claudia's surf city

Toby turned 75,  and her daughters planned a party. Alas, the surprise was blown the day before, but she still had no idea that her ex-...

My sister took this pic of our fresh water pond. I have never seen it this dry before. OMG! Meant good beach days, though. WSJ article a...

Find the Freedom Tower

Well SOME people were sorry to say goodbye! For those who want to know, I am just across the border of Ohio.

The tomatoes are over, the apples are starting. This morning the temperature was 56 degrees in the Ozarks. Time to pull up stakes and roll...

IZEE is 2 today! I guess I better B there or B square next year. He doesn't quite get it yet. But, ah, the cake. The motorcycle cake. ...

Often, when the produce becomes overwhelming, I go to gazpacho. This summer, I tried a modification of the New York Times best gazpacho in...

The Texans prepare to depart the Goose after a gala adventure through Yukon Territory and Alaska.

So. This is my life. Writing about the woman who just dumped me for the third time. Oh Boy. She is going to be So Sorry!

I forgot to post these pix from CBA's visit. Even without the four cats, she does not travel light. She brought her down quilt, pil...

Well, you've missed the opening on Block Island, but there's still time to see the show . And here's Kate Knapp herself on ...

The rest of us used  conventional photographic techniques. A couple of park employees continue their project of flyover films in Arka...

My life has shrunk to providing nectar for a dozen or so birds who suck down approximately four cups a day. And they sure do become angry ...

And if ever there was a summer we all needed cooling, this is it! In other news, CBA has rejoined her desolate cats and her movie crew (c...

After a fine breakfast of cold steak and quail eggs, we headed off on an expedition and wound up at the Stray Dog barb-b-q. Frankly, me...

In her continuing search for derelict properties, CBA has located yet another dream house, in somewhat better shape than the prior House o...

We attempted to rearrange the FREE display for more traffic, but seeing as about three logging trucks and two cars pass per day, with nary...

 I turned the house out of doors to clean up for Barrett. All was ready. And she arrived and unpacked all her stuff. Thank goodness ...

On the night of the full moon, I had an unexpected visitor. The moth came tap tap tapping on my bedroom window and stayed as long as I kep...

 It was a fine day for monkeying around in trees, but small dogs were wise enough to stay well out of the way of falling limbs. Onc...