As I age, I find that it doesn't take as much to make my day. Have you noticed this too? I used to live for the big moments; marriage, children, grandchildren, a house, a new car, a big vacation, saving a life. But divorce, remarriage, disability, ...
A little getaway to beat the heat…
We accepted the kind offer of a friend to pet-sit and we headed out of the sweltering heat of the central valley to the cool California coast. We arrived at Half Moon Bay on Sunday and will be leaving tomorrow. I wanted to post daily but the ...
Farm Focus Friday 5-2-2014
This is an exciting Friday for me. I am starting another food photography class, this time with guest instructor George Crudo. Today is the first day of the class. I am always excited when a new class starts then I obsess over the assignments and ...
Farm Focus Friday 4-18-2014
I bought a new camera two weeks ago. I have lusted over the Canon 5D Mark III for quite some time and finally decided to buy one. I am still getting used to it, but having a lot of fun. This week Michael even laid on the grass to get down to ...
THE vest
Late yesterday afternoon Michael and I were tending to the animal chores. Tucker got busy sniffing out and digging for gophers. At one point, he was head first, up to his elbows in a big hole that he had dug. I was horrified to look, fearing he might ...
Rainy Day Blues
If you haven't heard, California is in a drought and we have not had rain in 50 days, making this the driest year in recorded history. I realize this is not of much concern to those of you struggling with blizzards, flooding and the polar vortex ...
Monkey Vest Mayhem
Tucker has a neurotic attachment to his dog halter. It is orange and green with little monkey faces on it. He became attached to the halter in the pet store when I brought him in to try it on. He was so attached that, when I tried to take it off, he ...
The stuff of nightmares. . .
This afternoon I went out to the yard to collect eggs from the chicken coops. There were two new mounds of dirt made by gophers. One was drying already but the second was moist. As Tucker and I walked by, this stuck its head ...
Word “less” Wednesday
Because I just can't seem to handle wordless. Which one is molting? ...
Me, my dog, my camera, and my car.
My old, reliable Prius was beginning to show her age. She still got great gas mileage, but the dented passenger side and worn cloth seats just weren't working for me anymore. I researched and considered buying another Prius, but in the end I fell in ...
It’s all about toast.
No, this is not a food post. Not even close. It is a Tucker post. What's up with the title then? Glad you asked. We know when Tucker is beginning to need a bath because he starts to take on the aroma of toast. It starts gradually, sort of like ...
Animal Sightings
Sometimes when you have animals, you see things you can't un-see. We are about to experience our first emu mating season here at the Buck 'n Run Ranch. I am afraid we are going to see things that we really wish we hadn't seen. Until then, there's ...
Photos from the Beach
Here are a few of the hundreds of pictures I took on our trip. Michael always tells me to leave the camera and just enjoy the scenery but I just can't seem to do that. Alcatraz Island as taken from a motor home on the new Bay Bridge. Cool ...
Down at the Ocean
Michael, Tucker and I just returned yesterday from our motor home trip to Half Moon Bay, on the California coast. You may have seen a couple of posts I made while on the trip. Blogging in an RV park on an iPad is no easy feat my friends. The internet ...
Butt Sniffing and Lobster Rolls
We made it to Half Moon Bay yesterday on our RV trip to the coast. Tucker has never been to the beach, or so I assume. He spent the first year of life tied to a chain in a yard. The next few months he was physically abused by another "owner." After ...
A boy’s gotta do…
what a boy's gotta do. Tucker wanted to play with Michael in a giant beanbag chair. Michael wanted to play with his iPhone in a recliner. It took a bit of effort but, Tucker won. ...
Wrong, in so many ways.
Tucker is obsessed with a stuffed duck. They take long naps in the sunshine. They gaze lovingly into each other's eyes. They spoon. I think Tucker may love the duck more than the duck loves ...
Goats vs. Terrier
Fainting goats Laverne and Shirley tolerate Tucker as long as he stays on his side of the fence. Shirley is just curious about Tucker. Laverne wants a piece of him! Today Laverne and Tucker got into a little disagreement. In this case, good fences ...
Magpie Mayhem
I was working on my computer on Monday morning. Tucker was doing what he does best on the daybed in my office. I sensed something was going on outside and looked up to see at least a hundred pretty birds with yellow beaks on the hill outside ...
The need, the need for speed.
This website has been out of my control since Saturday morning. Four whole days. No funny animal posts, no recipes, no photos, no nothing. We were unhappy with the speed of this site so we decided to upgrade to a faster service. We hit the button to ...