oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!): A walk in the woods.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A walk in the woods.

I went for a walk in the hills near us yesterday. This is what it looked like. It's pretty dry here still. I always feel that it is so green, and then I look at the photos...

Now, in this photo there seems to be some kind of an animal. It is quite camouflaged, maybe it's a fox...

NOPE! Look who that is...want a cookie there Chuck?

Enjoy your day.
Cheers,
Oreneta

6 comments:

Beth said...: Glad to see you and Chuck doing those wonderful walks - your hip must be much better.

And Chuck actually poses for the camera!; March 12, 2008 at 10:32:00 AM PDT
Nomad said...: HI there!

First things A BIG HUG for you just cause you are the nicest smartest person I know and I miss you!

Second the first photo would be super composition for a watercolor. Love it.
Bye!; March 12, 2008 at 12:33:00 PM PDT
Angel said...: Give him a cookie!!! Look at his smile! you know how much he loves your walks....God, I love me some chuck...and Rocky too!; March 12, 2008 at 6:53:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...: Lovely photos. It is pretty wet here with all the melting. Love that last photo.; March 12, 2008 at 8:40:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...: It does look dry...especailly compared to here. But, we will be into spring and then summer here soon. Looks like a nice trail to follow.; March 12, 2008 at 9:42:00 PM PDT
oreneta said...: Beth, the hip is all better now, thank you...and Chuck will do most anything if I have a cookie in my hand....greed is a great motivator in a dog.

Nomad, well thank you very much...I love and miss you too! Sometimes photos can be so inspiring, can't they..

Bullwinkle, he got a cookie right after I snapped the photo...he soooo loves these walks...

Dawn, yeah, spring is kinda mucky isn't it, but it is such happy muck.

Sirdar, they are actually very worried about drought, it has been very very dry for several years and all of the resevoirs are down by many many meters..; March 13, 2008 at 6:35:00 AM PDT

Books read, 2024

9.1.24. The invention of nature, Alexander Von Humboldt blah blah blah. Andrea Wulf.titles too long , books too long, she says he talked endlessly, so does she. Read half. He's dead, still a vast amount to go. Endless old white guys. Done.
10.1.24. Hail Mary, Andy Weir. Excellent.
14.1.24 Crocodile on the sandbanks . Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
23.1.24. The Curse of the Pharaoh. Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
10.2.24. The Mummy Case, Elizabeth Peters. Fine.
13.2.24. Unlock your menopause type, Heather Hearsch. Useful.
14.3.24.Code to Zero, Ken Follett. Very good a d perfect foe a day when I'm sick.
24.3.14.The Silent Patient, Alex Michael idea. Meh.
27.3.24.Beth and Boyd Morrison, The Lawless Land. Melodramatic.
11.4.24 Love and Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch. Good.
16.4.24 Oh my mother, Connie Wang. Good.
28.4.24.The Moon Sister. Lucinda Riley, disappointing and kinda bad.
2.5.24.Girl in Dior, Annie Gietzinger. Fine
7.5.24.Atlas, the story of Pa Salt, Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker. Very good indeed.
11.5.24. Lost Cat, Caroline Paul. Good.
12.5.24.The Gutsy Girl, Caroline Paul, honestly, kinda dumb
19.5.24 The Phoenix Crown, Katie Quinn and Janie Chang. Good.
235.24. The Rose Code, Kate Quinn. Frustrating but good
26.5.24. The Burnout, Sophie Kinsella. Generally good.
26.5.24. Shepherd's Sight. Barbara McLean. Fine, good.
27.5.24. Lady Tan's Circle of Women. Lisa See. Very good.
28.5.24 The Carshare, Lucy Mitchell. Light, good.
28.5.24. The Secret Ingredient. Kilby Blades. Meh overly complicated, skimmed the second half.
29.5.24.Main Character Energy, Jamie Varon. Fine
26.24.The Diary of a Bookseller, Dhaul Blythel. Judgey and slightly boring but also quiet and interesting.
4.6.24. 54 Pigs Philipp Schott. Good. Very good.
5.6.24. How to Examine a Wolverine. Philipp Schott. Good.
6.6.24. Eleven Huskies, Philipp Scott. Good.
8.6.24. The King of the Armadillos. Wendy Chin-Tanner. Good.
10.6.24. The Shepherd's Life, James Rebanks. Good.
10.6.24.I Can't remember the title but the cover is blue. Elias Greig. Funny, good fast.
126.24.Six Ostriches, Philipp Schott. Good.
13.6.24. Dressed for Death, Donna Leon. Good
14.6.24. The battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten. Philipp Scott. Good indeed.
17.4.24. Dragon Springs Road, Janie Chang. Good.
19.6.24.Acqua Alta, Donna León. Good.
23.6.24.Quietly in their Sleep. Dona León. Good. Dark.
30.6.24. The Sun Sister, Lucinda Riley. Good.
2.7.24.A.Noble Radiance. Donna Leon.2.7.24
6.7.24. Three Souls, Janie Chang. Fine.
8.7.24. Fatal Remedies, Donna Leon. Good.
12.7.24.Friends in High Places, Donna León. Dark.
15.7.24.A Beginner's Guide to Japan, Pico Iyer, interesting.
20.7.24. A Sea of Troubles. Donna Leon. Good. Sad.
22.7.24.Wilful Behaviour, Donna Leon. Good.
23.7.24.Uniform Justice. Donna Léon, good, dark.
24.7.24 Doctored Evidence. Donna Leon. Good.
25.7.24. Blood from a Stone. Donna León. Good. Dark.
26.7.24 Dead Mom Walking. Rachel Marlow. Fine.
29.7.24. The Neuroscientist who Lost her Mind. Barbara K Lipska, good.
29.7.24.The Rising Tide, Ann Cleeves. Good.
317.24 Arthur Ransome and Cap't Flint's Trunk. Christina Hardyment. Delightful.
1.8.24.Through a Glass Darkly, Donna Leon. Good.
2.8.24.Suffer the Little Children. Donna Leon. Dark.
7.8.24 The Girl of his Dreams, Donna Leon, dark.
11.8.24. About Face, Donna León good.
128.24.A Question of Faith, Donna Leon. A bit grim
14.8.24. Drawing conclusions, Donna Leon, good.
15.8.24 Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones. Priyanka Mattoo. Good.
18.8.24. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Steve Brusatte. A bit bro ish but we'll written.
18.8.24.The Lost Flock, Jane Cooper. Fine, dry, niche, informative.
18.8.24. Swallows and Amazons. Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
218.25. Swallow dale. Aurther Ransome. excellent.
22.8.24. Beastly Things, Donna León, good, horrifying, also rare in that the baddies got their due.
23.8.24. Aquanaut, The inside story of the Thai cave rescue. Richard Stanton. Good.
24.8.24 Winter Holiday, Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
25.8.24. Thirteen lessons that saved thirteen lives. John Volanthen. Good
26.8.24. The Golden Egg. Donna León. Man her books are so dark.
27.8.24. Secret Waters, Arthur Ransome. Excellent
28.8.24.Pigeon Post. Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
31.8.24.Days at the Morisake bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa. Good. ,
9.9.24 By it's Cover. Donna león, good
12.9.24. The Farmer's Wife, Helen Rebanks. Well written but also, um
22.9.24. Real Americans. Rachel Khong. Quite good.
30.9.24. Falling in Love, Donna Leon. Good.
2.10.25.Twenty Frangments from a Ravenous Youth, Xiaoulou Gio. Good,
8.10.24.Waters of Eternal Youth. Donna Leon. Rare happy ending from this author. Good.
19.10.24.His Earthly Remains. Donna Leon. Good, grim.
7.11.24.The temptation of Forgiveness. Well written. Too sad. Last Donna Leon.
19.11.24 In Too Deep, Reacher novel, Lee and Andrew Child. Fine.
21.11.24. We solve Murders, Richard Osman. Good.
22.11.24.Cold Skies, Thomas King. Good.
23.11.24.El Búnquer Confidencial. Excel·lent.
30.11.24 Circe, Madeline Miller. Very good.
30.11.24. The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams, good.
3.11.24.Funny Story, good. Emily Henry
7.12.24.Bonnie Jack, Ian Hamilton, fine.
9.12.24.Just for the summer. Abby Jimenez. Good. Surprising depth for a rom com. .
10.12.24.Yours Truly, Abby Jiménez. Fine.

T. B. Read

Montessori Learning in the 21st Century” by M. Shannon Helfrich
Els Ibers del Nord
Sarah Durants 5 novels
Charles Todd
Walter Mosley
Scott and Bailey
Walender
The Paris Wife
Endeavour
Inspector Morris
Tennyson mysteries
James Runcie
Grantchester books
Aunt Dimity
Love in a cold climate
Vassily Gorssman, all his books.
Tahmima Anam, The Good Muslim
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Leila Aboulela The Kindness of Enemies
Ali Eteraz, Native Believer
Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Unquiet Dead
Saladin Ahmed, Throne of the Cresent Moon
Rabih Alaenddine An Unnecessary Woman
G.Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen
Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account
WG Sebald
Elizabeth Hay’s Late Night’s on Air
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
2007: Wolf Totem - Jian Rong (China)
2008: Ilustrado - Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
2009: The Boat to Redemption - Su Tong (China)
The Magicians, a novel. Lev Grossman
Staring, how we look. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
A gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, by Malie Meloy
Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories
Miller & Paola, Tell it Slant (the version with the anthology)
William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazine
William Safire, o Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine
Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Embodied Visions, evolution, emotion, culture and film by Torben Grodal
Júlio Cortázar, Rayuela. In English or Catalan, sadly not Spanish yet.
W. James Popham, Transformative Assessment
The fixer, Bernard Malamoud
Life: a user's manual, David R. Godine
http://orenetaaground.blogspot.com/2009/05/show-some-lovin-mkay.html
Narrow road to a Far Province, Basho