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Not Merely a Mirror Daily Photo The tightly constructed craftmanship of this man’s art makes each quality piece stand out. Seen today at the Summer Art’s Faire.
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Not Merely a Mirror Daily Photo The tightly constructed craftmanship of this man’s art makes each quality piece stand out. Seen today at the Summer Art’s Faire.
Read moreLand once wandered by the Wiyots Old secrets die hard. They clutch the throats of today’s historians–trying to strangle the truth about ancient sins. In today’s post, Ernie criticizes Heraldo’s call for the names of the citizens who committed the Indian Island Massacre. This horrific mass killing occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 26th. Local Wiyots (and
Read moreFarewell to Spring Daily Photo Aptly named, Farewell to Spring comes as the grass turns golden and the spilling profusion of new wildflowers slows to a depressing few unfolding here and there. But, they are gorgeous.
Read moreA Blur of Rhododendrons Native plants with a hothouse look Daily Photo Rhododendrons pour out such a mass of blossoms that it is easy to forget just how exquisite the individual flowers are. My whole bush is overflowing with such a river of icy pink beauties that each flower disappears into a blur of color.
Read morePhoto from the Ranch on Salmon Creek‘s blog site With all the bad publicity Salmon Creek has been receiving, I think it is time to introduce you to some of my neighbors. At night, I can see only the tiny lights of two other dwellings–both on the same ranch. Across the canyon about 1 mile away or so is a
Read moreBee heaven AKA a Rio Samba rose Daily photo No, I did not saturate this. These are the actual colors.
Read moreFourth of July Rose Daily Photo This is a relatively new climbing rose–first offered for sale in 1999. I love the unusual explosive shape of the petals and the white, red and pink almost stripes. Best of all, it blooms a good part of the summer. Also its extremely hardy. A gopher ate half it’s roots last summer and the
Read moreKitchen in Hacker Creek home The owner of the property where the recent diesel spill occurred has had two small strokes and is in San Francisco receiving medical attention according to his realtor, George Rolff. “Chef Albert wants to tell everyone–his neighbors–he’s sorry that it happened.” Rolff goes on to explain that the owner was in Thailand for months, having
Read moreRose, on her blog, linked to the Arcata Eye’s opinion piece on indoor grows (I highly recommend reading this short piece) and other marijuana related problems. The recent posts here about diesel grows have been an attempt to open the conversation about one aspect of marijuana production in the hills of Humboldt County. While I personally am for legalizing marijuana
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