Monthly Archives: July 2016

We’ve been having a lot of bear sightings around here, and the lab has closed its trails to hikers for safety reasons. A few weeks ago a woman participating in a marathon in the mountains was mauled by a bear. … Continue reading →

  Some mysteries are better left unsolved. July 10, 2016  

This election season is even more depressing than most. July 9, 2016  

  I dream quite often and the dreams are usually weird and have little to do with what’s going on in my life. But yesterday morning I had a crazy one about Andy and me going to see an eye … Continue reading →

Kaitlin phoned last night to say they made it home safely. They had also sent pictures of Montana and Sammmy on the trip home. Montana knows how to make herself comfortable: And Sammy, as usual, was good-natured about it. When … Continue reading →

Kaitlin, Torben and the pups left for home yesterday morning. They sent this picture of Montana intently looking at the rabbits on the way to the main highway… and this picture of Sammy and Montana getting excited when they were … Continue reading →

We saw a double rainbow Friday evening. I couldn’t get a photo of the whole thing, and the second rainbow (very faint and on top of the first one) doesn’t show very well: But Torben managed to get the whole … Continue reading →

Most of what I’ve been reading about Brexit assumes it’s a disaster, but Peggy Noonan has said if she were a British citizen, she would have voted for it. In A World in Crisis, and No Genius in Sight she … Continue reading →

The pups were excited by what was going on in the woodpile Friday morning, so Kaitlin and Torben built this barricade. It was a lot easier than restacking the wood later. July 3, 2016  

Tree squirrels are rare up on the land, but there are many chipmunk-looking golden-mantled ground squirrels. Montana and Sammy are well aware that some of them frequent Andy’s woodpile. (Occasionally one will sit on top of the pile and look … Continue reading →