A yellow labrador named Montrose alerted a Citrus Heights family of six their house was on fire early Wednesday morning, giving them just enough time to make an escape.
Urban wildflowers, a set on Flickr.In the green-belt woods behind the house, or on a verge next to a busy street, wildflowers appear each year and make the world a prettier place. Bright orange California poppies reflect the sun as traffic speeds past;...
One third of the vegetable garden all planted: lettuce, rainbow chard, beetroot, basil, coriander/cilantro, borlotti beans, fennel, and onion sets. Covered over with net to try to discourage the turkeys from scratching everything up, but no doubt they'...
I feel I am failing miserably with the vegetable garden this year. A broken kneecap put paid to all the November and December prep work, and several months of little to no rain mean that the clay soil is like stone, despite all the compost dug in last ...
Poppies, a set on Flickr.My favourite flowers: opium, oriental, shirley, Iceland, corn poppies, Flanders poppies. All beautiful, all fragile. Like fleeting dreams.These Iceland poppies are part of the late-winter, early-spring flower beds, all around S...
Almond trees along the street are budding, ready to burst into clouds of soft white. There are sticky buds on the hydrangeas, and daffodil buds, and pointy tulip leaves nosing their way up. One hellebore already has a nodding, dusky-pink flower. The li...