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Back home from taking my friends to the city. Stopped off
for a bit at the Sacramento Zoo. It's too damn hot this
year. Makes one home for another ice age. In the meantime,
one of the Pacific Chorus tadpoles we've been raising has
transformed into a proper frog and lost its tail.
After being instructed on the ways of fire prevention
yesterday, I set to work cutting low branches on the
fir trees, clearing Himalayan Blackberry, and generally
trying to clean up brush. I have cuts all over and I'm
really going to feel it in my arms tomorrow. Regardless,
the garden gets substantially more light. Here's to
hoping I didn't kill any trees. Yvonne and I picked up
a copy of <insert-mouse-game-here>, a cooperative TTRPG.
It was waaaay too hardcore for us. Can't we get an easy
dungeon ffs.
Vaguely ecstatic over having found a very
well-thought-out letter that had been returned to
sendered before my move. I got the corrected address
but couldn't find the letter until now. Haley, thank you
for your patience. Went to SF today and saw my coworkers
for the first time since the pandemic. Strange days.
There was a stray cat that snuck into the yard. We waved
at it and it snuck around still obviously visible. It did
not become a friend. Not that I want a cat. I like our
house lizards too much to bring in a troublemaking cat
Resusitated my old nikon point and shoot. The battery
compartment is mkssing the latch but a washer and some
electrical tape will do. The flash on this thing is just a
thing of beauty. Cleaned up my workshop setup and unboxed a
package full of fun junk from my mother. They really just
need to pack a uhaul of my junk and send it over. Maybe I
can help with that this winter. Watching E3 has me only
excited for a handful of games. Star Maker is not living
up to its hype though it does seem like Stellaris is
straight up based on the book
Had a power outage for much of the day due to a downed
power line. Really makes the solar + battery backup
contract I just signed feel less expensive. When my laptop
battery died, I signed out of work for the day and sat on
the porch with some iced tea and a book.
We lost one of our pacific chorus froglets. Just hours
after it gained the ability to climb out of the water we
found it had shuffled off this mortal coil. Now down to but
one pacific chorus frog. Luckily, they are a native species
around her in case we want to try to foster more. We're
much better prepared now.
Despite looming compliance audits and deadlines, I've truly
been enjoying the last few weeks at work. Solid banter in
chat, a lot of camaraderie. After signing off for the day
and talking about housework with a coworker, I put an hour
into pulling scotch brush from the yard and put together a
couple letters. A new Melsonian Arts Council book dropped
and you can bet I copped that shit
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A good day with Y
After trying out a new battery-powered chainsaw I drove
into the Bay Area pretty early in the day and took the
subway to SF. After a brief stop at RS94109 and a bus
down Fulton, I met up with some friends in Golden Gate
Park, drank beers, and petted a dog. It was a nice day
and I got to use my camera. Not a drive I love. Maybe
next time I'll listen to something more engaging than
Olaf Stapleton.
Unisom is good
Spent some time today pulling out Scotch Broom and had the
first small harvest of tomatoes. They had some end-rot so
I ate around it and added a calcium fertilizer to the list
of things to pick up from Ace Hardware. Y and I went to the
Buena Vista Flower Garden, a private home that sports an
incredibly beautiful array of plants and flowers in both
the shade and sun. Talking to the couple that has been
working on the garden for 30 years, the gentleman works in
the garden about 10 hours a day. Talk about dedication!
Afterwards, I visited the Searls Library, an absolute trove
of local history and records. I received a lovely tour and
picked up some archiving tips. Acid free plastic sleaves
for photos, alright! Guess I'll make that part of the
is-it-annotated-in-the-database process. Sadly they didn't
have any cool historical records of my house but that's
okay. I went across the highway to the Nevada County
Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum. Talk about a hoot! Tons of
history in a cozy space with friendly docents. Had a
gentleman walk me through the whole museum, explaining
how the railroad came to be and that the trains on the
line burned wood in steam engines. I got some cool books
and souvenirs from the gift shop before heading home.
Hoping that some day I can help volunteer at either of
these places.