Attila the Mum

Sunsets are beautiful. (I, once again, demonstrate my special skill of stating the obvious.)  What captured me tonight was the darkening sky; the moment after the sun descends below the horizon taking its fiery colours with it, when the sky becomes dark and darker blue. The silhouettes of the trees and houses are gradually absorbed…

…or not to believe, sometimes that is the question.  Borrowing from Shakespeare the body but not the essence of the question. People lie, tell truths, half truths, and leave things out.  I could riddle my existence with attempting to decipher what is being said, what is not being said, is what being said the truth….

I have just started the journey of looking for a puppy/dog for my daughter for her birthday.  Something tells me it might not be an easy one.  I have sent out three inquiries so far.  One dog was already adopted, which lead to a bout of tears from aforementioned daughter.  For the second dog I…

It is easy to get lost in my head when I am doing something routine, like walking the dog.  I walk the dog every morning.  I don’t always follow the same route, but I travel the same area because I know the length of time it takes and the distance.  Sometimes it takes a concerted…

I love naps.  Actually, I love the idea of naps.  I am not a very good napper, I take too long to unwind for a short nap and there is never enough uninterrupted time for a long nap.  Still, when the need arises I will make an attempt.  This afternoon I came home from a…

Today, I made a spring hat for my kitchen goose.  My kitchen goose resides on a shelf above my stove, surveying all that happens around it.  It became part of my kitchen five years ago.  My husband and I bought it while we were visiting Quebec City from the gift shop in the Chateau Frontinac….

I love watching how little kids move.  Small children almost never seem to just walk.  They run, skip, hop, meander, dance.  There is joy and celebration in their locomotion.  When I walk with my children there are twirls, balancing, silly walks, and pretend bicycles.  Watching them makes me smile.  Sometimes their careening around makes me…

The divine novelty of the first warm days of the year.  It is hard to fathom at this point in the season that I will take these days for granted as the occasional warm day turns into a series.  Today is my first barefoot day.  As soon as it is warm enough I gleefully shed…

This morning as I was walking in the drizzle, pretending it wasn’t as cold as it was, I watched as a pair of geese landed.  I know I have watched geese land on water, which is a beautiful thing to observe, but I am not sure I have witnessed or maybe paid attention them landing…

Spring seems to be arriving slowly.  Now that the snow and ice have mostly melted from my yard it is not looking so lovely.  I have a small patch of snowdrops peeking and some other spikes of green pushing through the still mostly frozen ground.  These little glimmers of fresh green are overwhelmed by the…