Tag Archives: birds

Thursdays with Jake – Where the Lion WAS.

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Julia Barrett

So here’s where Jake first spotted the mountain lion.  Of course I couldn’t see it… yet. Here is the slope Jake hauled me over in his haste to follow the lion. Here is the tree.  The lion jumped up into … Continue reading →

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Thursdays with Jake. It’s a wild kingdom!

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Julia Barrett

And I like it this way! So I’m sitting at my computer, which is in the kitchen near the open back door, and when I say open back door I mean actually open so Jake can let himself in and … Continue reading →

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Thursdays with Jake. Going to the birds!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Julia Barrett

So every year a pair of mated Towhees builds a nest in one of our trees and has two sets of babies– two babies in the early spring and two babies in mid-summer.  I don’t know if these are the … Continue reading →

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I could sit around all day

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Julia Barrett

wondering why in the hell my books sell or why in the hell they don’t sell and I’d never come up with an answer. There is no answer. Sometimes books sell. Sometimes books don’t sell. Some books sell better than … Continue reading →

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What I found in the rain.

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Julia Barrett

Well, to be more precise, Jake found it and he pulled a Louie.  Louie was Jake’s predecessor, a gentle giant of a German shepherd.  Where Louie was Odin, Jake is Loki. But he pulled a Louie nonetheless. We were hiking … Continue reading →

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