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Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Posted in birds, butterflies, California, dogs, foxtails, gardening, insects, lizards, lockdown, memoir, Round-Up, Roundup, weedsLeave a comment

(re-run) Yesterday, I made the short trip to my little downtown, got some cash from the ATM, picked up two newspapers, and headed back home. On the way into town, I saw two city workers spraying Roundup on the weeds in the median strip. They were still at it, in the very same place, on… Continue reading Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds

Chihuahua Vs. Foxtail

September 11, 2021September 10, 2021 Posted in dog walks, dogs, foxtails, hiking, holiday weekend, memoir, veterinarianLeave a comment

Foxtail weeds are dangerous for dogs. That’s why they make a mesh face and ear guard for dogs that venture into the open space on hikes. My adult child had taken the Chihuahua terrier mix on hikes daily since April. He never had a problem, until the other evening . . . Suddenly he burst… Continue reading Chihuahua Vs. Foxtail

Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds

March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 Posted in birds, butterflies, California, dogs, foxtails, gardening, insects, lizards, lockdown, memoir, Round-Up, Roundup, weeds3 Comments

(re-run) Yesterday I made the short trip to my little downtown, got some cash from the ATM, picked up two newspapers, and headed back home. On the way into town, I saw two city workers spraying Roundup on the weeds in the median strip. They were still at it, in the very same place, on… Continue reading Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds

News from the Coast

July 16, 2020July 15, 2020 Posted in 4th of July, beach, Coronavirus, Covid 19, deer, dogs, face masks, foxtails, garage, ghosts, gophers, Monterey Bay, mountain lion, Santa Cruz, teens, visitor center, weather, ZoomLeave a comment

Three weeks went by between visits to my little beach house, partly because the Covid-19 pandemic shut down all the beaches in Monterey County for the long 4th of July weekend. With temperatures on the uptick in the Bay Area, I loaded the car and made the two-hour drive to cooler weather. I swear everyone… Continue reading News from the Coast

The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

June 15, 2020June 14, 2020 Posted in beach, books, children's books, Coronavirus, Costco, Covid 19, donations, Facebook, foxtails, Furminator, Good Will, lizards, musicians, neighbors, purging, summer, trees, YouTube, Zoom1 Comment

Now that it’s a week away from the official start of summer, I look back at the past three months and realize that the pandemic has allowed me to hit the pause button and do things I never thought I’d have time to do. Things I was saving for whan I became an old lady.… Continue reading The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

So This is What Happened While I was Gone

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Posted in Bay Area, beach, birds, Covid 19, foxtails, John Steinbeck, memoir, Monterey Bay, nest, property taxes, social distancing, tourists, weedsLeave a comment

I can no longer use my front door. See photo, upper right. I was for 5 nights for these reasons: The foxtails have overtaken my yard, and now that it has stopped raining (probably until fall) I have a ton of weeds to pull (foxtails are bad for dogs’ eyes and noses). I wore myself… Continue reading So This is What Happened While I was Gone

Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 Posted in birds, butterflies, California, dogs, foxtails, gardening, insects, lizards, lockdown, memoir, Round-Up, Roundup, weedsLeave a comment

Yesterday I made the short trip to my little downtown, got some cash from the ATM, picked up two newspapers, and headed back home. On the way into town, I saw two city workers spraying Roundup on the weeds in the median strip. They were still at it, in the very same place, on my… Continue reading Help your Mood, Pull some Weeds