This fire is unbelievable. It just keeps burning and there seems to be no end in sight. The only good part is that there is little or no wind. I don’t think that my home is in danger *knocks on wood* but you just never know. Unfortunately, it looks as though Mt. Wilson will burn […]

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It is unbelievably hot tonight. And the air is filled with smoke from the fires above Glendora and La Canada-Flintridge. It is impossible to do anything outdoors. I thought about watering my plants, but it’s just too difficult to breathe outside right now. So I’ll try to get up early tomorrow morning and see if […]

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Southern California is on fire once again…and, in addition to that nightmare, the heat is brutal. We have four fires burning right now, two of which are near enough to us that it is difficult to breathe outdoors due to all the smoke in the air. The closest one is in La Canada-Flintridge, just to […]

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I was able to finally eat some tomatoes from my garden tonight with dinner…and they were absolutely delicious! I’ll probably only get about a dozen full-size tomatoes, but it definitely was worth planting them. Next year I’ve got to figure a way to enclose the plants to keep the poachers out. It seems the small […]

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Got home mid-afternoon yesterday. While it’s always good to be back home, it was tough saying goodbye to Kevin, Soula and especially Robin. It seems so quiet here with only me and the cats in the house, but I’m not complaining! I slept for about 10 hours last night, so I guess I must have […]

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Kevin, Chrysoula, Raymond and Michelle decided to take advantage of a more than willing grandma to babysit tonight while they went to see a movie. Robin and I had a great time! First we watched a bunch of Sesame Street videos on my computer, then played with some of his new toys, went out front […]

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It’s the day after Robin’s birthday and we are all (including Robin) recuperating. It’s after 11:00 am and he’s still asleep in bed. Yesterday was a massive overload of the senses for that little guy! We had planned to go to the park, but drizzly weather changed our plans. Instead we stayed home in the […]

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Yes, I do have other things going on in my life other than rodent problems! On Saturday I am heading up to Seattle for 10 days to visit with Kevin, Soula and Robin and to help celebrate Robin’s second birthday. I can’t believe he’s two already! I got him a sandbox for the backyard as […]

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Well, sort of. More tomatoes were devoured this morning and I am totally fed up. I believe it is either some really determined rats or a possum or a raccoon. Nothing I have used so far has gotten rid of it/them. I came close to buying rat poison tonight, but it specifically said not to […]

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