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Mama Bird Rules the Roost

April 30, 2025April 29, 2025 Posted in birds, cleaning, closets, dogs, girl friends, incubation, memoir, nest, porch, purging, UPS, ZoomLeave a comment

(re-run) A mama bird built a nest over my front porch three plus weeks ago. I was away, and when I came back, I startled her. I am now using my side gate to come and go. It’s not easy doing it this way for a couple of reasons. I have to weave my way… Continue reading Mama Bird Rules the Roost

Mama Bird Rules the Roost

June 9, 2021June 8, 2021 Posted in birds, cleaning, closets, dogs, girl friends, incubation, memoir, nest, porch, purging, UPS, ZoomLeave a comment

Mama Bird Rules the Roost

May 16, 2020May 15, 2020 Posted in birds, cleaning, closets, dogs, girl friends, incubation, memoir, nest, porch, purging, UPS, ZoomLeave a comment

A mama bird built a nest over my front porch three plus weeks ago. I was away, and when I came back, I startled her. I am now using my side gate to come and go. It’s not easy doing it this way for a couple of reasons. I have to weave my way through… Continue reading Mama Bird Rules the Roost

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