RushBabe dodged a bullet recently. I had a health scare, which started in June with an itchy place on one shoulder. Where it started was easy to remember, since it took place on the street in Leavenworth, when Hubby and I were there in June for the International Accordion Celebration. Gradually, that itchy place took …
Category: Nature
I am Owned by a Cat…
And I find this story quite alarming. Last Friday in the Wall Street Journal (sorry, behind a paywall so I won't link here), there was a story about cat owners making their cats vegan. Now, I think that people who adopt the vegan lifestyle are a bit deranged (since God made us omnivorous for a …
I prefer not to be a participant in others’ delusions.
The first Delusion in which I do not participate is the delusion of "man-made climate change", and the corollaries that demand that we abandon the benefits of plastic items like grocery bags and straws. It makes me angry when the all-powerful Government decides for me which light bulbs I must use (and no longer may …
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A Day at the Fair
Starting this past weekend, is the Washington State Fair in the Pierce County town of Puyallup (pronounced pew-allup). We drove there from our house in Everett, which is a long drive, but it was a nice day on Sunday. Lots of homeowners there allow their front yards to be used for parking, and local civic …
You don’t need a Weatherman…
To know which way the wind blows. Can you guess from which direction the wind blows at the Diablo overlook?
A Trip to the Olympic Peninsula
The week after Memorial Day, I took a solo trip to the Olympic Peninsula, to use up some vacation hours, and get away from the constant stress of work. I jumped in the trusty old RDX (old, from 2008), drove onto the Kingston Ferry (where the fare-taker asked if I was really a senior!), and …
Springtime in the Skagit Valley of Washington State
See the header picture on my blog? That was taken a few years ago in the tulip fields of the Skagit Valley in Washington State. Hubby and I took a drive up there this afternoon, and it was a perfect day for it. Sunny, but with beautiful clouds in the sky, and temps in the …
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A Trip to Southern California, First of Two Posts
This week, we went to Southern California for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, the subject of which was Politics and Principles. The venue was a nice Hilton Hotel near the John Wayne Orange County Airport. Over two days, we had a President's Club reception, a nice dinner, with remarks by Dr. Larry Arnn, the …
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Snow-Capped
I got out this afternoon with the camera. There are a lot of plants and structures that are snow-capped. That Japanese Maple in the back yard sure looks funny with its tiny asymmetrical cap. Our neighborhood has a surfeit of dentists. The office has some nice landscaping, all capped with snow this week. These concrete …
Snow Birds
I love watching the birds that come to our seed and suet feeders in the back yard. Especially when it's snowing. Here's who showed up the last couple of days. Our Varied Thrush has a bug in her beak! They are carnivores, like their Robin cousins. A pair of Song Sparrows. They were fighting Juncos …
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