Mabel
Dolly left us last year. That left a big gap in the family’s lineage of pets. Matt and Jill only
Read MoreDiary of a mad homeowner
The trials and tribulations of fixing up a house filled with character but not much else
Animals
Denver Post and the Coors Field Cats
Every Rockies baseball fan who watched the game on April 2 got to watch the video of the long-haired gray
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The Rainbow Bridge
Dogs. There’s tons of dogs. People at work have assortments of dogs: big, small, cute, ugly, stupid, not stupid, loved,
Read MoreThe July crop of foster kittens
So far there’s been two groups of foster kittens up here. The first was a pair of boys, Nathan and
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Flutter-by: Painted Lady migration
Hundreds of thousands of Painted Lady butterflies are making their way from their northern summer home to their winter quarters
Read MoreFreezing out the bears in summer
Bears are a pain. Most mountain residents have bear trouble. Car break-ins, house break-ins, ruining gardens, killing livestock and just
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Skeeter’s job
When it rains, things grow. When things grow, other things come to eat. Skeeter lies in wait for all things
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Seattle weather
In early June Seattle moved to the Bar B. The clouds hung low on Shadow Mountain and this place could
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