Monthly Archives: April 2017

The conversation as Andy left for the land Friday morning: Andy: I hope I don’t get stuck. Me: If you do, take some pictures. He laughed. He didn’t get stuck, but he took pictures anyway. We clearly did the right … Continue reading →

The interesting thing is a lot of the precipitation we received last winter was rain, not snow. This month it’s been the opposite. We’re grateful for any precipitation we get, whatever form it takes! April 29, 2017  

We did go up to the land Wednesday afternoon, and the first thing we did was look for the yellow stake. Andy could see it with his naked eyes but to him it looked white, not yellow. As predicted, I … Continue reading →

We had planned to go up to the land for a picnic supper after we mailed our tax protests Tuesday afternoon. But after looking at Andy’s pictures, we decided to wait a day. It was pretty up there (except for … Continue reading →

How heartwarming! April 26, 2017  

Andy pulled out the old stump Sunday so he can plant a new redwood there. But he didn’t do it this way: (If you’re in a hurry skip to the last 10 seconds or so.) April 25, 2017  

Kaitlin, Torben and the pups went to visit Torben’s folks in Ann Arbor this weekend. Their Whistler app notified me when the pups were back in their home zone, so I wrote to Kaitlin: Me: You’re home! Kaitlin: Yay!!! Yes … Continue reading →

  Some wood gathers harvested the top of the tree sometime after the 2011 fire. April 23, 2017  

It looks grim, doesn’t it? Andy is going to order another one, and in the process he read this: Water your trees! These trees originated at a time when the earth was warmer and wetter than it is today. Once … Continue reading →

You have to be like a bumper car. And you hit the wall and you back up and you go a different way and you go at the wall again. The only thing I know is not to give up. … Continue reading →