Monthly Archives: July 2022

Signs like this pop up outside the supermarket whenever there’s a fire.

This close. The yellow area on the map is the so-called “fire advisement” area. People in this area are not under immediate threat or warning, but are supposed to be on constant alert for changes in the fire’s status. Because … Continue reading →

Ok, so like I was watching a couple of my gray/blue dragonflies around the pool and it occurred to me that they were being quite friendly with each other. Which then got me to wondering about how dragonflies mate. Which … Continue reading →

As of Friday afternoon, July 22, we have another fire about 25 miles north of us — the Oak Fire. After a little over 24 hours it’s already at 11,900 acres. That’s almost 20 square miles. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/7/22/oak-fire/ I took the … Continue reading →

The hottest day of the summer so far. The chickens take refuge in the shade, either in a watering hole like this or in a dust bowl that they scrape for themselves out of the dirt. We bought the raised … Continue reading →

Quail are common around here, but they’re so shy it’s hard to get a good photo. Today a covey came marching past the kitchen window, so I raced to get the camera that has a zoom lens. I caught these … Continue reading →

Fruit production is completely random here. I’ve neglected the grapes this year shamefully. I forgot to prune them in the spring and gave them no extra water — in fact, I’ve barely remembered to check occasionally to see that their … Continue reading →

Arlin and I returned on Saturday July 9 from a chamber music workshop at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata on the far north coast of California. Arlin worked half days from our dorm room while I was rehearsing. One of … Continue reading →

We returned from a week in Humboldt County to find the Washburn fire in Yosemite National Park awaiting us. The fire is at the south entrance to the park, about 30 road miles northeast of Dragonfly Ranch. I took this … Continue reading →