January 3

2020
I chop some kindling
For the wood stove, awaiting
The propane guy’s fix.
#warmtoes!
2018
Penultimate walk
It was really windy last night: evidence on Thames path
More Bodleian: couldn’t take pix of amazing Duke Humphrey room
University courtroom
Parliament room. Chancellor’s seat. King Charles I seat.
Sheldonian and Bodleian
Botanic Gardens
Really old tree, approx 400 years
Cheshire Cat appears
Tree to right looks like a giant caterpillar irl
Mistletoe!
2017
What do "The Great Escape," "The Usual Suspects," "Philomena," "Gross Pointe Blank, "The Princess Bride," and "The Lion in Winter" have in common? Hint: theraflu

There appears to be
A cricket in the basin.
Bathroom surprises.
2015
We saw a bunny,
And then we saw the magpie.
Waiting for the fox.
I'm settling in,
And all the boxes are gone;
Don't check the closets.
2014
This one is bolder.
He came right up to the door
But did not come in.


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