This afternoon I saw a treehopper (or some kind of hopper) on the kitchen window screen, so went outside to photograph it.


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I was afraid that we had lost our crayfish in the 5 year drought--they disappeared and did not return for well over a year when the drought ended.  But this year...this year we've got 'em.   Here are a few pictures of the crayfish and where they've shown up since late December.  I haven't even made it down to the far end of the place to photograph ( Read more... )

So on Thursday morning, the mushrooms were already collapsing, including some that had been yellowish healthy-looking nubbins yesterday:


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So yesterday these mushrooms appeared in the herb garden pot looking like this:


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It rained last night and this morning; I went out the kitchen door and discovered this in the big pot of herbs on the back step:


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So it's Book Day for the new one.  Ky Vatta is back...and back in her home system of Slotter Key, summoned to a family conference.   Boring legal stuff, signing papers, swearing officially that she signed them and wasn't coerced into giving up her shares of the family business.  Dull, annoying, a distraction and interruption from her real life as ( Read more... )

Yup, and the release of COLD WELCOME is April 11.   Next week.  Yeeps!  For more about COLD WELCOME, visit the description (with cover!) on the Universes site or wander over to the Universes blog to see how its sequel, INTO THE FIRE is progressing.
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Today was a great birthday.   First, all my websites and their embedded blogs are now safely moved to a new site, live and functioning their new home.   All done...and I am grateful to all involved in this, from the wonderful staff at my former host, SFF.net (waving at Jeffry and Steve)  to my original web guru Ruta, whose designs transferred so ( Read more... )

I know it's been over a month since my last post on January 20.  That's because of too  much stuff and too little time.  The highlights: on January 19, I found out I would have to find a new host for my four websites (each with an embedded WordPress blog) and get them moved, by March 31.   I also had (have) a book to finish, one I was supposed to ( Read more... )

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