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We’re back home now. After a long and somewhat eventful flight, we arrived here at the farm just a little before 3 a.m. yesterday. I’ll have more to say about the travel part sometime soon. But for now, I’m thinking about autumn. We spent our last couple of days in California and Oregon wandering along […]
Second post for today. In an hour or two, we’ll be packing up our stuff for the last time as we leave California and head north for the final leg of our journey before returning home next week. Yesterday, Lynne commented that the driftwood in one of my photos looked quite large. During our travels, […]
I haven’t said too much about the insects that I’ve seen along the way during my wanderings in California and Oregon. In truth, I haven’t seen quite so many as I thought I might. Whether that was due to the time of year, the weather, my lack of diligence in looking, or some other factor, […]
Last thing before we wander off for the day. These really need no explanation other than to say that I often make small still-life arrangements of objects on the dashboard of whatever vehicle I’m in. Could be leaves, a fragment of mossy wood, a couple of rocks, or whatever. This is what’s currently occupying the […]
Bev here – writing from northern California. Don arrived out west on Sunday and we’re doing a bit of trekking around before returning home next week. Four weeks into this trip, I finally encountered my first Banana Slugs. I’d been watching for them for a few days, but the earth seemed quite dry along most […]
Well, I have finally managed to make it back here to post something again. Oddly enough, it seems that I just get time to write about food and not much else. Not sure what the significance of that might be other than that we’ve been eating pretty well while on the road. Seems that part […]
Second post this morning, written from a brief stop along the way here in the PNW. Awhile back, robin and roger of Dharma Bums wrote a post about road food — food that is eaten along the road. I wish I could provide a link to that post, but haven’t got time to try to […]