#100HappyDays: The reluctant birthday boy
Wednesday’s happy included this moment from our Wednesday night hangar party where everyone serenaded the reluctant birthday boy, Ray-Dad. I’m grateful for …
#100HappyDays: Bountiful boxes
Part of our Back 40 redesign was the integration of new garden beds for me, WITH irrigation (finally). Tuesday’s joy involved finally …
#100HappyDays: Gypsy chickens and birthday celebrations
Last Sunday, we celebrated my father-in-law, Ray-Dad’s, birthday at a charming nursery/restaurant in Loomis called the Flower Farm. Aside from family cheer …
#100HappyDays: Conquering crosswind landings
My Saturday flying lesson featured stiff winds–10-15 miles an hour, gusting to 20, at 45 degrees across the runway. When I first …
#100HappyDays: Noodle salad
I love an excuse to make macaroni salad. This week it was BBQ-themed Pupus at the airport. “Pupus” is a Hawaiian word …
#100HappyDays: Stinking roses
Need to peel a head of garlic fast? Toss it into a large bowl. Top that bowl with another large bowl or …
#100HappyDays: Colorful, if not magical beans…
Although I focus my garden love almost exclusively on tomatoes and basil during the Summer, I must admit I find beanstalks the …
#100HappyDays: West Coast Ravens, smoke on!
Tank, Slick and Rodoc of the West Coast Ravens smoking up the sky at the West Coast Formation Clinic, April 2014, in …
“Read and Return” program perfect for flying bookworms
One of my guilty pleasures as a library-going, Kindle-owning bookworm? Buying new reads at the airport. Do not ask me why, but …
#100HappyDays: West Coast Formation Clinic 2014
Mr. T leading the ground school for safety and lead pilots at the West Coast Formation Clinic affiliated with the West Coast …