Rats: Let this be a warning to you!

I was in someone else's garden just then and saw this. I have many similar things.

"Rats, if you don't behave I'm gonna set this, and kill one of you.

The perfect hot chocolate: these moments warm me

Recent experiences have shown me that these moments are lost so quickly. And for a while you're left with little more than the memory of these good times. A lesson in carpe diem.

My dog destroyed her dog bed

Bless her. She's hard on these beds. After a few years of bouncing on this one, it's done.

New toy: a stick pruner

Cool! A mini chainsaw on the end of a 12ft pole. The pruning possibilities are endless.

Kicking a soccer ball with Jonah

I managed to score a little time on a sunny winter afternoon to have a kick with Jonah.

I like cooking for my kids

California does desert plants well

At this hotel in Los Angeles I am impressed at how good the desert gardens are.

It's like they've embraced the aridness and made it beautiful. I have every one of these plants but never thought to put them together this way.