IT’S MAY, IT’S MAY, THE LOVELY MONTH OF MAY

May is the most excellent month. We start May 1st with flowers as the blooms arrive. May grey started off the month. So cold and damp was it that we needed a fire two nights in a row to keep warm. We often light a fire outside for May Day but this year it wasContinue reading “IT’S MAY, IT’S MAY, THE LOVELY MONTH OF MAY”

DRY JANUARY TAKES A WHOLE NEW MEANING

January arrived with strong winds and super low humidity.  Actually, the winds started in November and burned through the foothills of our town and the farm area behind us.  We lost a lot of houses in that fire, but nothing could have prepared us for the fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.  I’ve lived inContinue reading “DRY JANUARY TAKES A WHOLE NEW MEANING”