This adorable creature, aptly named Gabby, accompanied me yesterday on a delightful trek around Gabby’s pastures, where a group of friendly farm animals live under the care and guidance of a lovely woman named Dotty. (I am in love with this cat.) As we wandered about the three acres of property Gabby would meander up [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Kathryn
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A funny thing happened on my way to a planned shoot this morning. I saw these guys! Oh, you have no idea how much I love donkeys! There was a donkey who lived next to me when I lived down in Santa Rosa, whose large pen was conveniently next to my apple orchard, and that [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Kathryn
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Dutchman’s pipevine
How I managed to garden all these many years and not know the difference between host and nectar plants for butterflies is beyond me. Honestly? I’d never really thought about it, primarily because no one really brought it to my attention! It was only through my recent field trip to Hallberg Butterfly Gardens and [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Dearest Readers:
Some things ought not to be “saved” rather like the good china, your favorite coat, your grandmother’s wedding rings and the silver, especially at Christmastime, wouldn’t you agree? After receiving a comment from Karen in Wales this morning, where the World Sheepdog Trials took place this year, I found myself wanting to add a [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Sunday afternoon saw me traipsing out to Hopland with Ruby and Conner in tow, to join my friends Marsha and John and their two Border Collies, Stella, and Ruby’s brother, Cooper, to the Sheepdog Trials. I was happy as a lark!
Cooper
One reason I was particularly excited was that I knew Dee, Ruby’s breeder, was [...]
Posted on December 10th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Shhhh. This is kind of a secret. I almost never tell anyone this. I think only one or two of my neighbors know. But I’m sure you won’t tell. I’m rather bonded to a group of scrubjays. I think it’s dreadful that scrubjays don’t have the word “blue” in their name, don’t you? So maybe [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Pussycat, pussycat where have you been?
I’ve been to London to see the queen.
Pussycat, pussycat what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair.
People who read this blog regularly know that I have two Border Collies and if you’ve ever been around Border Collies you know they would be the ones to frighten any [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Kathryn
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Last year just about this time I got a hankering for another Border Collie. A female, I decided. And I would name her Ruby, after Ruby Pease, who is an early ancestor who lived in CT in the 1700’s. A charming thought. Why not? It felt like a nice way to honor her, and make [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Kathryn
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OK, it was almost inevitable I would get to this. I knew I had to tell you all about Conner. How could I not?
So here’s the skinny on Conner.
Peaches and I had traveled across country together from North Carolina to Arizona. It was as far as I could get myself to go, and I could [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Kathryn
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Picture this. It’s my birthday. I’m at a fancy schmantzy spa swimming in a big blue pool filled with natural mineral springs. Back and forth. It’s nice. But I’ve chosen to spend this birthday alone, and at that moment I’m revisiting that decision, possibly regretting it just a teeny bit. And that’s when I [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Kathryn
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