Author Archives: snowbirdredux

UP AND RUNNING

Posted on April 16, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Thankfully up and running again. And also up and running in the garden and in the cupboards.  Castenada Lane has not been sold (yet) but will be leased for now to a couple who   appear to be just the ticket.  … Continue reading →

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CODE BLUE!

Posted on April 15, 2011 by snowbirdredux

CODE BLUE! CODE BLUE!  THE UNTHINKABLE – THE COMPUTER CRASHED.  KEN FRIEND, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPUTER WHIZ IS WORKING ON THE PATIENT. THIS WILL TEACH ME TO LEARN ABOUT BACK-UP DISKS. HOPEFULLY UP AND RUNNING SOON.

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COSMO

Posted on April 13, 2011 by snowbirdredux

COSMO I have written about my Lyra Deara and about Button, so it’s only fair that I devote some time to Cosmo.  He IS one of the three of us and has been for over sixteen years.  At the expense … Continue reading →

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RESPITE

Posted on April 12, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Today I have baked three loafs of Aunt Verna’s wheat bread, made an  apple -green tomato- raisin -brandy cobbler, watered the outside pots, helped Robert clean out the koi pond, and weeded along the road by the daffodils.  I’m not … Continue reading →

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DOROTHEA

Posted on April 11, 2011 by snowbirdredux

If I had to choose two roses – well maybe six or seven – to replant on Mt. Faith in Minnesota, it would certainly include my lovely Paul’s Himalayan Musk that I wrote about in a previous post, and also … Continue reading →

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DIANA

Posted on April 10, 2011 by snowbirdredux

The Quatre Saisons is the first bush rose to bloom in my garden this year. An ancient rose which came from the Middle East it is thought to be the same rose mentioned by Herodotus in the 5th Century B.C., … Continue reading →

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GOBBLE

Posted on April 9, 2011 by snowbirdredux

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO If there’s one thing I won’t miss after our move, it’s the turkeys.  They don’t actually belong in California  I believe, but because hunters some 30 or so years ago petitioned Fish and Game for the privilege of … Continue reading →

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BEST BELOVED FORGOTTENS

Posted on April 8, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Passionate gardeners are always looking for the thrill – the ancient species  to resurrect, a “sport” that invented itself and magically appeared, the rare, the bizarre, the anything but usual.  There’s something to be said for the tried and the … Continue reading →

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DATE NIGHT

Posted on April 7, 2011 by snowbirdredux

Thank you for all the good wishes that came our way this week.   I marveled on that as I sat for the three plus hours in the lovely waiting Pavilion at the Community Hospital of the Montery Penninsula, waiting for … Continue reading →

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to be continued…

Posted on April 5, 2011 by snowbirdredux

We’re off to Carmel today for Robert to have his “procedure” at Chomp. We accept all wishes.

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