TURKEYS ON THE SUNLOUNGER: the America I didn't expect.....

As you read this, the blog has winged its way back up to the frozen north, though not so frozen at the moment, which is a great relief. But...

A while ago I theorised about the American habit of standing a mailbox  outside your house, especially with regard to our western New York ...

 Saturday morning and a roiling sea again White flecks flew past me - I thought they were birds at first but they turned out to be ...

Not from the beach this time but from our back garden, which Americans, of course, call a back yard.   Which always makes me think of eit...

On Saturday night all hell broke loose  - thunder, lightning, rain pounding against the walls and windows. The power went out for half the ...

Oooh Mum, I mean Mom, can I have a mailbox too? More mailboxing coming up shortly.....

I never tire of walking past what I call this likely-looking swamp, just around the corner. I haven't seen any interesting fauna in it ...