Shofuso. Japanese House & Gardens. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia, PA

15 Turkey Vultures in a tree, watching me shovel snow in the driveway. 5:15pm on 2/14/15










4:30am. Small storm passing through - 55 mph wind gusts...

Later - Walking this weekend, waiting for my knee to heal so i can run again. Cooking for the winter - made a Greek (Crete) stew last night. Spinach, butter beans, tomatoes, zucchini, bugler wheat, spices. Very filling.  Should last for several days. 

Do not have a good book to read.... so, watching many documentaries.  I pick them by subject & description, but quite a few have been by Werner Herzog: Into the Abyss was tonight's.   Also -  This is Myanmar.  (Both from Netflix).  I highly recommend them both - intricate and complex subjects and film treatments - they both need long discussions for thorough dissection. Found another Herzog, also by accident: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. Interesting, but i keep wondering about his intent, and thinking that he needed an editor.  Things happened on the screen, and people were doing things, and I wanted to know more about what i saw. I think Werner wants us to immerse ourselves into the visual experience and WATCH !.

The woman who sold us this house (as we bought it in 2005) -----> has died. They raised 7 children in a 3-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath (4 bedrooms, if you count the uninsulated and unheated attic). Life was different in 1960's and 70's.