Monthly Archives: August 2020

If you ever feel the need of an adrenaline rush, you might watch this video: That’s as close as I want to get to danger. NOTICE: I just updated to WordPress and it no longer displays comments, even thought it … Continue reading →

As I was sorting and deleting my gazillion emails (I’m almost done), I learned about American foulbrood — a devastating threat to honeybees — and the dogs people are training to detect it. Here’s an article about how the dogs … Continue reading →

Kaitlin sent me this email the other day: Now we have a cheeky squirrel! I was weeding and this guy came out to tell me what’s what! It was slowly walking towards her as she talked to it, but when … Continue reading →

I save way too many email messages. I’m not nearly ruthless enough in deleting them, but I’ve been working on it. The one quote that consoles me is Ashleigh Brilliant’s, I feel so much better now that I have given … Continue reading →

I needed a new tea towel and the one with this image grabbed my attention. Yes, that was the one! Am I the only one who has been enjoying staying home? I’m not even a die-hard introvert…I’ve taken the Myers … Continue reading →

About two weeks ago the Forest Service sent out a message entitled, The Fire You Never Heard Of: On June 21, 2020, peak fire season on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), firefighters were dispatched to a human-caused fire on … Continue reading →

I have to admit, I’m still a little kid at heart…my mind is simple and easily amused. It may not be impressive, but it’s a godsend in these stay-at-home times. August 5, 2020

So how did the ground squirrel get inside the net? There was a gap between the ends of the hardware cloth Andy had buried to protect the tree: That problem is more easily fixed than some, thank goodness. August 4, … Continue reading →

We’re sure the culprits who ate our apples in the orchard area were ground squirrels. Andy didn’t see them in the apple trees, but he saw one inside the net yesterday in our cherry tree…and yes, some of the cherries … Continue reading →

A month ago we had a lot of apples on the yellow transparent and Cortland apple trees. Andy picked one of each to see how they were coming…still a bit green so we thought we would wait. Notice there are … Continue reading →