In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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This is from an article in the LATimes about how wildlife is recently coming out of hiding in Yosemite.
I happen to know it's a juvenile bobcat, because juveniles have spots. And I know that because I saw one a few years ago at my former place of work here in SoCal. I was really confused about what I was seeing till I later described it to a coworker who knew more than me. (I thought it might be a bobcat, but it had spots, and that confused me. And he was born in Taiwan, too, so his knowledge wasn't long-term SoCal lore imbibed as he grew up. I wonder how he happened to find out.) It really looks like a housecat except a bit bigger, with oceles (white spots, like 'eyes') on the backs of its ears, and with a truly weather-ready coat.
It was on the hill across the street, and I watched it successfully stalk and catch one of the many rabbits that also live there.
When you can see an animal as elusive as a bobcat, it's really exciting!
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That is exciting - how beautiful.
The rain has been fabulous here - after the grim start and the threat of de estate games bushfires. The gardens are green and full of produce - well or mine. Sadly not much time for veggie gardening this year which is sad because that would have been good.
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Out for my walk. Need to break up the day and see what I can see.
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I got a return email from a friend who worked for me way back when!
She, her husband, and her family moved up from SoCal to Vancouver, BC and we were chatting by snail mail ... until pain and fatigue left me unable to do much more than work/ home/ sleep for a couple of years.
Anyway, I took a shot in the dark and emailed her last known address and wouldn't you know - she got it!
So now we're back in touch and I'm super happy!
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I got a return email from a friend who worked for me way back when!
She, her husband, and her family moved up from SoCal to Vancouver, BC and we were chatting by snail mail ... until pain and fatigue left me unable to do much more than work/ home/ sleep for a couple of years.
Anyway, I took a shot in the dark and emailed her last known address and wouldn't you know - she got it!
So now we're back in touch and I'm super happy!
Kiki, that is wonderful.
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Looks like our stretch of good weather is going to hopefully last until next Tuesday.
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Quote:Having a hard time getting to a veggie garden this year too ... buried in legalese.
Originally posted by MAGONSDAUGHTER:
That is exciting - how beautiful.
The rain has been fabulous here - after the grim start and the threat of de estate games bushfires. The gardens are green and full of produce - well or mine. Sadly not much time for veggie gardening this year which is sad because that would have been good.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#STAYTHEFUCKHOME
#WEARAMASK
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Quote:The biggest threat to wildlife is people. The Exclusion Zone around Chernobyl has seen a resurgence of wildlife, despite the high levels of radioactive contamination.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
This is from an article in the LATimes about how wildlife is recently coming out of hiding in Yosemite.
I happen to know it's a juvenile bobcat, because juveniles have spots. And I know that because I saw one a few years ago at my former place of work here in SoCal. I was really confused about what I was seeing till I later described it to a coworker who knew more than me. (I thought it might be a bobcat, but it had spots, and that confused me. And he was born in Taiwan, too, so his knowledge wasn't long-term SoCal lore imbibed as he grew up. I wonder how he happened to find out.) It really looks like a housecat except a bit bigger, with oceles (white spots, like 'eyes') on the backs of its ears, and with a truly weather-ready coat.
It was on the hill across the street, and I watched it successfully stalk and catch one of the many rabbits that also live there.
When you can see an animal as elusive as a bobcat, it's really exciting!
There are many fewer planes in the sky. Many fewer cars on the road. Less hustle and bustle. Air quality is much better. Carbon dioxide emissions are lower. People are living the essential life right now: food, water, shelter. Not running off to work and to school and to the nearest restaurant for food because work has left them no time for their kids or for making dinner. No more buying fancy new cars. Empty shopping mall parking lots. Nature everywhere is breathing a sigh of relief.
I wonder if people will come out of this with an appreciation for what is essential and what isn't. I hope so. The mindless consumerism that some people engage in isn't good for them, their budgets, or the planet.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#STAYTHEFUCKHOME
#WEARAMASK
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First time I went out today with a lighter coat on. So that was good.
Decided to buy a banana to eat while I was out on my walk. Also got a coffee.
Picked up some small stuff like a dark chocolate bar to refill my chocolate stash for when I am sitting at my computer.
Did something dumb at my local grocery store. I climbed up on the shelves in the ice cream freezer to read a label on a box of ice cream. From standing on the floor I couldn't see if it was something I might have wanted. Well when I got up to look at it, it was. The last box of Magnum mini-bars which are vanilla ice cream covered in dark chocolate. Very tasty indeed.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Looks like our stretch of good weather is going to hopefully last until next Tuesday.
Lucky you. Woke up to 3 inches of snow today and it was still snowing. Going to drop to 25 degrees tonight.:(
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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