It's raining here today—heavily at times. Tuesday's jade-green river is now brown and already a foot higher than it was yesterday. It will doubtless continue to rise throughout the day and night.
According to the weatherman, the rest of the week and the weekend will see more of the same. I've decided this calls for a big pot of chicken and vegetable soup, and plan to settle in and relax for the duration. With the cooler temps, I'm thinking Myladylove and I can have a hearthfire this evening.
Frankly, I'm good with the above scenario…or at least until the grub runs low, my supply of mysteries from the library need exchanging, and the lack of outdoor time starts threatening to give me a case of the heebie-jeebies. But the great blue heron who usually hangs around the Cottage Pool is bummed. When I looked out the window a few minutes ago, the big bird had sought a perch on the stump-end of a bankside log, back in the edge of the island's woods and some distance from the water. In the dim light he looked waterlogged and out-of-sorts, like any sustenance angler, underwhelmed by the prospects of having to fish the higher, muddy water for his supper.
I suppose I could offer to share my soup…
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4 comments:
HI GRIZZ - the chicken vegetable soup sounds perfect and compliments that hearth fire simmering and bringing a warm glow - we have warmed up a bit here - one day of some dry weather then rain until Saturday. Skip is going to finish stacking the wood - it goes on forever. our son Dolan is home :-). We had a down home meat loaf dinner last night, mashed potatoes and all, and fresh carrots glazed too. It was so comforting and Dolan loved it since he rarely has a home cooked meal given his NYC life style.
I love the picture of the heron - and the cooler view at your place. Enjoy your soup and fire.
Love to you always - and I so appreciated your visit and heart-felt comment over at my place. I answered you there.
Gail
peace.....
Grizz - you always make a situation like this sound so exciting - soup, a hearth fire, snug and warm. Poor old heron wet and miserable outside must look through the window and envy that pot of soup.
Gail…
The chicken/veggie soup WAS delicious…and will be even more so for meals to come. Mothers feed sons; sons need Mom's home cooking—especially if they live in NYC. Comfort food, home food, family food, love food. Sounds like you got it right.
Now they're saying partially sunny tomorrow, then rain in the evening and continuing through the weekend. A reprieve of sorts. I have an eye-doc appointment tomorrow to make sure I don't have a partially detached retina after some problems about six weeks back. (Pretty sure I'm okay.)
I liked your post. Absolutely right on.
Be good, take care, enjoy…
Weaver…
There's this certain bookish tale with a mole, water rat, and badger…and while I identify with all three, the badger's place and attitude is probably closest. A critter of creature comforts and comfortable silences, who appreciates friends in need.
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