claudia's surf city

There have been many miles, states and people since I last posted. Sorry. However, about to hit a period of solitude (maybe?) and play cat...

 It was great to get to Jan's rustic palace and see the improvements she has made to the place. Like, can you even believe these ru...

 The Junk Food Extravaganza was held in honor of Camilla's birthday on Friday, kicking off a weekend of water play. Chris jumped off t...

 There must be a catalogue where you can buy your fiberglass steeple, because there are identical ones all over around here. Just buy one,...

 I apologize for not writing in more frequently and also for the extremely unflattering pix of my new/old neighbors. What I want to show i...

 This is the Grand Gulp,  I mean, Gulf. The good picture, above, is by Frank Martin. It is supposed to have geological significance, bu...

Through the windshield, as I go the last mile to Thomasville. As my time here draws shorter—about two week left—I am more drawn to the lan...

  This is apparently a thing now. And yes, today is the first day of school. Guess which one is going to be teacher...

Someone told me they opened up the two culverts under the slab, but however that may be, plenty of water is still going over it. In other...

The property is full of Randy's derelict vehicles and devoted animals.  Randy likes to boast that he's of Hatfield descent—his m...

This is the time of day when the hummingbirds get busy. It's also the time of day when light brings some interest to the yellow table,...

   Two rivers run through the valley next to the Goose. One is the Middle Fork (above), and the other is the Eleven P...

On August 23, it was somebody's sixth birthday. Some of the Family That Ate the World was there, but sadly not Nini. Fortunately, I wi...

The aging emporer  This is Ceasar (sp?). He has grown accustomed to hanging out in the Chapel of Love as it's being built. I guess t...

Claudia and Laura, 2019 Wesley, @1969  It began in college, at Vassar. Laura was my best friend, and Bill was my boyfriend, becomi...

The truck avec Chuck  They already have an Airstream, but sometimes it's just too unwieldy for the places they plan to go. So the...

I'm not sure I can improve on the stuff I've already written about Woodstock. In fact, seeing as 50  years have gone by, my earlier ...

In what world does it make sense to put up curtains and hold weddings right by a highway? I know how dusty it gets inside my house. How mu...

 This little design playhouse of mine, all 350 square feet of it per floor, has kept me amused now for ten years. It would be better if...

The new deck through David's eyes. The new deck. Trim too virulent for me. Will add more blue. The oyster and Champagne cour...