I post one of these pictures every year, I know, but even though it’s my tenth summer here I still find it remarkable. This was taken off my front porch just after midnight last night, and as you can see, it’s broad daylight. It had been cloudy and raining off and on, which [...]

So there was a biggish earthquake — 4-ish on the Richter scale — in our neck of the woods last night, and I missed it entirely, even though I was awake and up and about. It was all over the newspapers this morning, and I couldn’t help but feel a little ripped off. [...]

The weather gods must have sensed that I was reaching the end of my rope, because they sent down a couple of really gorgeous days. There was maybe just a little too much wind for my taste, but it was warm enough this afternoon that Olof and I drank our (iced!) coffee out on [...]

Going into the weekend I had high hopes for getting a lot of work done outside. We’re building some raised beds for a vegetable patch, and I really wanted to get that done so I could plant my seeds. I also have some flower seeds I wanted to plant, and there’s a fair [...]