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The Return of Common Madia
One year ago I discovered that the back field was taken over by a yellow flower I hadn't seen previously. They are -->
Aug 5, 20201 min read


Beautiful But Invasive
Camp Cougar doesn't have that many thistles. Glen spends a good deal of time each spring digging up or spraying -->
Aug 1, 20201 min read


Mom and Fawn Vist
This summer I've seen two moms. One has two fawns and another has one fawn. I don't see them everyday. When I don't -->
Jul 26, 20201 min read


Just Chilling
The chipmunk has been hanging out for several days, so I think he or she has moved in. I hope there are -->
Jul 25, 20201 min read


New Critters!
Two never-seen-before-on-our-property critters appeared this week. A few days ago, Glen was walking near the totem pole entrance, and...
Jul 13, 20201 min read


Mystery Flower Identified: Common Madia
My prevous post A Yellow Invasion described a plant that started growing in huge numbers in our back field, and whose name →
Oct 19, 20191 min read


Don't Sting Me!
I walked into the bathroom in the cabin and was greeted by a scorpion. I place a glass over it and then fetched →
Oct 8, 20191 min read


Caught in the Act
For the past year or so, we noticed the wood on one of the tree house porch beams was →
Oct 7, 20191 min read


A Yellow Invasion
I went away for a few weeks and when I returned I found a →
Aug 10, 20191 min read


Pond Visitors
We had lots of visitors to the pond in the few weeks we were away. Squirrels, stellar jays, quail, doves, and →
Aug 8, 20191 min read


A Stellar Jay Nest
There is a nest in the eaves at each end of the cabin. Most years the nests are empty, but this year one of the nests became home to →
Jul 20, 20191 min read


What's Blooming?
It's early May and there must be hundreds of thousands of wildflowers. But they are →
May 4, 20191 min read


A Smoke-Phase Turkey
We happened to look out the window when a troupe of six wild turkeys walked by. One of them was a very light brown. →
Mar 12, 20191 min read
Skunks Attack
Skunks enjoy eating wasps and wasp larvae. If you can find a →
Jul 21, 20181 min read
A Road Makes a Difference
It has been almost 2 months since Skyline Blvd. opened after the washout disasters in February 2017. During that year, I had to →
Apr 14, 20181 min read


There is Progress
e just hiked up to the two breaches in our road and took some photos. The first one is the “minor” road problem that is one →
Oct 16, 20171 min read
Smoky Morning
The good news is that the wind started blowing late last night. It inverted the →
Jul 31, 20171 min read


The Slip Out
The Chasm is, of course, our big focus because without the road, we can't easily get to Saratoga. The Slip Out is between our house and →
Jul 4, 20171 min read


The Dirt Ramp
More and more, that Highway 35 chasm is starting to fill in. On our latest trek to check the progress, we noticed a dirt ramp. It →
Jul 3, 20171 min read


Mist in the Morning
We don't typically get foggy days in the summer. →
Jun 10, 20171 min read
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