In this very freedom from illusion he recognized the loss of something. From now on, every hour of lightheartedness would be, not a prerogative but an achievement. - D.L. Sayers
Everyday life
2005, August 03
Bolinas Lagoon 1997
Sunset on the lagoon at one end of Point Reyes, separated from the mainland by the San Andreas fault.
Because there are many habitats in a very small space, Point Reyes is a prime birding spot. In the winter, the peak of birding, you can go there and hear many languages in a day. People come from all over the world. Here are some websites with more information.
2005, July 29
Add a virtual cat
A kitty on our website makes it more like home.
In line with adding cats, here is a new member of the household.
| adopt your own virtual pet! |
Thanks Karan
2005, July 28
Add some cats
Cats in our family make the house a home.
 In the kitchen |  Baby in the grass |
 In bed |  Sister |
2005, July 26
Catcher?
I took the Quiz at the Blue Pyramid. Here is the amazing result. This was one of my favorite books when I was in my twenties, and Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters are still on my list of very good books to re-read.
You're The Catcher in the Rye!
by J.D. Salinger
You are surrounded by phonies, and boy are you sick of them! In an ongoing struggle to search for a land without phonies, you end up running away from everything, from school to consequences. In this process, you reveal that many people in your life have suffered torments and all you really want to do is catch them as they fall. Perhaps using a baseball mitt. Your biggest fans are infamous psychotics.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
2005, July 06
Dorothy Sayers
As my Wimsey takes me.
Here are all the books Dorothy Sayers wrote with the characters Lord Peter and Harriet Vane. Harriet does not appear in two of them, but she is referred to marginally. These are great books to read and re-read; she is certainly a favorite of mine.
Strong Poison 1930
Have His Carcase 1932
The Nine Tailors 1934
Gaudy Night 1935
Busman’s Honeymoon 1937
Striding Folly 1973
Thrones, Dominations (co-author Jill Paton Walsh) 1998
A Presumption of Death (co-author Jill Paton Walsh) 2004
WebSites:
Dorothy Sayers Society
Dorothy Sayers
2005, May 28
Vacation
A short trip to San Luis Obispo County to visit my daughter's family.
This month I took a short trip through the Salinas valley which lies between the Bay area and San Luis Obispo. The valley is planted mostly with lettuce and grapevines.
While I was there we visited the Las Pilitas Nursery near Santa Margarita. I found a Navaho Blue Oak and two sticky monkey flowers, the Diplacus (Mimulus) rutilus and the Diplacus (Mimulus) puniceus.
This is my baby Navaho Blue Oak.
I spent some time with my granddaughter and am so impressed with how her parents are managing.
We went for a short walk to the nearby beach, where there were Cliff Swallows nesting. You can just see the heads of the chicks in the nest opening.
The Morro Bay area is famous for peaks and rock formations.
On the beach there are evidences of the motion of the coastal hills.
The coastal scrub is at its peak of May color.
