Currently growing in Southern California
Its been 11 days since anyone other than myself has left the house. While no one in our home is immune-compromised or elderly, we know its important to maintain distance from all people to avoid spreading the virus to others. I read a report this morning that said eight people have the virus in my town now and the first child to die of Covid-19 was in our local hospital.
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I know its been three months since my last post. I haven’t forgotten you, as a matter of fact, I think about blogging all the time! I have been stuck trying to get back into my blogging groove. So much has changed in my life from when I blogged weekly. I am having trouble getting a rhythm going. But instead of just waiting for the perfect moment to strike (which will never happen) I’m just going to jump in and see where it takes me.
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When I think of camping I immediately think of the scent of pine trees, of crackling campfires, playing in lakes and streams, sticky roasted marshmallows sandwiched between graham crackers, the thrill of trying to find the bathroom in the middle of the night in a forest lit only by the stars and the beam of your flashlight.
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The Laguna de Santa Rosa and the vineyards near it are one of the most beautiful places I have ever laid my eyes on. I mean, I haven’t really been to that many places in my short life, but I have traveled extensively in California and this one tops the list. This whole area…
Read MoreHope you had a happy and safe New Years Day! After a day of building new mews (houses) for the falcons we headed to Salmon Creek Beach just north of Bodega Bay to watch the sunset. It was freezing and very windy, but so beautiful. I decided that one of my resolutions this year is…
Read MoreI am on the vineyard with Tom. I’ve been posting lots of photos to my twitter feed. You can find it in the sidebar. I will be back on Monday!
Read MoreWe got up early Saturday morning to get Tom on the road before the morning fog burned off. He’s leaving for 2 months to work on a vineyard with his falcons. Yea, read that again. Vineyard, falcons… Pretty amazing right? A few months ago our plans were just an idea. A risk. A leap we…
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When we left for Big Basin Redwoods Campground we knew rain showers were in the forecast. I thought. Rain? This late in June. It’ll be nothing, it probably wont even rain. Boy was I wrong. At about 2 pm, 30 minutes from camp it started raining, hard. And it didn’t really stop until the next…
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Shoots and Roots 