds a firepit. The area inside is probably twenty feet across, and the tallest rock looks to be maybe ten feet high. ] It’s been TOO TOO LONG since I had the time to shove both boys in the car & have a PROPER Woods Day, but […]
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[ A close view of a bit of half-buried root; the wood grain curls in waves like the sea in stormy weather. ] This is a really nice place to spend the winter; I’m really enjoying it here. A yard full of Ponderosas, the mountains rising in the distance, & above it all, that deep
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, stands facing the camera, one eye squinted mostly shut. ] I’ve been carrying a basket of pendulums & other new stuff around for the last three months, not getting around to taking pictures of them so I can get them posted, but I finally got round to it
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[ A small clear spot on the forest floor, filled with old, mostly flat, rusty cans. ] I found another can graveyard! Of course I got a bunch of small beauties pics on Woods Day, for all that it was a short one.
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[ The last few petals of a pink rose cling to the bush, shining in the sun. ] Starting with the one thing from that Mall Wart parking lot that wasn’t orange, the very last of the year’s roses.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is hunkered over a hole in the dirt. His face is squinched up and he looks cranky. Also there’s a bunch of dirt on his face. ] I finally managed a Woods Day — a short one, in the middle of a road trip, & with
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[ Two tall Ponderosa pines stand below white skies. Each is dusted with light snow, and snowflakes are visible falling past them. ] The problem with moving is the amount of STUFF involved, & in this case, by STUFF I mean ‘my prescriptions’ & ‘the place that has the warranty for the van’s transmission’ &
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby, is curled up on a bag of small water bottles in the back seat of a car. He’s fast asleep. ] The boys love fighter practice, but the ride down is, frankly, boring. Fortunately, being cats, they’re good at taking a nap.
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[ A small thirteen-striped ground squirrel, perhaps three inches long not counting his tail, is crouched on dry grass, looking up at the camera. ] … at least the first two are; the others are DEFINITIVELY large, but, well. Look at this lil dude! So brave! I suspect they get fed by campers a lot.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is meatloafed up on a green picnic table. His ears are stuck out at a variety of angles and he’s giving the camera some pretty epic side-eye. ] After FAR too long, Loiosh got to go to fighter practice again! & this is how he felt
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& that’s it for the year! Everyone here at The Vagabond Tabby is gonna take a nice long nap (ngl most of us are asleep already), we’ll celebrate our various winter holidays, & yeah, probably make more soap.
We’ll reopen January 1st, just as soon as someone manages to actually get out of bed.
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