…not “that cigarette”, as the lyrics go — but smoke from numerous fires currently raging throughout Northern California.
The local paper advises that outdoor activity should be avoided today because of heavy smoke from fires surrounding Nevada County.
The news article went on to say that if you can see and smell smoke, you are most likely [...]
On Saturday afternoon, ominous black clouds filled the sky over the Nevada County Fairgrounds where James and I are staying in our Airstream trailer.
We are currently being hosted by the Fairgrounds management; the summer music festival is going on right here. It’s a much more convenient commute than from our place in The Woods. In [...]
Since June 3rd, I have been immersed in the eight-shows-a-week routine with my former employer, the national touring company of “The Phantom of the Opera”, currently playing in Sacramento. I am playing as a horn sub to fill in for the final half of the run, sixteen shows in a row without a day off.
The [...]
Summer weather arrived a month early, as though a switch suddenly flicked on. This happened a couple days ago and the high temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend.
It is not often that the West Coast has the highest temperatures in the country; Arizona, Texas, Florida and parts of the Midwest usually have us [...]
I’ve been wanting to shoot a video of our daily walk “over the river and through the woods” for quite some time now. (We left Little Red Riding Hood at home.)
The first day of May was gorgeous here; sunny and mild, not a cloud in the sky.
In the late afternoon we took our walk, and [...]
A week ago, at least a dozen pine trees were cut down in our yard. D. and M. left the debris scattered all over the meadow, for James and me to clean up later.
Since the burn season officially ends on May 1st — after which it is necessary to get a permit — we decided [...]
We invited our dear friends L. & D. to come up from Nevada City to visit us on the land today. D. promised to bring along not only his chainsaw, but also a close friend who also has an even better chainsaw and truly enjoys doing forest-work and is apparently an expert at it.
This was [...]
I was just starting to tune my harp this morning when James called out to me:
“Would you please come out here to watch me while I use the chainsaw for the first time?”
Ever since we moved out to The Woods last summer, we’ve discussed cutting down some of the small pine trees which surround the [...]
We’re finding them everywhere on this property! The above picture was taken near the river. Not far from the metal ladder leading down to the private beach, are several small streams which provide perfect growing conditions for these rare, fragile plants. The following photographs show this area from various angles:
I took the following picture last [...]
Up here in the mountains, Spring is “springing” gradually. The new season is deliberate in its unfolding, unlike the valley where it tends to burst out with an explosion of sudden color and invasion of pollen.
Little by little on this land, the flowers are starting to bloom. A couple weeks ago, it was a lone [...]
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