The Second, Second Best Blog

When our 40th wedding anniversary was approaching, we started thinking about how to celebrate. We wanted to do more than just dinner and a movie (like most years) but did not have a big budget. Our friend Jill suggested this rafting trip. It begins at the Hacienda Hotel just outside Boulder City, a few miles [...]

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When I got home from work last Monday evening, my most excellent spouse, Patricia said, “You’ll never guess who came by today!” She was right. About 8:30 Monday morning she had gone into the backyard and saw a scrub jay. The peanut box was already on the patio table so she picked out a couple [...]

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Big Boy Right Walker really likes those peanuts. More than a year ago I described how he would take two peanuts at a time. Since then I have watched him try and fail sometimes because the first peanut is so big that he is unable to close his beak around the second one. A few [...]

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If you read my most excellent spouse, Patricia’s blog, you probably have seen her posting concerning our recent trip to the Great Park. Here is a slightly different perspective, plus a couple of photos taken while … walking around. As usual, click the pictures once for more information. Click the picture on the info page [...]

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Look at that! This bird has been coming around infrequently for a few months. She (I’m guessing, no way to know) is quite vocal and doesn’t usually stay long. This morning she surprised me and three times took peanuts from my hand. The first time it was preceded by a helicopter approach and retreat, then [...]

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