According to Wikipedia, San Francisco has what they call a ‘warm summer Mediterranean climate,’ which is characteristic of California’s coast. The winters are ‘mild and moist,’ and the summer are ‘dry.’ The ‘cool currents of the Pacific Ocean’ cause stabilization, and allow ‘little seasonal temperature variation.’ Which is probably why so many homeless people end up there.
A recent comprehensive study of North American bird populations found a drop of nearly 3 billion U.S. and Canadian birds over the past 50 years. That represents a 30% decline in our native bird populations. The drop in birds that live and breed in grasslands has been even greater, with a decline in populations of more than half.
As I sit at my computer writing this, I can look past my monitor and watch the queen butterflies literally flocking to the blooms on Gregg’s mistflower, or the hummingbirds probing each tiny bloom on the prairie larkspur, both of which are growing just off the porch only a few feet from where I sit.
We will have our next Legomania on July 14th from 2:00 to 3:00. The next day on the 15th, we will host Rob Holladay for his Magical Balloon Show at 2:00! Summer Reading and Read-to-Swim will stop for the year on July 16th
New to the Library:
DVDS
Animaniacs Season 1
Daniel Deronda
Georgetown
The Road to El Dorado/ Sinbad/ Joseph King of Dreams
The Mill on the Floss
Nobody
Fiction: (all quotes from publishers’ summaries)
The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman (F STE)
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This is harvest season. We plan and carefully prepare our gardens, plant and tend to seeds, spend our days watering and fertilizing, anxiously keep an eye on the clouds and the weather, but the outcome of our harvest is always a question. But we always hope the answer is a good one.
This year is a bumper harvest for tomatoes, pepper, and cucumber.
I thought everyone might have had enough of hot dogs, hamburgers and grilled stuff so I thought I would share one of my easy Mexican food recipes. You know I love my Mexican food and this Tortilla Stack is great because it can be served as a main dish or an appetizer.
Preacher, You Might Be In Trouble If...
… the congregation votes to put a clock on the back wall of the church.
… the notes in the pulpit are for last Sunday's sermon.
… someone has replaced the pulpit Bible with a copy of “The Quick And Easy Way To Effective Speaking.”
… church attendace rises dramatically – while you're on vacation!
… while nervously waiting to enter the church for your first sermon there, an usher attempts to comfort you by whispering, “Don't ...
While I am presenting the original recipe, just as I found it, I want to hasten to assure everyone that when I actually got around to making it, I corrupted it terribly! Every place Ms. Burke called for “reduced fat,” or “fat-free” ingredients, I substituted “regular,” high octane, full fat products.
We have had a break in the hot weather. Temperatures in the 80s are much nicer than over 100. The city says we can’t water until they get the new water radon system working. A break in the heat has been helpful.
I usually plant a garden. For several years I have had little success with harvesting anything.
One of Jimmy Stewart’s most popular movies is ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ the story of George Bailey and his dream of being on television every Christmas season forever. At one point in the movie George says the three most exciting sounds in the world are train whistles, airplane engines, and anchor chains.
