Author Archives: Sonrisa

I awoke to the sweet sound of rain last Monday morning. It’s mid May so rain is a gift in California. My cat Lilly woke me early to let her out. She loves drinking the rain water from our table on the porch. For a cat, she loves water and even the rain. I plantedContinue reading “MAY SHOWERS BRING JUNE FLOWERS”

I have a small vineyard in my backyard. Depending on the weather, I can get 8-10 gallons of wine out of my grapes which are mostly Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, with a few Syrah and Grenache vines in the mix. The Sangiovese grapes were already here when we bought the house growing in a wild profusionContinue reading “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE”

Somewhere in the dark days of late fall, before the coronavirus hit, I decided to tear up my weed cloth by my back patio and outside my office window to plant a garden for the bees. I had planted a smaller bee garden last summer and was so successful that the bees took up homeContinue reading “THE BEE GARDEN”