"Thou art more than the day or the morrow, the seasons that laught or that weep"

It has been a mild winter so far -- mild and dry. There were two promising early storms in December, but since then pretty much nothing. As for the mild, it's been warm enough many (imported) temperate deciduous trees only just turned and dropped during the past two week, and now our bougainvillea is blooming deep magenta. In late January.

Cats have always acted like cats. (via)

"Seasonal Feathers," a song loosely based on the Japanese tale of The Grateful Crane. (via)

Lingering Yuletide 2013 rec: Escape Velocity, in which Lilo trains to become a freelance galactic adventurer along with Stitch. Pacing's a bit wonky, but some lovely stuff is covered and exactly nails the dismount.

---L.

Subject quote from "Hymn to Proserpine," Swinburne.