pumpkin beauty I have to admit I was intrigued when my new pumpkin mentor, Anne, of C & A Organic Farm, posted to her Facebook page that she would be having an Ugly Pumpkin Sale this Sunday afternoon. Really? What might that entail? I asked. What it entailed was the marvelous opportunity to purchase very [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2012 by Kathryn
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A fair (archaic: fayre) is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Strangely, in spite of putting up posters, tweeting and Facebooking the Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, perhaps due to their midweek scheduling, I passed [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2012 by Kathryn
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door detail The county of Mendocino lies 100 miles north of San Francisco, and stretches out to the Pacific Ocean. Topographically it is very rugged and is traversed through various terrains on two lane roads, some of which run through the oldest redwood forests on Earth. Those who have visited or read about this county [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2012 by Kathryn
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For weeks now I’ve been excited that Baker Creek Seed Bank was sponsoring the National Heirloom Expo in Sonoma County. Today was the day I elected to go, primarily because a lot of bee folk were on the agenda. Upon arriving at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, however, it took only a few minutes for me to [...]
Posted on September 16th, 2011 by Kathryn
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As most of my readers know the last few weeks I’ve been engaged in numerous field trips with a new purpose–to promote my book. Out of these adventures came a phone call from a very kind woman at one such bookstore, inquiring if I might be interested in doing yet another book event, this one [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2010 by Kathryn
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barn marking Hwy. 128 East, Sonoma Co. After all the Thanksgiving festivities midst freezing temperatures today’s radiant sunshine with hazy clouds beckoned loudly for a field trip. And all week long I’d been watching and waiting for a break in the weather and schedule to venture back to a road I’ve been finding myself needing [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Yesterday morning my darling daughter rang me to read her latest post prior to publishing. This is a weekly ritual. First line: “I ran away from home yesterday.” Intriguing! And dangerous, I knew. I could feel the adventure pangs immediately and the more she read the stronger they got. I punctuated her last words with [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by Kathryn
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lovely wine barrel chair at Frey Winery Take a seat, dear reader. We are off on a trip to Frey Vineyards, America’s first organic winery. I’d long told myself that a blogger living in wine country really ought to be posting now and again about vineyards and wineries. Right? So today is the day I’m [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Kathryn
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California Sister Butterfly Wouldn’t you know it, dear readers? As soon as butterflies were clearly on my radar and I’d made an appointment to visit the Hallberg Butterfly Gardens in Sonoma County, this beauteous creature greeted me at my front door. I was, as you might imagine, ecstatic! I was even more ecstatic during the [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2009 by Kathryn
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A few years ago I pulled up my deep California roots and headed for Asheville, North Carolina in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Proof positive I was there is the photo above of a lovely row of Bradford pears, one of my favorites taken during the two years I was there. I have kept my [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Kathryn
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