Category Archives: Flashback

On a Stretch of Rainy Days

Posted on May 3, 2023 by daeja's view

Shortly before a recent stretch of rain drove the focus on projects and diversions inside the house, I managed to get out with a friend for a bit of meandering through the woods and fields. There was a portion of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, baking, Birds, Cooking, Food, nature, Spring, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, treasures, Uncategorized, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged Buzzards, duck eggs, Foxes, Muscovy ducks, road crew tales, sniffing lilacs, Spring flora and fauna, vixen, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Radar Love

Posted on April 29, 2023 by daeja's view

The ever-revolving selection of earworm songs continues. Following a recent visit to the Southwest which resulted in weeks of the relentless repetition of a particular Grateful Dead song in my brain – the name of which I don’t even want … Continue reading →

Posted in Flashback, kids, Perspective, senior musings, Uncategorized, Weird | Tagged earworms, i was just thinking of you, intuition, psychic connections, radar love, repetitive songs, stuck song syndrome, women of famous men | 2 Comments

Clouds

Posted on February 5, 2023 by daeja's view

At the beginning of this past weekend, the temperatures plummeted into the “I’m not going anywhere unless I really have to” zone, with wind chills of minus forty degrees fahrenheit (-40F). While this time could have been spent baking or … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, Perspective, Photography, treasures, Uncategorized, Weather, Winter, Wow! | Tagged beautiful skies, cloud appreciation, clouds, every picture tells a story, look to the skies, my life in clouds, my religion | Leave a comment

Summing Up Twenty-two

Posted on December 31, 2022 by daeja's view

Yup, it certainly was another weird year. Thinking about it, it appears after almost every year we finish out, we probably look back and say things like “That was really hard “, or “Whew, made it through that one!” Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Perspective, treasures, Uncategorized, Winter | Tagged 2022, following up, Gifts, Holidays, it's about the love, my micro-universe, small wonders | 1 Comment

Little Thrills

Posted on December 18, 2022 by daeja's view

A few readers have shared with me that they have been unable to comment on some of my blog posts, that WordPress won’t allow them to register their responses without jumping through a few website hoops. In general I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Coping, Dogs, Food, Holidays, Perspective, Photography, treasures, treasures, Weather, Winter | Tagged crows, gifting, Gumby, hunkering down, laundry lint, little pleasures, no snow, pieces of the past, simple pleasures, winter food | Leave a comment

The Wallet

Posted on November 5, 2022 by daeja's view

It was more years ago than I can exactly recall when my mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I told her I wanted a good wallet. I was very specific about what kind of wallet I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Autumn, Coping, Flashback, grief, Perspective, Regrets, treasures, Uncategorized | Tagged attachment to things, attachments, gift from my mother, letting go, loss, mother love, symbols of love, thrift shop | Leave a comment

Peaking

Posted on October 26, 2022 by daeja's view

The color is peaking in style this year here in the northeast. Despite skepticism that it wouldn’t happen due to the drought, Autumn is delivering with a pupil-dilating, heart-opening array of almost trippy leaf psychedelia. We are pulsing with color … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, nature, treasures, Uncategorized, Wow! | Tagged achingly beautiful, Autumn, most beautiful season, northeast autumn, the melancholy of fall | 1 Comment

Transitions

Posted on October 16, 2022 by daeja's view

The coloring of Autumn is building to all its glory, and I walk around sighing with mouth agape. But I will share all of that at a later time. Right now the large and small creatures are in motion. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, Autumn, Perspective, treasures, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged animals, Autumn, Changes, falling into autumn, insects, nature, small wonders, Wildlife | 1 Comment

True Colors

Posted on October 3, 2022 by daeja's view

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou

Posted in Flashback, Regrets, Uncategorized | Tagged a leopard doesn't change its spots, disappointments, Maya Angelou, trust your instincts | Leave a comment

In Print

Posted on June 15, 2022 by daeja's view

It wasn’t a milestone birthday and my expectations had been pretty much non-existent. Aside from wishing some things could finally be repaired or upgraded around the house (I keep wishing for that every year), this day marking another trip around … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Holidays, Spring, treasures, Uncategorized, Wow! | Tagged appreciation, birthdays, Gifts | 2 Comments

All the Horses

Posted on June 22, 2021 by daeja's view

I was up in the attic on a search for some of the many beautiful children’s picture books I had stored away after my daughters grew up, hoping someday they could be pulled out once again for future grandchildren. That … Continue reading →

Posted in Flashback, treasures, Uncategorized | Tagged Breyer, collecting, finding treasures, growing up, horse-crazy girl, letting go, model horse collecting, model horses | 1 Comment