anniversary

September 4, 2017

Bleeping weather, fecking smoke, and Pepi

The smoke from the fires has blown in and is awful. Back to that in a minute. First, the weather

A very odd thing happened Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was hotter in Concord, CA than in El Centro, CA. El Centro sits near the Mexican border in the Sonoran desert and is below sea level. These temps are normal there. Not so much here. San Francisco broke an all-time record with 106 degrees on Friday and we topped out at 109. Blech! We did the same on Saturday. In plain English, the weather is hotter than hell.

The fecking smoke was almost worse than the heat. It was blowing in from the fires up North. Then it blew in from the fires to the East. I couldn’t get two feet away from the inhaler, but I was ok. I used it when I needed it.

Lastech took this photo of the smoky sunrise

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May 29, 2016

OMG! It’s been a whole year already

Yes, a whole year! On this day in 2015 We moved about 30 miles from San Francisco to Concord, CA and took up residence in our little trailer. What an interesting year it has been.

The pointy eared people not only adapted well, they have thrived. Of course, I suspect that they take great joy in carefully shredding our once lovely interior. Oh well, it’s what kitties do. They’re little furry little Klingons.

Miss Jenny followed this pose by turning to look out the window and snarling at the neighbor. She's weird that way. — Miss Jenny followed this pose by turning to look out the window and snarling at the neighbor. She’s weird that way.

Tito paused in his couch shredding long enough to pose for me

Then, on Labor day weekend, someone found a dog in a dumpster just before the arrival of the trash truck. The dog came home with Lastech and has been here ever since.

As the year progressed, we watched the hills turn from brown to green and back again.

We’ve managed to discover lizards, all manners of ducks, geese, hawks, strange flowers and plants.

We even came across a big rattler on one of our hikes.

To top it off, we’ve managed to look out from on top of the world, or at least our teeny little corner of it.

While we had to deal with a few emergencies, like ER visits for Lastech and Pepi, life has been good. Our lives are much better here than in San Francisco. All in all, it has been a very good year.

March 19, 2014

Wow, it’s been ten years

Ten years ago today Lastech and I got married. I can’t believe it’s been that long. Time flies when you’re having fun. 🙂 Our life has been a real adventure. We have shared some great times and then there have been a few struggles. Life is like that. I couldn’t imagine sharing those times with anyone else. My last ten years have been wonderful and I’m looking forward to the next ten. When he asked me to marry him, he told me he wanted someone to share the view. We’ve done that.

We've gone cloud watching — We’ve gone cloud watching

We’ve gone bird watching

Red shouldered hawk at the Japanese Tea Garden

We've watched the kite surfers racing — We’ve watched the kite surfers racing

And we've watched the sailboats at rest — And we’ve watched the sailboats at rest

We have seen the Golden Gate Bridge looking magnificent — We have seen the Golden Gate Bridge looking glorious

We have even stopped to look at the tulips

And to top it all off, we have watched Karl The Fog roll in over The City at sunset

When he asked me to share the view I had no idea how magnificent it would be. 🙂

March 19, 2013October 28, 2013

Today is brought to you by the number 9

Three squared years ago, Lastech and I tied the knot. Since then we have shared magnificent views and wonderful kitties.

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge — We have shared beautiful sunrises. Photo by Lastech

There has been plenty of wildlife viewing right here in the City of San Francisco.

This beautiful hawk was sitting about ten feet from the trail and at eye level in Golden Gate Park

Lastech is very patient with me when I’m yelling STOP! Actually, I try to keep it from sounding like impending doom and thus scaring the crap out of him as he’s driving. I’m not always successful. This pic is the result of one of those moments. 🙂

I found this Great Egret at the reservoir in McLaren Park

We have even gone storm watching on Bernal Hill.

The last nine years have been wonderful and I look forward to the next nine.

Today, we hope 2013 will be a turning point for marriage equality.

Flag in The Castro — We look forward to being able to wish EVERYONE a happy anniversary.

March 19, 2012October 26, 2013

It’s Our 8th Anniversary

I met Lastech almost ten years ago. We married 8 years ago today. I have to be completely honest and say that life hasn’t always been easy, but being married has not been difficult at all. There are harder things in life than being married to your best friend.

Together we have adopted 4 kitties. We lost a sweet one to cancer, but we still have three.

Our other furkids. From left to right: Miss Nightshade Jenny, Tito, and Kitsune aka Maz Whang?

In addition, we have managed to go exploring in the mountains, beaches, and parks of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Big Basin Redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Throughout all that, one of our biggest accomplishments occurred in 2008. Together, we quit smoking. Even that wasn’t enough to make us get cranky with each other. I have many words I could use to describe my life with Lastech and boring isn’t one of them.

In other words…

And now for an absurd and almost annoying anniversary song by the Flintstones.