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Rancho Ruperto: Pics from CA/NV trip
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Pics from CA/NV trip. Prepping the crawdad trap with Uncle G at Lake Tahoe. Posing with the Mt. Rose ski area. IBro was on a mission to catch one of these. Lunch in Virginia City, NV. It's hard to believe how big and tall those redwoods were. Geranium at the original Rancho. Wagon in the barn. Ferns in morning light. August 14, 2015 at 7:53 PM. Thanks so much for your comment! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Open Letter to Ann Voskamp. Twoscore and Two Years. Family week, day 2.
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Rancho Ruperto: A Patchwork Post
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Thursday, August 5, 2010. Like a quilt of leftover scraps that doesn't quite fit the bed it's made for, here is a wrap-up of last week, with commentary:. After a long talk with my manager S (Bless her, she is coordinating all the help people have offered locally. She even has a business card! And yet, a week later, I still have most of it. Seems like it's falling out in stages, some days more than others. Frankly, it's the process itself I'm dreading most, so while I'm glad it's still attached, I...Moms ...
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Rancho Ruperto: June 2015
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Thursday, June 11, 2015. It was a cold season. So Mom made us each a quilt from Dad's old shirts. Goodbye to the home place. Then it got hot and pond swimming commenced. Rhubarb picking, too. Birds a la James Rizzi by N-boy. Common yellowthroat, uncommon song. Links to this post. IBro to me: You're the person I love the most when Grandma's not here. At least I know right where I stand. And there's no one I'd rather play second fiddle to than my mom! Links to this post. Wednesday, June 10, 2015. IBro, who...
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Rancho Ruperto: March 2015
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Monday, March 9, 2015. The Flu: Week 2" gave us a short reprieve, so naturally we went outside where warmer temperatures were veeerrrryyy slowly winning the war against snow. And what better spring game to play than baseball.with a few modifications? First base. I think. Pitcher, catcher, and ball. My toes are cold, Mom. Can we go inside now? Links to this post. In a few hours, my amazing sister and her husband. 160; From thousands of miles away, the branches of my heart's acacia tree bend in the Rift Va...
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Rancho Ruperto
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. In theory, I'm all for gardening. Grow your own. Eat the produce that springs naturally from the soil of your own back yard- or back 40. But then comes the reality of mid-summer. The once-darling puppy garden, with its cute little sprouts and adorable green-on-black rows, is now an overgrown, hairy, and demanding monster, with rotting breath and swarms of Japanese beetles. A pet place for skunks and snakes and toads. The problem is that I'm always happy to have the produce (though...
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Rancho Ruperto: The Boat of Quiet Hours
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. The Boat of Quiet Hours. This phrase is the title of a book by my favorite poet. And it sings to me of this week that my sister C and her husband D were here. August 10, 2015 at 10:39 AM. Beautiful pics. A special week. So grateful for that t.i.m.e. But it actually felt like it flew by in the end! Thanks so much for your comment! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Open Letter to Ann Voskamp. Twoscore and Two Years. Elizabeth Curtis, Artist. Cornell University's All About Birds.
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Rancho Ruperto: December 2014
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Saturday, December 6, 2014. Step right up, folks, because it's time for.[drum roll please].the 2014 edition of Rancho Ruperto's Annual Christmas Tree Post! So I promised to act on Sistah's suggestion that at least we cut a pine branch to hang some ornaments on. Suddenly I remembered that Hubby had been trimming one of the holly trees in the yard and the boughs were still lying where they had fallen. Eureka! We had a tree. Should I mention that it fit perfectly in the corner by the piano? Everyone's getti...
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Rancho Ruperto: April 2015
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015. With the advent of warmer days comes the annual garden obsession. Sunday afternoon was spent mapping out the universe where we will, like it or not, spend most of our "leisure" hours for the next six months. Hubby tried to disguise his mania as a fun activity for the kids, but I know better. You may ask: why do you care, Queenie? I will tell you: from this seemingly innocent patch of ground will spring monstrous amounts of vegetables demanding to be eaten (ok, sure! He can plant a...
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Rancho Ruperto: February 2015
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Monday, February 16, 2015. Winter is difficult for me. The months of unrelenting cloudy darkness, the faded browns and grays of the outdoors, un-softened here by any flake of celebratory snow, dry out my soul til it feels like a leftover crust of bread. Perhaps I should be walking off the winter blues in my woods, gleaning some joy from being in nature, frozen as it is. Instead I huddle by our blessed wood stove and read- to my family and to myself. Evangelical Christians often hold up as heroes those wh...
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Rancho Ruperto: Christmas Tree Post
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Saturday, December 6, 2014. Step right up, folks, because it's time for.[drum roll please].the 2014 edition of Rancho Ruperto's Annual Christmas Tree Post! So I promised to act on Sistah's suggestion that at least we cut a pine branch to hang some ornaments on. Suddenly I remembered that Hubby had been trimming one of the holly trees in the yard and the boughs were still lying where they had fallen. Eureka! We had a tree. Should I mention that it fit perfectly in the corner by the piano? Everyone's getti...
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