Tag Archives: June Gloom

Dispatches from the fog zone.

Posted on June 24, 2017 by polloplayer

At first I couldn’t place the sound – what was that humming I heard? I walked down the hall to better hear it – ah, yes, it was the furnace kicking in. The heat had come on. Of course. Because … Continue reading →

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May Gray; Feeling those Jacaranda Blues.

Posted on May 14, 2016 by polloplayer

Every year I come up with a new scheme to decamp from Southern California during the season we affectionately call June Gloom. The bowl of the sky turns over and spills over us with layers and layers of pearlish, milky … Continue reading →

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Brrrr-r-r-r-r!!!

Posted on August 14, 2009 by polloplayer

I probably need to invest in one of those plastic squeegee things people back East use to scrape off their windshields in winter. I’ll need it to remove the ice from my computer screen, as, in addition to fog and … Continue reading →

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Weather. Or not.

Posted on August 12, 2009 by polloplayer

We supposedly enjoy one of the country’s great climates. I mention this fact often, especially in the summer, when I start and end the day in my warmest wool sweaters. I looked at a weather map of the country last … Continue reading →

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Nice rice

Posted on August 9, 2009 by polloplayer

Awoke this morning to leaden skies. Yet again the gossamer tentacles of June gloom have reached into August and I would just like to petition the Czar of the Office of Climate Change (it’s my tax dollars, too, you know!) to … Continue reading →

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So, where were we?

Posted on June 30, 2009 by polloplayer

Technical difficulties. No web cam. No Internet. Why worry about North Korea when our more immediate fates are in the hands of diabolical IT techs who can muck up your digital world in a heartbeat and then CHARGE you for it. … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on June 26, 2009 by polloplayer

Here’s Hope at three weeks old. It’s getting harder and harder to take their pictures – they move so fast!!!! We’ve been fogged in here all week; no sun until quite late in the afternoons, so the chicks aren’t getting … Continue reading →

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They make me laugh.

Posted on June 19, 2009 by polloplayer

The chicks had two outings today. They spent almost an hour in their run this afternoon when the sun finally peeked out (alas, June gloom has returned with its cat feet intact…).  and then again this evening before dusk. Chloe is … Continue reading →

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Felt like spring today.

Posted on June 17, 2009 by polloplayer

Enough of this June gloom! Like the rest of us, the girls enjoyed a day of sun. We brought them out to the run for a half an hour or so during which they vigorously pecked at everything they could … Continue reading →

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