Tag Archives: garden
Dancing Seed Storm
. Our San Jose Guadalupe River cottonwood trees are filling the air again. Even though I have written about this before (2009, 2008), being caught in a dancing seed storm and having delicate fluff settling all over my garden still … Continue reading
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Bees at Home
Living on the Guadalupe River in San Jose, California, we have had a variety of unwanted creatures move in with us, including: squirrels, mice, and recently, roof rats. We discovered the roof rats because they eat the outside of our … Continue reading
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New Caboose Photo Found!
One of our ongoing projects is looking for historical photos of WP668, the railroad caboose in our backyard where I have my office. WP668 was built in 1916 but the earliest known photos are from 1973. We keep hoping that … Continue reading
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Easter Egg Hunt
We had more than a dozen children over with their families and friends for our annual backyard Easter Egg Hunt and potluck brunch in Willow Glen (San Jose, California). Among the kids, our son Paul was the oldest egg hunter … Continue reading
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Like Flowers But Much Heavier
I brought home a load of thirty boulders on Sunday. My late father loved his garden. On family vacations, he and I would compete for who could find the best stones to wedge into the car to take home to … Continue reading
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Easter Egg Hunt
We had more than a dozen kids – aged 3 to 21 – plus their parents over for our annual Easter Egg Hunt last week here in San Jose, California. There were about 400 plastic eggs filled with candy, plus … Continue reading
He will live at our house…
Growing up in San Francisco, my brothers and I had far more pets than you might think. From time to time, we had a rescued baby crow in the breakfast room, toads and frogs in the tub, iguanas and bunnies … Continue reading
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