On Halloween day, 2007, we made an offer to purchase a house in Yates County, New York. The offer was accepted the same day, launching us into five (and counting) months of headache surrounding financing, selling our house in Brooklyn, New York, and moving our possessions.
We are almost completely transitioned to Yates County full-time, though the reflex to knock on any available nearby [...]
at a hangout in my hood with the sun dropping below my knees and spring just days away…
©Llewellyn Lafford@Zapix
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
On a back road west of Geneva, chasing the setting sun toward Penn Yan, Laurel and I spotted this cat snoozing in the high window of a stone barn. Still warm in the fresh shadows, he appeared intent on completing his nap and remained supremely unintimidated by my approach and mumbles and clickings.
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
–Ah, Nature!
–A gently meandering stream, its glassy surface reflects the verdant boughs and cirrus wisps of a late summer afternoon.
–Within its cool bosom: flitting minnows, marine ferns, mossy rocks, lily pads, semi-drowned shopping cart.
