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

Happy New Year!

And many more.

31 December 2010

“Historic” December Rain Numbers

Just for giggles, I thought I’d check the December monthly rain totals and see how this month matched up. And there they are:

December 2010 - 14.51"
December 2009 -  5.60"
December 2008 -  4.78"
December 2007 -  5.18"
December 2006 - not keeping numbers (working in Indy…)
December 2005 - 11.75"
December 2004 - blogging other stuff (no clue why there’re no rain numbers…)
December 2003 - 16.90"

Hammerhead, Great White, Tiger…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.
- L. M. Boyd

30 December 2010

Time Is the Thief of Procrastination?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Procrastination isn’t the problem, it’s the solution. So procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
- Ellen DeGeneres

29 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 29 December 2010

.58", for today
2.34", for the storm
14.51", for the month
23.50", for the (rain) year

Achieving Happiness

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
- Aldous Huxley

28 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 28 December 2010

1.76", for today
1.76", for the storm
13.93", for the month
22.92", for the (rain) year

Snopes Says: True

An Impatiens variety, the (gorgeous) parrot plant:

snopes.com: Parrot Flower

27 December 2010

Super Lobster!!

Would I lie about a thing like that? Take a look at its picture:

Copperpots: Lobster Thermador

26 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 26 December 2010

.09", for today
1.58", for the storm
12.17", for the month
21.16", for the (rain) year

25 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 25 December 2010

1.49", for today
1.49", for the storm
12.08", for the month
21.07", for the (rain) year

I’m Dreamin’…

Huh! A Lot of Residents Would Ask the Same Thing…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say “I want to see the manager.”
- William S. Burroughs

Warm & Dry While it Rains

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23 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 23 December 2010

.01", for today
8.34", for the storm
10.59", for the month
19.58", for the (rain) year

22 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 22 December 2010

.67", for today
8.33", for the storm
10.58", for the month
19.57", for the (rain) year

21 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 21 December 2010

.91", for today
7.66", for the storm
9.91", for the month
18.90", for the (rain) year

20 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 20 December 2010

.26", for today
6.75", for the storm
9.00", for the month
17.99", for the (rain) year

19 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 19 December 2010

2.73", for today
6.49", for the storm
8.74", for the month
17.73", for the (rain) year

You’d Think We Lived in a Rain Forest!!

On the way to Mass; 2.24" already…

18 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 18 December 2010

2.12", for today
3.76", for the storm
6.01", for the month
15", for the (rain) year

Hee Hee!

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
- Victor Borge

Rainy Days Are Here Again!

We’ve gotten 1.37" this morning…

17 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 17 December 2010

1.48", for today
1.55", for the storm
3.89", for the month
12.88", for the (rain) year

16 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 16 December 2010

.07", for today
.07", for the storm
2.41", for the month
11.40", for the (rain) year

Bumper Snicker

More like a major guffaw, actually! Spotted on a PT Cruiser at Felton Faire.


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14 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 14 December 2010

.32", for today
.32", for the storm
2.34", for the month
11.33", for the (rain) year

13 December 2010

Don’t Know How Often…

…it’s true, but it is interesting…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
- George Jean Nathan

12 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 12 December 2010

.01", for today
2.01", for the storm
2.02", for the month
11.01", for the (rain) year

11 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 11 December 2010

.01", for today
2.00", for the storm
2.01", for the month
11.00", for the (rain) year

10 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 10 December 2010

.07", for today
1.99", for the storm
2.00", for the month
10.99", for the (rain) year

Strawberry Bellini

Never heard of a Strawberry Bellini; sounds totally heavenly!

PYBT: Strawberry Bellini: My Dirty Little Secret.

09 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 9 December 2010

.05", for today
1.92", for the storm
1.93", for the month
10.92", for the (rain) year

08 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 8 December 2010

.55", for today
1.87", for the storm
1.88", for the month
10.87", for the (rain) year

Pretty Scary, Eh?

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
- Thomas Sowell


It gets worse: “…In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.”

07 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 7 December 2010

.01", for today
1.32", for the storm
1.33", for the month
10.32", for the (rain) year

06 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 6 December 2010

.15", for today
1.31", for the storm
1.32", for the month
10.31", for the (rain) year

The Best Place to Hide is Out In the Open…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

05 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 5 December 2010

1.02", for today
1.16", for the storm
1.17", for the month
10.16", for the (rain) year

04 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 4 December 2010

.14", for today
.14", for the storm
.15", for the month
9.14", for the (rain) year

01 December 2010

Rain Numbers - 1 December 2010

.01", for today
1.63", for the storm
.01", for the month
9.00", for the (rain) year

House Dog!

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30 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 30 November 2010

.01", for today
1.62", for the storm
5.54", for the month
8.99", for the (rain) year

29 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 29 November 2010

.01", for today
1.61", for the storm
5.53", for the month
8.98", for the (rain) year

28 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 28 November 2010

.01", for today
1.60", for the storm
5.52", for the month
8.97", for the (rain) year

27 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 27 November 2010

1.58", for today
1.59", for the storm
5.51", for the month
8.96", for the (rain) year

26 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 26 November 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
3.93", for the month
7.38", for the (rain) year

22 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 22 November 2010

.19", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.92", for the month
7.37", for the (rain) year

21 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 21 November 2010

.45", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.73", for the month
7.18", for the (rain) year

20 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 20 November 2010

1.53", for today
?.??", for the storm
3.28", for the month
6.73", for the (rain) year

No, my arithmetic isn’t that bad (I hope…); we were gone for a couple of days…

10 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 10 November 2010

.06", for today
1.23", for the storm
1.24", for the month
4.69", for the (rain) year

09 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 9 November 2010

.19", for today
1.17", for the storm
1.18", for the month
4.63", for the (rain) year

08 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 8 November 2010

.01", for today
.98", for the storm
.99", for the month
4.44", for the (rain) year

07 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 7 November 2010

.97", for today
.97", for the storm
.98", for the month
4.43", for the (rain) year

01 November 2010

Rain Numbers - 1 November 2010

.01", for today
.78", for the storm
.01", for the month
3.46", for the (rain) year

Dude! Make Up Your Mind!

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
- Peter de Vries

31 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 31 October 2010

.01", for today
.77", for the storm
3.45", for the month
3.45", for the (rain) year

Fall Scenery

So ignore the vehicles...
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30 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 30 October 2010

.57", for today
.76", for the storm
3.44", for the month
3.44", for the (rain) year

29 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 29 October 2010

.19", for today
.19", for the storm
2.87", for the month
2.87", for the (rain) year

27 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 27 October 2010

.01", for today
.02", for the storm
2.68", for the month
2.68", for the (rain) year

26 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 26 October 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
2.67", for the month
2.67", for the (rain) year

24 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 24 October 2010

1.87", for today
2.57", for the storm
2.66", for the month
2.66", for the (rain) year

23 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 23 October 2010

.56", for today
.70", for the storm
.79", for the month
.79", for the (rain) year

22 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 22 October 2010

.10", for today
.14", for the storm
.23", for the month
.23", for the (rain) year

21 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 21 October 2010

.04", for today
.04", for the storm
.13", for the month
.13", for the (rain) year

19 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 19 October 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
.09", for the month
.09", for the (rain) year

17 October 2010

Rain Numbers - 17 October 2010

.08", for today
.08", for the storm
.08", for the month
.08", for the (rain) year

15 October 2010

Bumper Snicker Philosophy

On the way to Trader Joe’s, saw one of those stickers that says:

Wag more
Bark less

I want one that says:

Purr more
Hiss less


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11 October 2010

Beard on the Bridge

She actually let me get close enough (instead of hopping up and dashing over)!

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02 October 2010

The View From the Driveway

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30 September 2010

Rain Numbers - 2009/2010

Total rain for the year - 52.76"

I seem to have missed .15", no doubt some combination of senility and being arithmetically-challenged; here’s to even more rain next year!

Persistent Beggars

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12 September 2010

Bumper Snicker

On the back of a hybrid Mercury Mariner at Ben Lomond Market.

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07 September 2010

Rain Numbers - 7 September 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
.01", for the month
52.61", for the (rain) year

24 August 2010

Caught This One Breaking Into the Garage…

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17 August 2010

A Word to the Noisy

From Quotes of the Day, today:

The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.
- Vic Gold

14 August 2010

Where Did That Blue Come From?

Curtis found this one (a salamander, we think) between the pond liner and the underlayment (or was that between the underlayment and the pond liner?).

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Someone Else Has Been Visiting in the Night

If you click on the picture, you can actually see the prints…

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Her Chin Is Sooooo Heavy

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09 August 2010

Rain Numbers - 9 August 2010

.02", for today
.02", for the storm
.02", for the month
52.60", for the (rain) year

21 July 2010

Rain Numbers - 21 July 2010

.01", for today
.01", for the storm
.01", for the month
52.58", for the (rain) year

12 July 2010

What’s Important

Today’s Daily Thought from Real Simple:

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

― J.R.R. Tolkien

09 July 2010

Bumper Snicker

On the back of a Subaru thing on the way to the Dodge dealer:

I love my country
But fear my government

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08 July 2010

Huh! I’d Be THRILLED to Be Able to Wear…

…clothes six sizes bigger!!

From Quotes of the Day, today:

I don’t understand the sizes anymore. There’s a size zero, which I didn’t even know that they had. It must stand for: “Ohhh my God, you’re thin.”
- Ellen DeGeneres

In the Rock Garden





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07 July 2010

Poppies!!

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Breakfast

A favorite time of the day for the hungry, starving things!



Big Brown Truck and Sequin in the feeding ring, Uncle Sam to the left, and Queen Mary above.


Queen Mary.


Big Brown Truck, Queen Mary to the left, Uncle Sam exiting stage top.


Big Brown Truck and Harpo.


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06 July 2010

Nap Time!

All tuckered out from supervising the various goings on.

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Somehow, I Don’t Think…

…the goldfish were particularly impressed… I’m just utterly relieved there weren’t any raccoons in the tank!!!


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Guess Who Stopped by for Dinner??

These are almost as good as fingerprints! Now if I could just get my mitts on those dirty little beggars…






Yes, they needed a bit of help from the corner beam of the pond to get down…




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30 June 2010

Cultured Democracy

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.
- Clive Barnes

29 June 2010

Bumper “Snicker”

On a Jeep in the Liberty Bank parking lot. Unfortunately, it’s all too true.         :-(



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What a Great Parking Job!!

This gal pulled up at Chase, in Scotts Valley (presumably to use the ATM), just as I was getting back in the ’Burb. Now I will admit that the vehicle on her left was not parked at all well, but the ’Burb (to her right) was right where it belonged (I doublechecked…).



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24 June 2010

Beard in the Grass!







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23 June 2010

Snake in the Grass!

Oh! It’s a lizard...



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“Bumper” Snicker

My friend, Lauren, shared this on Facebook:



I, of course, commented, and immediately shared it. Got a lot of comments (and hopefully some of the commentors shared); took a look at the original, and the gal Lauren got it from had a lot of interesting comments, too.

11 June 2010

Bumper “Snicker”

On a Dodge Neon, parked behind Boulder Creek Hardware:



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