Author: Steve

Sometimes Judy gets up at night. Last night she got up at 3:30 to go to the bathroom. That happens. Sometimes, Annie decides she has to go too, so Judy stands at the door and lets her out on the leash. Last night, that’s what happened; Annie went out too, on the leash as far as she could go, with Judy standing at the door. It took Annie quite awhile to settle down and go. She kept walking around. When she finally got done, got back inside and shook off, Judy understood why it took so long. The lawn sprinklers were on. Judy couldn’t hear them because of the noise of the ocean. She couldn’t see them in the dark. Annie was soaked, but no problem; she has her own towel. Problem is; there is a ritual that goes along with getting dried. Annie runs around the room growling and fighting the towel.

Judy was back to bed by 4:00. Annie was dry and worn out. Judy was cold and wet.

I thought this was a pretty good response to last night’s trip report; a
different perspective from our friends in Basalt.
… Nothing to report. A quiet Sunday. Watched it snow. Thought of driving to
City Market, but the car was buried under a foot of snow; Shoveled snow .
Needed a rest. Watched it snow. Shoveled snow off the deck . Needed a
rest. Watched it snow. Shoveled the snow berm from plower. Needed a rest.
Watched it snow. Shoveled the deck, again. Watched football. Needed a nap.
Watched it snow. ………..Life in the Rockies. …

Nothing to report. A quiet Sunday. Drove down island, through Corpus Christi, and out to Hazel Bazemore Park. It’s thirty-five miles to the park, but if we go there we get completely different habitat from the beach; freshwater ponds, open grassy fields, a little brush and forest, and even a hill. Had a good walk. Saw lots of birds, including mottled duck, American avocet, inca doves, vermilion flycatcher, great kiskadee, couch’s kingbird, and blue gray gnatcatcher.

It was cool here for a few days, but now we’re back to the seventies with lows in the sixties. Comfortable weather. A little windy sometimes, but we appreciate that here the wind doesn’t bring any dust. The air never has anything in it except humidity. The breeze from the east the last few days has plenty of that. No dry winter skin here.

Shrimp creole for lunch at Snoopy’s on the way home. Pelicans, egrets and herons. Peregrine falcon. Warm weather. Football. Life on the beach.