Category: creek

Daisy and the Rain Storm

Posted in Bay Area, California, creek, dogs, fire fighter, freeway, grocery store, memoir, rain, stormsLeave a comment

(re-run) We haven’t had a big rain for 9 months. Today we are in the middle of an atmospheric river aimed at the Bay Area. People and plants are rejoicing. Firefighters are taking a much-needed rest.  Yesterday, we even danced at a winery in light rain as a hope for a wet winter and also… Continue reading Daisy and the Rain Storm

Poop on the Patio

Posted in California, creek, drought, feeding wildlife, flood, humor, memoir, mudslides, neighborhood, philosophy, rain, San Francisco, Seattle, wildlifeLeave a comment

(re-run) It’s been raining ever since 2023 started, pretty much nonstop. We aren’t used to this in sunny California. We’ve been in a twenty-year drought for well, twenty years. Usually Seattle gets this weather, not us. I can’t walk the dogs. I can’t work in the yard. But I can feed the critters and watch… Continue reading Poop on the Patio

Poop on the Patio

Posted in California, creek, drought, feeding wildlife, flood, humor, memoir, mudslides, neighborhood, philosophy, rain, San Francisco, Seattle, wildlifeLeave a comment

It’s been raining ever since 2023 started, pretty much nonstop. We aren’t used to this in sunny California. We’ve been in a twenty-year drought for well, twenty years. Usually Seattle gets this weather, not us. I can’t walk the dogs. I can’t work in the yard. But I can feed the critters and watch them… Continue reading Poop on the Patio