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Kalicayo
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Ah crap, I forgot alt text of the photo; taken on July 22, 2020, the photo shows many Cherokee purple and other medium tomatoes, with a few dozen black cherry tomatoes on a towel spread out on a stone counter. SoCal, SW Rivco.
June 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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5 years ago seems so much like yesterday. One of those years I can remember where I was/what I was doing on at least half the dates… was also a *fantastic* year for tomatoes…(2021 & 2022 was the rat apocalypse!)
June 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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I promised some pictures
Kitty and Sophie, my two brindle dogs at the base of a young redwood tree. The tree is big, but is still a baby in redwood years. At chest level, it has a circumference of almost 18'. The driveway on the left goes up into the "hilly" part of the property, where it's impassible via any vehicle, and there are many hundreds of bigger trees than this one. A small stream in speckled sunlight. Several small trees have fallen across the water. A driveway on the side of a tree covered hill. These trees are various species, and are very young compared to the size and age of the rest of the property.
May 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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The only two pictures I took in Shelter Cove, CA.

If the current land deal doesn’t happen, I *might* look at buying a buildable lot in Shelter Cove. It’s definitely off the beaten path, and even getting the 35’ avion down there would be a *trip*.
The lighthouse at Shelter Cove, CA. Picture is of a squat white lighthouse only about 3 stories tall. Has a large glassed in “light” area topped with a red roof and gold finial lightning spike. The gloomy Pacific Ocean in the background, with sand and beach bushes around the base. Black sand beach north of Shelter Cove CA. This is part of what’s called “The Lost Coast”. Because this stretch of where the Pacific Ocean meets the cliffs and mountains of California, there is very little development for dozens of miles of coastline, from Fort Bragg to the south and Eureka to the north. There’s also very few paved roads in this area of the state, making it almost impossible to get people or building supplies.
May 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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lol, apparently I took a selfie just before surgery…
A crooked selfie taken just before surgery for a herniated intestinal torsion. Half of the face of a tanned Caucasian female with a nasogastric tube up her nose. Various medical equipment behind the person.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Kitty (a brindle dog) on a rocky river shoreline Kitty (a brindle dog) climbing a boulder on a rocky river beach
May 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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The pink parts are healthy, the purple parts are very definitely not. In that third photo is where it shows the torsion.
Three photos from a laparoscopy camera of my internal belly bits. In the top left picture, it basically looks like two sausages laying side by side. One is more purple than the other. The lower left photo is a pair of forceps holding the angry purple sausage away from other internal belly bits to check if there was further damage. The last picture on the top right looks like someone took the sausages and twisted them into sausage balls. This picture illustrates the torsion that the belly bits had done to themselves. Surgery corrected the issues. And I’m recovering.
May 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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But how about a picture? Not of me, silly beans…here’s the Avion heading up to the summer camp.

It’s loaded and on its way! Now I just need to get released from the hospital…
A long silver aluminum travel trailer attached to a white one ton ford dually pickup truck at a gas station.
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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New adventures. New roots.

#ChinUpHeelsDown
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A newly eclosed orange and black monarch butterfly from a few years ago, she’s just taken her first flight and found a window screen. Beyond the screen is a patio filled with planters filled with flowers and vines. Mom and I embarked on raising monarch butterflies during the pandemic. We planted a lot of milkweed and collected the caterpillars. Allowing them to form a chrysalis in the safety of the house. After they eclosed (hatched) we’d release them into the yard. We raised over 400 from 2020-2023. The monarchs were our last project together. Mom died of pancreatic cancer 92 days after being diagnosed. Rest in peace, momma. August 1948-December 2023.
April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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There’s nothing quite like sitting in the sun on days like this in Southern California. Poolside adds 10 more levels of awesome. Natural bodies of water are beyond next level…the sun and water in SoCal just hits different. Especially days like today.

(You’ll find me poolside today.)
Photo of one tanned leg hanging over a stacked stone ledge with the foot in the pool water.
April 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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So many piles of stuff…now gone

In the boxes. Into new homes. Some in the trash. It’s mostly empty, and will soon hold new people and treasures.

#ChinUpHeelsDown
#GoHugYourPeople
A photo of the mostly empty interior of a Southern California home. Tile and polished dark wood floors stretching to the back wall with windows. An old wicker patio set sits in the far dining room.
April 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Riverside County, CA is looking for grand jurors.

I really wish I wasn’t in a completely swamped schedule for the next year+…grand juries are a cool civic participation project.

You’ve got until 4/30/2025 to apply.

www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files...
NEWS RELEASE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 4050 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501 951.777.3163 RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT ACCEPTING CIVIL GRAND JUROR APPLICATIONS (Application deadline extended to April 30, 2025) Release Date: April 4, 2025 Contact: Public Information Officer RIVERSIDE COUNTY: The Riverside Superior Court is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications from qualified citizens interested in being nominated to serve as civil grand jurors for the time period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Those interested in serving as a grand juror must have the following qualifications: • Citizen of the United States; ‹ 18 years of age or older; * Resident of Riverside County for at least one year prior to July 1, 2024; * Be of sound judgment and fair character; * Possess sufficient knowledge of the English language; and * Be able to attend hearings and meetings four days a week. In addition, applicants cannot: • Currently be serving as a trial juror in any court in California; • Have been discharged as a grand juror within the previous year; * Be serving as an elected public official; and * Have been convicted of malfeasance in office, or any felony or high crime. Other desirable qualities include: • Sensitivity to and concern for the views of others; * Skill in working with others in a group setting; * Interest in and knowledge of community affairs; * Working knowledge of computers; and • General knowledge of the responsibilities, functions and authority of county and city governments. Duties include, but are not limited to, investigating the operations of county government, researching matters of civic concern, and inquiring into public offenses. The grand jury reviews and evaluates procedures, methods and systems utilized by government to determine whether they can be made more efficient and effective. It may examine any aspect of county government and city government to ensure that the best interests of Riverside County residents are being served. The grand jury may inquire into written complaints brought to it by the public. A per diem fee plus mileage is paid to defray expenses. A fillable application can be located on the court's website at www.riverside.courts.ca.gov by selecting Grand Jury under the Divisions tab. An application may also be requested by sending a self-addressed, stamped, business sized envelope to the Riverside Superior Court Jury Services Division at the following address: Superior Court of California County of Riverside Jury Services Division P.O. Box 400 Riverside, CA 92502 Applications must be postmarked by April 30, 2025 and should also be submitted to the above address. Electronic version available at: www.riverside.courts.ca.gov under Media Center.
April 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Kongs. The one big chew-er I had loved the fluorescent green balls. He (dachshund) couldn’t/didn’t destroy them but their squishyness was just enough to keep him occupied. He also loved the Kong frisbee for fetch.

I had to wear him out with extensive walks too… Good luck!
Green dog toy, treat dispensing ball.
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Gopher snakes are out. Have seen adults and juveniles everyday this week in various areas around the house.

No rattlers spotted yet. Both puppers need a refresher avoidance training session. As they’ve gotten older, it’s much easier keeping them keeping their distance from the danger noodles.
Picture of a probable gopher snake juvenile crossing a sidewalk near my Southern California house. Snake is brownish tan with darker splotches along its body. Snake was about as thick as a thumb and 24-36” long. Snake was allowed to continue on its way. These are good snakes to have around and pose zero danger to humans or pets. As adults, they can reach 6-9 feet long. They dine on small mammals like rats, mice, pocket gophers, ground squirrels (all pests here in the desert of SoCal). They also can hunt birds, but locally it’s mostly small mammals. Non-venomous. A little closer photo of the gopher snake juveniles head and neck. Picture of a probable gopher snake juvenile crossing a sidewalk near my Southern California house. Snake is brownish tan with darker splotches along its body. Snake was about as thick as a thumb and 24-36” long. Snake was allowed to continue on its way. These are good snakes to have around and pose zero danger to humans or pets. As adults, they can reach 6-9 feet long. They dine on small mammals like rats, mice, pocket gophers, ground squirrels (all pests here in the desert of SoCal). They also can hunt birds, but locally it’s mostly small mammals. Non-venomous.
April 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Swarm near Julian. Still ongoing. The big rattle is now a 5+ (not the 6.5 originally sent via the alert).
Screenshot of usgs.gov earthquake site. Shows a swarm of earthquakes in the last few minutes in the area of Southern California near Julian and Borrego Springs. Shaking of 5.2 and many in the 2 to 3 range.
April 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Um, yeah…

There’s literally 2 mattresses, 2 boxsprings, some miscellaneous crap from the garage, some miscellaneous crap from the backyard…

It all would’ve fit in a regular type dumpster that you have for normal trash pickup.

Behold the 30cubic yard beast now in front of moms house ⬇️
Picture of a mustard yellow 30 cubic yard metal dumpster parked on the street in a Southern California neighborhood.
April 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Absolutely crazy amount of miscellaneous… all the drawer contents from the bathrooms and kitchen, some stray furniture that I’m still using until the pod arrives is scattered in piles over about 400sqft. 😩😩😩 (the photo is only about 3/4 of the remaining “stuff”).
Messy house moving. A picture of piles of miscellaneous belongings scattered on a wood floor, waiting to be sorted and boxed or trashed. There’s a grandfather clock in the far left and a wicker patio set covered in “stuff” in the rear.
April 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I did get the gazebo I built for her in 2023 dismantled, loaded and moved to the farm. All the raised beds too. Still have to move quite a bit of patio stuff (a big grill, dining set, 2 big deck storage boxes, the chicken stuff, 😩).

And in today’s wth find…
Two old Avon glass decanters of after shave. On the left is a brown glass wild turkey with a silver head. On the right is a brown glass German shepherd. The original boxes are behind the decanters. I found them in my deceased mother’s closet. There’s a receipt in one of the boxes for $6.50, and the Avon lady was named Cheryl. Her phone number is X-751. Both decanters are still full of the after shave.
March 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Also, was the NYT enhanced by AI? They state in the article that the letter was dated May 5. (I also hate it here. This is going to get so very ugly, and most in the USA are just ho-humming away, or worse, cheering this crap…)
March 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Egads, I knew I was young when I started school… I’ve found my kindergarten report card. FROM 1973. I was 3 years and 9 months when the school year started in September of 1972. That means I was 4y9m when 1st grade started. I vaguely remember it being a big deal, but wth…
My 1973 kindergarten final report card. Doing the math, I was only 3 years and 9 months old when I started kindergarten in the fall of 1972. I was always the youngest person in my grades. But honestly I never put it together that I wasn’t even yet 4 when I started school. Amazing I survived. And that I could tie my shoes. 😝 I also apparently didn’t like waiting my turn (my only “needs improvement” grade). Although there’s quite a few probably generous S minuses.
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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In like a lion and out like a lamb. Hoping everyone is holding up.

You’ll find me over here digging through 100 years of family history.

Btw; mom even kept the first Breyer horse that I was given (about 1971-72).
An early 1970’s Breyer model horse. I think it’s the Arabian but it looked like a few spot leopard Appaloosa to me. The model is in a prancing pose, with black lower legs, black mane and high set tail, off white coat color with golden spots. Dad convinced my city mom to move to the “country” in SoCal (half acre!) and purchased a pony of America in 1976 that looked just like this Breyer model. A few weeks later, he bought himself a larger version that also looked just like this. I’m unsure if any pictures survive. If they do, they are in all of these boxes I’m going through.
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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All I have to say is I haven’t seen this in *decades* and I’m finding it highly amusing that my 4yo self was obsessed with mail trucks, purple skies, friends, cabins, volleyballs, potatoes and horses.

Lol 😂 NOT A THING HAS CHANGED
The final page of the story book from 1973, there is no drawing bc it’s just the final “Melting the ball and making melt. Soon it will fall of”
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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And pulling out a kindergarten “book” that was in a box with my name on it.
Page 5 of the story book. It’s a drawing of a swirl on the left that looks vaguely like a yin-yang Casper the ghost mashup, a big blue sun and squiggles. The story continues “there is a funny cabin in the mountains. There is a volleyball on the roof of the cabin. The sun is so hot it is (continued on next page)
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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And now I am here in March of 2025, and I’m finally able to get this a little more organized… getting these personal items collected since 1922 to the relatives that may want them.
Page 4 of the kindergarten book. It’s another multicolor drawing of a figure in red, various objects in blue, green, red, and brown that (I guess are vegetables and meat?) there is a blue fish on the right hand side. The story continues “I saw potatoes and apples. I like Jim. He was nice too. We saw meat.” (Lol, omg, I have no explanation for my 4 year old thought process… and literally no clue who Jim was.)
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Into the garage.

Mom only made it 92 days from diagnosis.

Having the two most important people in my life leave within 21 months of each other and being their primary caretaker through the process was *hard*.

It took me well into mid 2024 to be able to peel myself off the floor.
The second and third pages of the kindergarten book. Page two says “the two children are by my house to see if I can play.” There is no drawing on this page, so I think it’s describing the other two human figures from page 1. Page 3 is another drawing in purple and black crayon. The sky and “tent” are purple and there is a “horse” with at least 6 legs drawn in black. The words as written on this page “This is the purple sky and part of the tent. The horse is doing a trick.”
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM