We seem to have come out the other side of the atmospheric river. We had little streams crossing the property, and one place where water was spouting out of the…
A lull this morning, before the rain comes again — an atmospheric river is headed our way. Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers…
Doesn't this pomegranate just glow? I dropped off a calendar at a friend's house in Petaluma yesterday morning. There in her yard was a whole shrub of them. I chose…
The last of the summer flowers are hanging in there, in spite of colder nights and mornings. The dahlia leaves are turning dark. They keep blooming, and then soon the…
Social media mess yesterday, eh? Where else can we go to connect? I realized yesterday that FB and IG are where most people view them. I have this bIog on my…
It's been eight weeks without sugar. I haven't really missed it, though I sometimes get a thought, "wouldn't it be nice..." Recently, I was offered and took a bite of savory…
Flying on angel wings, angel wing begonias that is. There are a few different types of begonias, these being cane begonias. They're named that because the stems look like bamboo…
Two days out from the recall, the ridiculously expensive, time-wasting recall. I'm relieved and grateful that enough people voted No, and now we can go back to doing what we can…
How does one prepare to move things over to a new computer? My old iMac is groaningly slow. Not sure if that's a word, but it's how it makes me feel — I…
It's hot and smoky. This time last year we were evacuated to Oakland, to Elmwood. I made mandalas there with a new palette of botanical species. It was super smoky…