Local cat rescue needs homes for 100 cats. I'm allergic to cats, so I can't take even one. I thought some of my friends might either want to rescue a cat, or know someone who does. Pass on the word.

I took a whole bunch of pictures at the Jesse Frey Community Garden today. Still with the crappiest digital camera ever, but better than nothing. I shall start with a very impressive picture of a towering Italian bean plant.


We got the seeds for this plant a few years ago from one of the old Italian guys in the garden. It produces a bean that looks sort of like a cranberry bean. They're very good tasting and make a mean pot of chili.

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Here's a link to an aerial view of the Jesse Frey Community Garden.

A while back, I posted pictures of my horse sculpture before it was fired. It's done now. Here's a picture:


I used iron oxide on his mane, painted the eye with black underglaze, and then put stoney matt glaze all over.

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Mulder and Scully are back!

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I'll be walking for the American Heart Association Heart Walk in September. Not with TnT this time, but with Team CJ at De Anza College.

Today ronebofh and I met a man on the street in downtown Los Gatos who had this beautiful bird.



He's a Moluccan Cockatoo, and his name is Boomer. He seemed to really like me. His face lit up as soon as he heard my voice, and he started to mimic me to the exclusion of anyone else in the crowd of people around him. I put my arm out, and he walked right on to it. I must have reminded him of someone.

The picture was taken with my husand's phone, so the quality isn't the best, and doesn't do the bird's beautiful coloring justice. He is light peach-pink color, and the plumage on his head is bright red-orange when he shows it off. Very pretty!

Click here for more pictures of this breed of bird.

The owner said he was a rescue; that the bird had been abused, so he used to be a mean bird that would bite people. They were going to have the bird euthanized, until his current owner agreed to take him. Now he is very friendly, and even snuggled his face up next to mine at one point. It was love at first sight.

It's that time of year again, when my dog Kippy is freaking out because of all the things that go boom!

This is my dog right now.

Happy 4th of July, everyone. And please think of all the animals in your neighborhood, before you stand in your front yard firing off firecracker after firecracker.

Go and see Twelfth Night as presented by the Arclight Repertory Theatre. My husband and I saw it tonight, following a presentation of Indian dancing by Abhinaya Dance Company, which was also great fun. Read about the play in the Mercury News.

My son's classmate from his high school days, Daniel Norberg, stole the show with his performance as Aguecheek.

If you go, dress in cool clothing, as the theater gets kind of warm. They can't leave the A/C on during the play, because it's old and loud, and the actors have to shout over it. I'm hoping the theater, which is a nonprofit organization, can find someone to donate to them a better A/C system soon!

Despite the warmth, we really enjoyed the show. If you are a Shakespeare lover, it's a must see!

( I'm the Maid of Honor. )

The vacation is almost over. We had a wonderful week, traveling the Santa Ynez Valley with Ron's mama and tia. We tasted a great deal of excellent wine, feasted our eyes on beautiful countryside, went to the beach and ate fresh crab, and played many hands of Cuarenta, almost all of which Ron and I lost to his card shark mom and aunt.

We got back on Friday, and yesterday I had a community garden meeting and a ceramics workshop. This morning will be spent in the garden, and this afternoon I'm going to finish the projects I started in the workshop yesterday. I can't believe that I have to go back to work tomorrow. I'd like another week off, please.

By the way, we took pictures. But they were from little instant cameras, because we forgot to bring the digital. So as soon as they get developed, there will be pictures!