0.01", for today
0.04", for the storm
4.03", for the month
6.66", for the (rain) year
29 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 29 November 2011
28 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 28 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.03", for the storm
4.02", for the month
6.65", for the (rain) year
27 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 27 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.02", for the storm
4.01", for the month
6.64", for the (rain) year
26 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 26 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
4.00", for the month
6.63", for the (rain) year
24 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 24 November 2011
0.29", for today
0.42", for the storm
3.99", for the month
6.62", for the (rain) year
23 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 23 November 2011
0.13", for today
0.13", for the storm
3.70", for the month
6.33", for the (rain) year
21 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 21 November 2011
0.01", for today
1.83", for the storm
3.57", for the month
6.20", for the (rain) year
20 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 20 November 2011
0.82", for today
1.82", for the storm
3.56", for the month
6.19", for the (rain) year
19 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 19 November 2011
0.88", for today
1.00", for the storm
2.74", for the month
5.37", for the (rain) year
18 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 November 2011
0.11", for today
0.12", for the storm
1.86", for the month
4.49", for the (rain) year
17 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 17 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
1.75", for the month
4.38", for the (rain) year
15 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 15 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.03", for the storm
1.74", for the month
4.37", for the (rain) year
14 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 14 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.02", for the storm
1.73", for the month
4.36", for the (rain) year
13 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 13 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
1.72", for the month
4.35", for the (rain) year
11 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 11 November 2011
0.61", for today
0.62", for the storm
1.71", for the month
4.34", for the (rain) year
10 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 10 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
1.10", for the month
3.73", for the (rain) year
08 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 8 November 2011
0.01", for today
1.09", for the storm
1.09", for the month
3.72", for the (rain) year
07 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 7 November 2011
0.01", for today
1.08", for the storm
1.08", for the month
3.71", for the (rain) year
06 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 6 November 2011
0.10", for today
1.07", for the storm
1.07", for the month
3.70", for the (rain) year
05 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 5 November 2011
0.91", for today
0.97", for the storm
0.97", for the month
3.60", for the (rain) year
(Corrected rain year number so it matches up with ground (weather station) truth on 6 November 2011.)
04 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 4 November 2011
0.05", for today
0.06", for the storm
0.06", for the month
2.69", for the (rain) year
03 November 2011
Rain Numbers - 3 November 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.01", for the month
2.64", for the (rain) year
30 October 2011
The Things that Go through Your Mind…
…when you are getting dressed… Shows you what a little stress and caffeine deprivation will do:
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown
Tapping at the windows, crying through the locks
“Are all the children in their beds? For now it’s eight o’clock!”
26 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 26 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
2.63", for the month
2.63", for the (rain) year
23 October 2011
22 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 22 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
2.62", for the month
2.62", for the (rain) year
(updated the month and year numbers to match the weather station; must have missed a 0.01" morning…)
21 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 21 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
2.60", for the month
2.60", for the (rain) year
16 October 2011
12 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 12 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.10", for the storm
2.59", for the month
2.59", for the (rain) year
11 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 11 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.09", for the storm
2.58", for the month
2.58", for the (rain) year
10 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 10 October 2011
0.08", for today
0.08", for the storm
2.57", for the month
2.57", for the (rain) year
08 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 8 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
2.49", for the month
2.49", for the (rain) year
07 October 2011
Rain Musings
Last year, we didn’t get rain until the 17th; by the end of October, we had 3.45". It’ll be interesting to see where we are by Hallowe’en this year…
OTOH, in 2009, rain started on the 10th, and we had 10.68" by the 29th.
06 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 6 October 2011
0.13", for today
2.47", for the storm
2.48", for the month
2.48", for the (rain) year
05 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 5 October 2011
1.55", for today
2.34", for the storm
2.35", for the month
2.35", for the (rain) year
04 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 4 October 2011
0.27", for today
0.79", for the storm
0.80", for the month
0.80", for the (rain) year
03 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 3 October 2011
0.52", for today
0.52", for the storm
0.53", for the month
0.53", for the (rain) year
01 October 2011
Rain Numbers - 1 October 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.01", for the month
0.01", for the (rain) year
30 September 2011
Rain Numbers - 2010/2011
Total rain for the year - 58.73"
I seem to have missed .46", no doubt some combination of senility and being arithmetically-challenged; here’s to even more rain next year!
We got 5.97" more this year than last; woo hoo!!!
25 September 2011
Ring Them Bells!
Not sure Mr Dylan had quite these bells in mind, but that’s his loss if he didn’t…
I love fantasy author Robin McKinley’s books Blue Sword, Sunshine, The Hero and the Crown (and a few by Peter Dickinson, her husband, too); do you?? If not, you should! And here’s a perfect opportunity: Check out the sale and auction of signed and dedicated books, special doodle-licious books, and other goodies. All proceeds will go to the New Arcadia Bell Restoration Fund. Ends 9 October 2011.
Point your broswers thusly: http://robinmckinleysblog.com/bells/
19 September 2011
07 September 2011
03 September 2011
01 September 2011
Rain Numbers - 1 September 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.01", for the month
58.27", for the (rain) year
31 August 2011
Rain Numbers - 31 August 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.05", for the month
58.26", for the (rain) year
28 August 2011
Rain Numbers - 28 August 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.04", for the month
58.25", for the (rain) year
27 August 2011
23 August 2011
Bumper Snicker
Spotted on a license plate frame on a vintage Mercedes in the Scotts Valley Safeway parking lot:
Life Is a Cabernet
Sent, via BlackBerry, by AT&T
21 August 2011
Rain Numbers - 21 August 2011
0.02", for today
0.03", for the storm
0.03", for the month
58.26", for the (rain) year
20 August 2011
Rain Numbers - 20 August 2011
0.01", for today
0.01", for the storm
0.01", for the month
58.24", for the (rain) year
04 July 2011
02 July 2011
07 June 2011
Bumper Snicker
Spotted on the back of a Ford F-150 (with a Boulder Creek license plate frame) in the Wells Fargo parking lot in Scotts Valley!
06 June 2011
Rain Numbers - 6 June 2011
0.01", for today
2.19", for the storm
2.19", for the month
58.23", for the (rain) year
05 June 2011
Rain Numbers - 5 June 2011
0.03", for today
2.18", for the storm
2.18", for the month
58.22", for the (rain) year
04 June 2011
Rain Numbers - 4 June 2011
2.06", for today
2.15", for the storm
2.15", for the month
58.19", for the (rain) year
03 June 2011
Rain Numbers - 3 June 2011
0.09", for today
0.09", for the storm
0.09", for the month
56.13", for the (rain) year
31 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 31 May 2011
0.21", for today
0.21", for the storm
3.23", for the month
56.04", for the (rain) year
29 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 29 May 2011
0.01", for today
0.03", for the storm
3.02", for the month
55.83", for the (rain) year
28 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 28 May 2011
0.02", for today
0.02", for the storm
3.01", for the month
55.82", for the (rain) year
26 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 26 May 2011
0.01", for today
0.07", for the storm
2.99", for the month
55.80", for the (rain) year
25 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 25 May 2011
0.06", for today
0.06", for the storm
2.98", for the month
55.79", for the (rain) year
22 May 2011
18 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 May 2011
0.25", for today
2.92", for the storm
2.92", for the month
55.73", for the (rain) year
Yeah, I know the yearly number doesn’t quite add up from yesterday to today, but that’s what the weather station reports, and I trust it more than my arithmetic…
17 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 17 May 2011
1.18", for today
2.67", for the storm
2.67", for the month
54.62", for the (rain) year
16 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 16 May 2011
.71", for today
1.49", for the storm
1.49", for the month
53.44", for the (rain) year
The Rrrrrrrrudeness!
Dennis called Thursday afternoon and let us know that real estate agent Schlobotnick, from the Around Here, Somewhere Realty Co. would be by, with clients, on Monday (today), between 11:00a and 1:00p; we should call if there were any conflicts. There were none; we did not.
We’re still waiting… Actually, we’re not waiting, but we still haven’t heard that they’re not going to be able to make it today.
Oh, well.
15 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 15 May 2011
.24", for today
.78", for the storm
.78", for the month
52.73", for the (rain) year
14 May 2011
Rain Numbers - 14 May 2011
.54", for today
.54", for the storm
.54", for the month
52.49", for the (rain) year
25 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 25 April 2011
.05", for today
.14", for the storm
.76", for the month
51.95", for the (rain) year
24 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 24 April 2011
.07", for today
.09", for the storm
.71", for the month
51.90", for the (rain) year
23 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 23 April 2011
.02", for today
.02", for the storm
.64", for the month
51.83", for the (rain) year
21 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 21 April 2011
.22", for today
.35", for the storm
.62", for the month
51.81", for the (rain) year
20 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 20 April 2011
.10", for today
.13", for the storm
.40", for the month
51.59", for the (rain) year
19 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 19 April 2011
.01", for today
.03", for the storm
.30", for the month
51.49", for the (rain) year
18 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 April 2011
.02", for today
.02", for the storm
.29", for the month
51.48", for the (rain) year
13 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 13 April 2011
.16", for today
.16", for the storm
.27", for the month
51.46", for the (rain) year
09 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 9 April 2011
.01", for today
.11", for the storm
.11", for the month
51.30", for the (rain) year
08 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 8 April 2011
.03", for today
.10", for the storm
.10", for the month
51.29", for the (rain) year
07 April 2011
Rain Numbers - 7 April 2011
.07", for today
.07", for the storm
.07", for the month
51.26", for the (rain) year
06 April 2011
03 April 2011
01 April 2011
29 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 29 March 2011
.01", for today
12.31", for the storm
14.74", for the month
51.19", for the (rain) year
27 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 27 March 2011
.09", for today
12.30", for the storm
14.73", for the month
51.18", for the (rain) year
26 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 26 March 2011
1.63", for today
12.21", for the storm
14.64", for the month
51.09", for the (rain) year
25 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 25 March 2011
.39", for today
10.58", for the storm
13.01", for the month
49.46", for the (rain) year
24 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 24 March 2011
3.47", for today
10.19", for the storm
12.62", for the month
49.07", for the (rain) year
At one point, about mid-afternoon, the rain gauge reported the rain rate was 8.something inches per hour!!!
23 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 23 March 2011
1.94", for today
6.72", for the storm
9.22", for the month
45.60", for the (rain) year
22 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 22 March 2011
0.35", for today
4.78", for the storm
7.28", for the month
43.66", for the (rain) year
21 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 21 March 2011
0.23", for today
4.43", for the storm
6.93", for the month
43.31", for the (rain) year
20 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 20 March 2011
0.20", for today
4.20", for the storm
6.70", for the month
43.08", for the (rain) year
19 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 19 March 2011
2.75", for today
4.00", for the storm
6.50", for the month
42.88", for the (rain) year
18 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 March 2011
1.25", for today
1.25", for the storm
3.75", for the month
41.13", for the (rain) year
16 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 16 March 2011
.14", for today
.86", for the storm
2.50", for the month
39.88", for the (rain) year
Running Is Not an Option
Gratefulness.org’s Word For the Day today:
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
-Robert Louis Stevenson
15 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 15 March 2011
.13", for today
.72", for the storm
2.36", for the month
39.74", for the (rain) year
It’s Official!
The Bear Republic is Curly Country once more!
Yesterday, when I was out puttering around the Little Pond, Mr and Mrs were puttering around in the Big Pond. This morning, they were paddling about, like they owned the joint. Ahhhh!
One of these days, I’m gonna get pictures…
14 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 14 March 2011
.10", for today
.59", for the storm
2.23", for the month
39.61", for the (rain) year
13 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 13 March 2011
.49", for today
.49", for the storm
2.13", for the month
39.51", for the (rain) year
11 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 11 March 2011
.01", for today
.02", for the storm
1.64", for the month
39.02", for the (rain) year
10 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 10 March 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.63", for the month
39.01", for the (rain) year
08 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 8 March 2011
.03", for today
.38", for the storm
1.62", for the month
39.00", for the (rain) year
07 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 7 March 2011
.04", for today
.35", for the storm
1.59", for the month
38.97", for the (rain) year
06 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 6 March 2011
.31", for today
.31", for the storm
1.55", for the month
38.93", for the (rain) year
03 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 3 March 2011
.02", for today
1.27", for the storm
1.26", for the month
38.62", for the (rain) year
02 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 2 March 2011
1.19", for today
1.25", for the storm
1.24", for the month
38.60", for the (rain) year
01 March 2011
Rain Numbers - 1 March 2011
.05", for today
.06", for the storm
.05", for the month
37.41", for the (rain) year
28 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 28 February 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
10.81", for the month
37.36", for the (rain) year
26 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 26 February 2011
.04", for today
3.38", for the storm
10.80", for the month
37.35", for the (rain) year
(plus all the snizzling, early this morning…)
Yes, It’s About Food and Drink…
…but put down the food and drink; you’ll thank me!
The Brave Lass: Friday Frivolity: Laws Concerning Food and Drink
25 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 25 February 2011
2.42", for today
3.34", for the storm
10.76", for the month
37.31", for the (rain) year
24 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 24 February 2011
.92", for today
.92", for the storm
8.34", for the month
34.89", for the (rain) year
God’s Ring Fingers, This Book Is Great!
24th DAY OF FEBRUARY, Feast of Saint Matthias, who preached to cannibals
Dennis called on Sunday, and let us know, among other things, that we should be expecting an agent from Los Gatos and her clients on Tuesday, between noon and 1:00p; since Dennis wasn’t feeling at all well, I was nominated to fill in…
Come Tuesday noon, the house was spiffed, Her Majesty en crate, and the vehicles outside the fence. What’s a girl to do? Grab a book, of course. On the side table in the living room was Seumas MacManus’ The Story of the Irish Race. I picked up where I’d left off, and pretty soon got lost in all the place names. Hoping against hope, I checked in the library, but no world atlas. OTOH, up one shelf and to the left from where the map sorts of books live are the (generally) Irish/Ireland books, and stuck in there was a little gem (besides that it’s a Newbery Honor Book).
I pulled Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman, off the shelf, because it didn’t look familiar, but definitely sounded interesting. Boy, was I ever right this time!!
Catherine, the daughter of a minor knight and his lady wife, is in her thirteenth year, in the year of Our Lord 1290, in England. The book begins thusly:
12th DAY OF SEPTEMBER
I am commanded to write an account of my days: I am bit by fleas and plagued by family. That is all there is to say.
Once I picked myself off the floor and carried on, there was quite a bit more hysterics following. I got quite a bit into the book, as our house viewers didn’t arrive until 1:30 or so, and discovered there was quite a bit more to Birdy’s life than silliness: when she finally gets to witness a hanging in a village, whether her curses actually work, dealing with her mother’s miscarriage, the wedding of the abomination (her brother, Robert)…
As soon as my Dennis impersonation duties were completed, back to Birdy I went, and finished up this evening. Oh my, well worth the effort! And I do wonder how she made out once she left home.
I can only hope that Saint Matthias had a fork with him…
Once Upon a Time, There Were 10… *
Docking pastry came up on the FOODWINE list this morning. What?? you might ask? That’s what I said. One of the nice gentlemen replied with this (Thanks, Stuart!):
A French guy, a British guy, and a New Yorker are walking through a jungle when, all of a sudden, cannibals appear and take them prisoner.
They are carried to the village and put before the chieftain. He says that they are all going to be skinned and their skins used to make canoes. He also tells them that they will have one last wish.
The French guy goes first and wished for a hand gun so he can shoot himself so he doesn't have to feel the pain of being skinned. The wish is granted, he shouts “Pour France!”, and shoots himself.
The British guy wishes for a sword so he can stab himself before being skinned. The wish is also granted. He shouts “God save the Queen!” and kills himself.
The guy from New York wishes for a fork. All the cannibals are puzzled but the chief grants the wish anyways. So the guy takes the fork, starts stabbing himself, and shouts “Here’s your %$#@ing canoe!!”
*with apologies to Jiminy Cricket
22 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 22 February 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
7.42", for the month
33.97", for the (rain) year
20 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 20 February 2011
.01", for today
7.41", for the storm
7.41", for the month
33.96", for the (rain) year
19 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 19 February 2011
.98", for today
7.40", for the storm
7.40", for the month
33.95", for the (rain) year
18 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 February 2011
.87", for today
6.42", for the storm
6.42", for the month
32.97", for the (rain) year
17 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 17 February 2011
2.97", for today
5.55", for the storm
5.55", for the month
32.10", for the (rain) year
“Historic” February Rain Numbers
At Rosemary’s yesterday, the subject of how we were doing this year, rain-wise, came up (given the spectacular noise the rain was making at the time); the consensus decided we were a bit behind:
16 February 2011 - 29.13"
17 February 2010 - 35.02"
16 February 2009 - 24.80"
19 February 2008 - 33.39" (that’s actually Boulder-Creek.com’s number; the weather station had been misbehaving…)
16 February 2007 - not keeping numbers (working in Indy…)
16 February 2006 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
16 February 2005 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
16 February 2004 - 30.94"
16 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 16 February 2011
1.41", for today
2.58", for the storm
2.58", for the month
29.13", for the (rain) year
15 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 15 February 2011
.76", for today
1.17", for the storm
1.17", for the month
27.72", for the (rain) year
14 February 2011
Rain Numbers - 14 February 2011
.41", for today
.41", for the storm
.41", for the month
26.86", for the (rain) year
13 February 2011
12 February 2011
My Hands Never Left My Wrists
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
- Kurt Vonnegut
31 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 31 January 2011
.01", for today
1.34", for the storm
3.00", for the month
26.45", for the (rain) year
Ah! A New Day!!
And a lovely one, at that: blue sky, shiny sun, don’t remember if I saw any puffy white clouds…
30 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 30 January 2011
.95", for today
1.33", for the storm
2.99", for the month
26.49", for the (rain) year
It’s Santa Cruz County…
…so you know who it’s all about (and that slot is marked “No Parking”)…
I snapped this on my way into the Keg this morning, between St Michael and St John, after having parked two spaces down. By the time I got back out (all I did was buy a bottle of Dr Pepper!), some genius had parked next to the Mustang and yes, *he* was over the line into my slot. Fortunately, there was no one on the other side of me.
Too bad I wasn’t driving the ’Burb (and didn’t have to head to Felton on the double)…
Sent, via BlackBerry, by AT&T
29 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 29 January 2011
.38", for today
.38", for the storm
2.04", for the month
25.54", for the (rain) year
19 January 2011
Can You Hear Me Now?
From Quotes of the Day, today:
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.
- Mignon McLaughlin
Wikipedia’s stub on Mrs McLaughlin
18 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 18 January 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.66", for the month
25.16", for the (rain) year
17 January 2011
Musical Inspiration
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.
- Leonard Bernstein
15 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 15 January 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.65", for the month
25.15", for the (rain) year
Resistance Is…
From Quotes of the Day, today:
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson
14 January 2011
Me vs You
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde
13 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 13 January 2011
.09", for today
.09", for the storm
1.64", for the month
25.14", for the (rain) year
Serious Is Funny?
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
- Peter Ustinov
11 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 11 January 2011
.04", for today
.04", for the storm
1.55", for the month
25.05", for the (rain) year
10 January 2011
Much Easier In the Digital Age?
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
- Robert Orben
09 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 9 January 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.51", for the month
25.01", for the (rain) year
07 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 7 January 2011
.01", for today
.03", for the storm
1.50", for the month
25.00", for the (rain) year
And I Don’t Think He Means Politically
From Quotes of the Day, today:
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
- Benjamin Disraeli
06 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 6 January 2011
.01", for today
.02", for the storm
1.49", for the month
24.99", for the (rain) year
05 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 5 January 2011
.01", for today
.01", for the storm
1.48", for the month
24.98", for the (rain) year
02 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 2 January 2011
.92", for today
1.47", for the storm
1.47", for the month
24.97", for the (rain) year
01 January 2011
Rain Numbers - 1 January 2011
.55", for today
.55", for the storm
.55", for the month
24.05", for the (rain) year