Arboreal Salamander

Arboreal Salamander

With a large, and persistent Pacific storm lashing the coast of California in recent days, there’s enough water running everywhere to make me think I’m going to sprout gills and webbed toes.  It’s rained 17 of the first 20 days in December, although our rainy month...
A Look Back: Spencer’s Turken

A Look Back: Spencer’s Turken

It’s a dreary, drippy, soggy day at Curbstone Valley, and the weather reports seem to suggest that we’ll be lucky to see the sun again by Christmas Day!  So, while our fowl strive to stay dry amidst all this nasty weather, I’ve been cozied up...
Project Inspire – 2010

Project Inspire – 2010

For most of us this time of year is all about the stress of gift shopping, seasonal decorating, and holiday parties, and it’s easy to lose sight of what the holidays really should be about.  So, to get in the true spirit of the season, we put all the end-of-year...
Festive Fowl Friday

Festive Fowl Friday

This week we made a concerted effort to get into the spirit of the season. For some reason we seem to be in denial that the holidays are now only a couple of weeks away.  So, it was time to grab the tree…   …retrieve our ornaments from the dark recesses of...
Curbstone Valley Calendar – 2011

Curbstone Valley Calendar – 2011

Just for fun, in this age of smart-phones, PDAs, and online calendars, I still put together a personalized old-fashioned paper calendar each year to hang on our kitchen or office wall.  In past years my electronic brains have failed me.  They crash, the batteries die,...