Category Archives: Stories of my life

My Yosemite adventure… part 1…

Yes, I know, I already did two posts about this adventure, so the title will confuse people. Good. I can’t explain, over and over in every upcoming post, how the fires burning around Yosemite made it possible for me to … Continue reading

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Okay, you guessed it, I went to Yosemite… (with some disturbing photos of a smoldering California)…

I was only planning on doing a day trip, but I ended up staying over night. I took a lot of pictures. I have to think about how to present them, and which to post, because this is only the … Continue reading

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Okay, try to guess where I went on my latest adventure… I will give you some hints…

There I am, smack-dab in the middle of… my most recent adventure. Try to guess where I went. Here are some more hints. The place I went has a river… and some streams. Some of these streams fall for quite … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 3… starting with flesh-melting carnivorous flowers of doom!!!

Okay, the title might be a little over the top, but these pitcher plants do indeed lure insects into their vases, and then slowly dissolve them in a pool of digestive juices. We are now officially in the part of … Continue reading

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A birthday party for Gonzo: A story with lots of dogs, and some other things, and also some words you are going to have to read, but I will put them between pictures of cute dogs, so it shouldn’t be too bad… part 3…

You can see love when you look into a dog’s eyes. I know I have said this before, but don’t trust people if dogs, horses and babies don’t like them. Dogs, horses and babies love me. I think you can … Continue reading

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A birthday party for Gonzo: A story with lots of dogs, and some other things, and also some words you are going to have to read, but I will put them between pictures of cute dogs, so it shouldn’t be too bad… part 2…

Oh yeah, I met some cool dogs today. This girl stole my heart. She loved having her hip scratched. And this young lady knew how to use the wind to strike a model’s pose. She liked being scratched under those … Continue reading

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A birthday party for Gonzo: A story with lots of dogs, and some other things, and also some words you are going to have to read, but I will put them between pictures of cute dogs, so it shouldn’t be too bad… part 1…

Yes, I know those aren’t dogs. Those are deer. Don’t be a wiezenhiemer! You know that whenever I come back to the Bay Area to see my mom, I play the ‘spot the deer before you have to go back … Continue reading

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San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog, more dogs on blogs, and some splashy water… oh, and a really close up picture of the moon…

The city. The bridge. A cute dog. One of the things I do when I come back the Bay Area to visit my mom and my friends, and end up going down to the bay to pet other people’s dogs … Continue reading

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Dogs on blogs… and some other stuff…

So, I am back in the Bay Area. And that means, after only a day or two, that I start missing my own dogs. But not to worry! There is a marvelous dog park only a couple of miles from … Continue reading

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I see dead people… and San Francisco… and some turkeys…

I know, every time I come back to the Bay Area, I go and visit my friend, John. And yes, I know he died some time ago. Technically, I go and visit his memorial tree, under which most of his … Continue reading

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