With the pitch darkness of the Death Valley Junction Saturday night pushed back only slightly by our lakeside campfire, I adjourned from both its warmth and Susan for the camper to shed the sweats I was wearing and put on some clothes more presentable for dinner at the Amargosa Cafe followed by a film presentation …
Let me introduce you to this adorable little chiropteran fella: (You’ll wanna click it for the bigger picture) Don’t fret. It’s sleeping, not dead. It may look like it’s flat on the ground, but its clinging vertically to a beam under an eave next to the Amargosa Opera House. Susan and I found two others …
Ranger at 6:25 a.m. today on the chippendale in the dining room bay window (click for the bigger picture)
And the last thing it hears is Pepper saying, “By yourself you aren’t much of a meal, but perhaps you have family nearby?”
It’s become a bit of a weekend institution since I got Susan a rattan patio set for our anniversary in June for us to sit out there on Saturday and Sunday mornings enjoying our coffees, the paper and whatever of our animals wish to join us. Out there this morning, I enticed Jiggy to ham …
Breakfast at the always-awesome Blue Star in the Scrap Metal District south of downtown followed by a venture to Montebello to get us an early stash of Broguiere’s egg nog was a great way to start our morning. Here’s an adorable example of how a lot of our local birds get their day going via …
I’d forgotten about this picture. I took it the week before last week. I’m not sure where this duo came from. Could be they were already in the office, but my guess is that they ended up hitching a ride on my backpack that I’d set down on the ground while I was fixing a …