: Snapshouts

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:16:39 GMT

ON WALKABOUT

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:48:09 GMT

rain's a-comin'...

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:09:05 GMT

Thistle Time
Down in the backlit thistle patch

Approaching home after the thistle patch

The sky, the sky

Water strider shadows; don't stare at them too long or you'll be hip-mo-tized.

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:17:09 GMT

LONG TIME NO WALKABOUT Looking for a dead tree. None nearby. Ruth followed along--as she has on every hike she's gotten wind of since she was a small kitten--so I had to cut the walk short anyway. Man, it's really autumn out there.

Ruth, intrepid traveler

Sally, incorrigible runner-through-wheatgrass

The bridge beckons.

Fernando is irresistible.

Lorenzo and Fernando

Home

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:40:34 GMT

FROM THE THISTLE & HEMLOCK ARCHIVES:
Herb garden in a cold desert, Thistle & Hemlock Farm, Surprise Valley, the day before moving day, July 3, 2004.

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:02:37 GMT

FRIDAY CAT

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:44:15 GMT

Epilog: A new bridge over Thoms Creek. Phase one: this time, higher up (note the concrete supports) and farther back.

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:07:29 GMT

Best sky in a while

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:06:54 GMT

Comin' home after a walk out this evening...

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:41:56 GMT

SUNSET SUITE

Sunday's end at the Old Same Place...

Llamas lie down in green pastures.

Upstream.

Downstream.

Bit o' garden-in-progress.

G'night.

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:18:15 GMT

7 p.m.

I know it's still 90 out there. But Lorenzo's thirsty, so out we go. . . .

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:07:48 GMT

COOKIE HOPE. It's all about the dog.

(I know,
I know:
too
many
photos.
Indulge
me, please.
It's
Sunday.)

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:30:53 GMT

Sitting on the back step with Greta, this is what we see.

The big picture

The nearer one: So much to do in the beginning. But we've made a dent. I have bags of new bark for the paths. Brian and I will spread them later today. My mail-order plants are not here yet. I hope they survive.

Greta purrs on the step near my sockfoot.

And before I forget, here's those fern pictures I promised. Some need repotting.

The maidenhair, in particular, is doing well.

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:05:34 GMT

It's coming together in there.

Gunter has no respect for sacred sages.

Three carnival tortoises prop up the southernwood.

A new addition:

Little fig tree. How shall we keep it warm this winter? I've sent away for a mail-order lemon, as well, so we must seal this glass lean-to well, before frost.

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:44:50 GMT

And lunch.

It's 120F. in there at shoulder height, maybe 95 down on the ground. Fan's on, doors opened at both ends. Still, Gunter wants OUT, through double glass and into the livingroom, if necessary. He has water and shade in there. But the heat gives him energy, makes him want to run like the wind. And he can, too. Long legs, these guys, and they know how to use 'em. As long as they're very warm.
Seventy pounds of trouble, this guy, like me in third grade. I had to cover the window so he couldn't see through it anymore.

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:42:48 GMT

Today's breakfast guest...

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:54:07 GMT

Who I disturbed when I took water in to the twilit Rex begonias tonight: I don't think he enjoyed the camera flash...

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:18:07 GMT

I watered them llamas awhile ago.

And finally got Apple to smile for the camera.

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:13:37 GMT

Our Trip to Lakeview

When you drive to Lakeview, it's always good to pause and view the lake--in this case, Goose Lake, which straddles the California-Oregon border and is in the process of drying up; but it still makes a good home for thousands of water birds.

I couldn't get close enough to this distant house in New Pine Creek to tak a good picture, so this is blown up a little. I was fascinated by the yard full of poppies.

I passed another abandoned place full of these huge poppies-just-starting-to-pop.

On the way home I spotted this out the car window.

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:33:29 GMT

Tonight's sunset at the old same place: Lookin' out my side door.

Llamas oblivious to the sky, with many grasses, and bridge wreckage visible.

Sunset to the west...

and, at nearly the same moment, to the east.

Then, after I got these uploaded I looked outside again:

Five minutes later.

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:09:15 GMT

Photos from Surprise Valley 8 June 2005
Looking southwest, Warner Mountains south of Cedarville.
Looking west, Cedarville and the Warners behind (west of the town).
Looking northwest, Badgernose.

Looking north, Middle Alkali Lake, with Warner Mountains on left (west).
Middle Alkali Lake with Hays Range on right (east).

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:14:13 GMT

THE GRAVEYARD AT DAVIS CREEK Imagine how it looked days before. I learned of this place only yesterday (thanks to a chance encounter with Modoc writer and reporter Ms. Jean Bilodeaux, who was on her way to photograph it), and by the time I got up there this morning with my camera most of the tulips had shed their petals. I am told this all started with a few bulbs someone planted. Then seeds were harvested every year and scattered.

Sat, 21 May 2005 23:34:07 GMT

Sat, 21 May 2005 23:32:54 GMT

Saturday morning with some green buddies

Thu, 19 May 2005 21:38:47 GMT

Balsamroot, sagebrush, bitterbrush, juniper