Monthly Archives: March 2019

As I mentioned in the comment section yesterday, if we buy flowers they are usually planted in a pot so they will last longer. Our big exception is the local Visiting Nurses/Hospice fundraiser every March. They not only sell daffodils … Continue reading →

Sigh. Happy first day of spring anyway. March 20, 2019

They’re predicting 18″ of snow on the ski hill this week, but it looks as if most of the precipitation on the land will be rain. Hopefully that will continue to melt the snow. Andy plans to continue walking the … Continue reading →

I just read ‘Disneyland-size crowds’ creating crisis at poppy bloom in small Southern California town about the tens of thousands of people descending on the little town of Lake Elsinore so they can see the spectacular bloom of poppies this … Continue reading →

After the the admissions scandal made the headlines there have been a lot of articles about how rich kids get help getting into elite colleges, including having professionals write or help write their application essays: The Moral Wages of the … Continue reading →

Andy took more pictures today. This first one shows how high the snow is along the sides of the Dome Road. The next four show some of the live trees that had been toppled by the wind. The following picture … Continue reading →

Unfortunately a lot of big live trees blew down in the storm, but Andy didn’t have to do anything until after the fire station. Five of our neighbors and the county worked on that part of the road yesterday, and … Continue reading →

We were emailed a wind advisory from our county emergency management department yesterday warning us to “avoid parking, walking and driving near large trees and power lines.” We were supposed to avoid non-emergency calls to the police department, but to … Continue reading →

This grandma posed for a photo on an iceberg — then had to be rescued when she floated out to sea A hunk of ice shaped like a throne washed up to shore in Iceland, and tourist Judith Streng thought … Continue reading →

The sun came out for a bit this morning, so Andy drove up to the intersection of the highway and the beginning of the Dome Road to see what the conditions were like. They were definitely messy! He won’t try … Continue reading →