Rachel called Tues. morning and chatted with Tom (I was on a mission to the Valley). She's in Madrid, and planning to spend the weekend somewhere near Gibralter, where her high school volleyball team mate lives. Que vida!
The rain has activated some of the smaller wildlife, I guess (kinda like those little sponges, maybe?).
I don't know where they hang out when it's dry, but suddenly, the teensy frogs we have around here are making lots of noise. It's crazy loud, for such tiny creatures! The other critter we haven't seen all summer is the California Newt--a painfully slow lizardish-sort of animal, which is a very interesting brownish color on top and bright orange underneath. Curls up backwards into a circle (showing the red belly), when disturbed, which I try not to do EVERY time I see one.Two of our neighbors have told us that they've seen bears in their yards. One reads about sightings and some folks have submitted photos to the Union. My "Bears Welcome!" sign has born no fruit, to date.
Another trip to Home Depot/IKEA down near Sacramento yielded more progress in the studio.
It's not my favorite kind of day, to spend most of it driving and hopping from big box store to big box store. But it's the fastest and least expensive way to get what we need, sometimes, even with the price of gas. I mentally apologize to Nevada County every time I cross over into Placer County to buy stuff, though. The "Shop Local" campaign, here, is in full swing, now, and I'm a BIG supporter--really!...until I can't find what I need, up here, and I hit the road. Anyway, here's a picture of the upper cabinets we installed this week. My furniture and supplies are slowly starting to find their way into the room from the exile of the patio. I need to step it up to keep my inks from colorful ice sculpture...And, from the Police Blotter, last week:
"11:25 a.m.--A caller from the 14500 block of Storm Ridge Road reported she couldn't get out because a huge storage container was being moved down her road. She was advised to wait 15 minutes." [She wasn't arrested for felony impatience??]
"2:04 p.m.--A caller from the 13900 block of Pierite Road reported that his wife assaulted him. Responding deputies go an ambulance toe take her to the emergency room." [Either the dispatcher got the pronouns confused, or there was more to that story...]
"2:03 p.m.--A caller from the 10400 block of Broken Oak Court reported hearing someone in the neighborhood banging around on something. Responding deputies discovered the neighbor was setting a crib up for a baby." ["Responding deputies"?? They respond to someone "banging around on something"?]
"9:27 p.m.--A caller from the 10000 block of Broken Oak Court reported an X-Box had been stolen and switched with the neighbor's broken X-Box video game system. Deputies contacted both parties and determined the accusation was unfounded. Neither X-Box was working." [beginning to wonder about something in the water on Broken Oak Court]
More, later...
