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Hello from Mendocino

Reclining in this rental house’s Barcalounger with a laptop warming my legs, I need only lift my eyes from the screen to get a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and rugged bluffs. It was sunny this morning, but the fog’s rolling in early. That’s ok...

Last chance for a summer getaway

Since my son starts 7th grade in a few short weeks (with a new inhumane start-time of 7:30am), this is our last chance to leave town before school starts. I’m torn between a desire to get caught up around the house and garden (summer garden, I hardly knew ya)...

Little getaway to Monterey

Went to Monterey for the weekend. Remembered why I’ve always gone on off-season weekdays in the past– too many people on weekends in August!!! At the aquarium, it seemed like every time I stopped to look at an exhibit (not that I could see through all the...

Trip to Home Depot

Got some fun stuff at Home Depot yesterday… 5 1-gallon portulacas (a pink-blushed peach color), a couple 1-gallon bloodgrasses, a couple 4″ Salvia greggii, several 4″ million bells, a 4-pack of dragon’s blood sedum and a 4-pack of baby’s...

Black Widows and Blazing Heat

# of black widows discovered out in the open while watering today = 2 Remember, black widows make these crazy looking webs. If you ever see an irregular looking web, keep an eye out for its creator. Speaking of spiders, I videotaped a spider in my doorway the other...

One more reason to love Mendocino…

My version of camping… nonfat mocha (no whip) and broadband internet. The internet connection at the house is dial-up, and it’s not even like regular dial-up where you wait a few seconds for a page to load. It just tries and tries and tries and either...

More photos from Mendocino

Ingrid’s Mendo Birds. It’s a must for garden lovers! The front of her shop… in the background is my really hot ride… my Toyota, um, minivan. mosaic chair wow, can you imagine trying to fill that vase with water? and how do you put flowers in...

hand-made hand rail nasturtiums Datura? Brugmansia? Datura? Brugmansia? Alstroemeria closer view View from the inside the Bayview cafe. The town is setting up for the annual music festival. Starting to get crowded… people are arriving for the festival....

Viola ‘Etain’ in Mendocino Village Salpiglossis still doing it’s wonderful thing in window boxes on Main Street. Pink pelargoniums in front of a picket fence totem on a local house || Posted by...