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History Repeats Itself

4 years later, and we once again found ourselves evacuating…  The hill at the end of our street (from the picture in the previous post) caught fire, and we got out!   (Sorry, no pictures of the actual flames…Hope you understand!) The 5 of us (us, plus our kitties) are safe at my parents’ house.  If you need to get ahold …

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October in California

I love the fall…but, I am really starting to dislike October.  4 years ago – almost to the day! – we were evacuated from our apartment…the result of a scene very similar to this one: (This was taken from our front yard this afternoon. Our house is on the right edge of the picture.) It’s more than a little frightening to …

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‘Tis the Season

No, not Christmas…Not yet anyway.  In our home, there is a strict ban all things Christmas until after Thanksgiving. (Imposed by my husband…if it were left up to me, I’d probably start the Christmas music up mid-July!) No, I’m talking about the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, cold season that comes this time of year.  Hannah seems to be (finally!) getting over a cold …

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