The wood walkways to our house were wearing out, wobbly and slippery in the winter. So we replaced them with flagstone and concrete.  The new walkways look great and are such a pleasure to stroll along!Continue Reading

So, how are we? How are the San Diego fires? We’re good, thank you for asking. The fires are pretty much done. As I write this at 1 PM, it’s 75 degrees with 30% humidity—moisture—in the air. By 11 PM tonight, that will rise to over 80%. A light, coolContinue Reading

Photo: Mike Blake, Reuters Today, 9 separate fires burned 9,200 acres in San Diego County. To put this in perspective, San Diego County covers over 4200 square miles, about 2.6 million acres. So these fires scorched about 0.35% of our County’s land, most on Camp Pendleton, a federal government militaryContinue Reading