The kitten is hanging around more. He'll go out for a few hours, but definitely likes his house. Just tonight, Halo was telling me he was hungry, and when I fed him, the kitten came along, had a few bites of Halo's food, then walked all around and under Halo with his tail up brushing against the dog. Halo loves the interaction and was smiling ( Read more... )

We've gotten very little rain, as of 2 PM, but the wind is strong. I had to do some minor fence repairs. The animals and I are hunkered down. The storm band could still shift southward and soak us like it has Sacramento ( Read more... )

We may get our first rain tonight, so in preparation, I got out the extension ladder, and cleared the gutters with the leafblower. I climbed up pretty easily; so my mobility has improved in the last few years. I still have knee pain, but I'm more limber than I was. The gutters were full, but the debris was dry and blew out easily. The new ( Read more... )

I put down some food for the orange cat, and later noticed he didn't eat all of it. I picked him up and we went off together, but when I swung by ten minutes later, his food was gone. It was probably the neighbor cat. Many mornings, all the dry cat food is also gone.

My tomatoes are ripening, and I'll pick more tomorrow. I won't have a big crop this ( Read more... )

There's a sick or injured coyote staying near the creek, so I'm being cautious in that area. I warned a neighbor who also takes his dogs over there.

I could call animal control, but they would probably just shoot it. I think animal control also killed the last dog that I rescued and brought to them.

It wasn't terribly hot today, but it was humid and ( Read more... )

I took a bit of a fall today, but was able to land on my backside. I didn't get seriously hurt, but scraped up in three places, and sore.

Because of that, I postponed mowing until tomorrow. I worked instead on adjusting the water well pressure switch, because that is not physically demanding. I set the cut on pressure to 30 psi, which is correct, ( Read more... )

The kitten disappeared from between 6:30 PM yesterday, until 10 this morning. I called and searched for him around the neighborhood, but he finally showed up on his own. He was hungry and feeling out-of-sorts. I hope he learned a lesson ( Read more... )

Most of the okra plants have run their course, but the tomatoes are not ripe yet. The beans are flowering.

We're in a heat wave, and thankfully, the new evaporative cooler is working well. It uses more water than the old cooler, but I can produce enough water with my recent filter modifications.

I've watered the yard and garden in preparation over ( Read more... )

I have some cordless yard tools that use 40v batteries, and just ordered an inverter that lets me use the batteries indoors in the event of a power outage. I could charge my phone, tablet, or ham radio, power a few lights and even my internet hub. A very good emergency prep.
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We're finally getting smoke, probably from the Dixie fire. This morning, at sunrise, it looks a little like Mordor. The Covid positivity rate in my area has skyrocketed, currently it's at 10%.

I plan to get the kitten vaccinated about 1 PM today, and also pick up a solid supply of pet food.

I may not work outside much today. Probably just pick okra ( Read more... )