I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Sand & Sea
Being 45 minutes away from the beach is an incredible luxury. Even though we don’t often make the trip, having the option is priceless. And when I looked at my schedule yesterday and I saw that I had almost nothing on the calendar today, we all immediately thought of the beach. The drive from home [...]
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Street Food in the Park
This afternoon a friend posted a link to Facebook about the local parks department hosting a gaggle of catering trucks this afternoon by the lake, and I was up and out the door. Few things can rival my enthusiasm for the park trails on a sunny day and food. Sweet, glorious, catering truck food! There [...]
Third Summer for the Stock Tank Pool
The time has come again to prepare the stock tank pool for another summer. It will be our third year with it already! It’s weathered in nicely, I’ve made some adjustments to the connections, mixed up the ways I treated the water, thought about and against many further adjustments, and fielded a number of email [...]
Super Moon
When you’re outside tonight looking at the Supermoon, remember that we like the moon because it is close to us. It’s up there very high. We like tha mooon!
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Happy When it Rains
I like the rain. Especially after I cleared the gutter that was funneling water right onto the back door threshold and into the house.
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>The Yellow Month
>Tastes of Autumn were evident today, the first day of October. Not cool enough yet to require a sweater, not even sleeves perhaps, but still just right. There are some leaves on the ground, pumpkins bright in the garden, warm tea in the cool morning. I’ve always loved October best. I remember spending chilly mornings [...]
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>Tightening Up the Pool
>The stock tank pool has served us well. It’s pretty much every day that the children spend time in the pool, just having it around cools us all off. Sticking my legs in usually is plenty for me, even when it’s really hot. But since we hooked it up, we’ve attached the pool to the [...]
>Ocean Breath
>We haven’t been to the ocean all this year. It’s been a bit cold, but one of the benefits of living here, is that we’re about 45 minutes away from Bodega Bay. I have friends who live in west county that head to the beach in the mornings all the time. It was so nice [...]
