Many Little Items Today

A little of this, that, and the other thing today.

1. The other day, in my Shame post, I alluded to a cartoon in which a cat's son was bemoaning his father being beaten up by a mouse. Well, both Debby and Damselfly knew the reference, and Damselfly described it thusly: "The cartoon was Sylvester Cat and included his son Junior, in the episode titled Mouse-Taken Identity. A young kangaroo is mistaken for a giant mouse and hilarity ensues as Sylvester engages with the kangaroo." Meanwhile Debby even linked the scene from YouTube.

2. There was a time, especially in the lockdown, when I showed our car-coffees quite frequently. We still do them from time to time, but we don't always memorialize them these days. However, this is what Sue specifically required for one of her photo prompts.

3. One day our walk was in very blustery weather, so much so that Sue refused to get her phone out. The snow was fine but driving and the day was bleak. Sue was also shadowy in this photo, but I couldn't resist lighting her up (so to speak) just a bit in edit. If that is lighting her, you can tell just what kind of day it was. We were in the teeth of inclement weather (to quote Scrooge), but we walked our walk and haven't missed many days. I can tell you that the lady was very rosy-cheeked by the time we got home — actually well before we got home

Imagine that Sue was even more shadowy than this.

4. I recently showed a photo of a trumpeter swan. Two days later, we returned to the same spot after quite a trudge through significant wind and soft snow. Unlike the day when I had my camera, there were two dozen swans out there, and they all had their heads up. I hadn’t wanted to carry the beastie camera on such a day, but had I known that a plethora of swans awaited me, I probably would have made the effort. Sue took a phone photo. Only about half the bevy [sic] was in the frame.

I embiggened the small, cropped photo in edit

5. I returned the next day, yesterday, but there were only two pairs, both far away, so I photographed the slightly closer pair. It's not as good as the single photo from earlier in the week. An odd number works better in photos, and the two are also on almost the same plane, which I think is less interesting. I think it still looks pleasant enough, however.

6. Speaking of our walks, I do the best that I can and so on and so forth, but . . . ↓

7. Meanwhile, as my life "Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" (Macbeth), I always have the looming American threat to keep me awake. I don't know how to tell you this, for we do love you guys, but we don't want to be you. 

Trump's threat to annex is real.