here and there

On days that call for a lot of car travel, I feel in the way you do if you've spent too much time in front of the TV. Of course, there is the convenience of driving: when I am in Warsaw, dependent on my own two feet, supplemented by an occasional metro ride to get me from point A to B, I groan at how quickly the day is lost to doing the most basic errands. Just buying bread, fish, wine and produce (life's essentials) can require a run between stores not at all proximate to each other. You'll say -- it's good for you. I'll say -- yes, if you have the time. Here, in Madison, I can zip over, pick everything up from that list, and be back in a handful of minutes.

Still, a car is a car is a car: a trap in which you sit, starring at moving traffic. So tedious! So dull! And on such a pretty day no less!






At least I have my morning walk to care for the animals. Watching their antics is never dull!

(Cheepers, out to greet the day!)





(Two cats and six chickens, each a different bread, a different personality and they all get along. Amazing.)






But then come the errands, appointments, car chores -- the mind grows dull just at the recollection. And because there is so much of it, I do not get back until close to noon, which is when we finally sit down to breakfast.
I ask Ed -- I don't suppose at 43F (6C), it's warm enough to eat outside?
No it is not.
Darn!






In the afternoon, I go to pick up Snowdrop and this gives me a chance to greet the little guy...






The girl has been under the weather for the better part of the night and day and so I find her in a somewhat sorry state...






I pick her up, jammies and all, and bring her to the farmette.






After tons of restful reading, new books and old books, she asks for food.

She rallies. She is quickly on the road to recovery!






Stories unfold!






Yes, it's a beautiful spring day, here at the farmette. On balance, a really gorgeous day!