In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

Not too much going on around here but yard work and housework. Our recent hot spell found me spending a good part of Sunday restarting the sprinkler system, which always seems to need tuning up before it will actually come on regularly without flooding the neighborhood. I couldn’t put it off any longer since I [...]

Our record-breaking heats disappeared yesterday as we headed out for new adventures in the Belfair-Tahuya area. In fact, it was downright cool and cloudy most of the day, probably appropriate for a day that featured both summer and spring flowers. We started the day looking for quail in clear cuts, but yours truly got distracted [...]

I got up at 5:20 Monday morning to drive my daughter to San Juan island to pick up a used two-person kayak. It was a long drive and we didn’t have time to do much but pick up the boat and turn around and come back, but I couldn’t imagine driving that far to that [...]