The land around Patagonia Lake has grazing cows. They’re very pretty cows even if they do seem out of place in such beautiful scenery.   Apparently the cow below is a very common type of cow. But all I could see is a cow with a Scream mask on. I guess this is what happens [...]

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You have to love a town that appreciates birds.  You can find statues of birds while walking around. There are gull statues at the subway stops.  I’m guessing this ties into the California gull being the state bird, on account of the gulls rescuing the Mormons from a plague of grasshoppers.  Or maybe they just [...]

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Have I mentioned that I’m cheap?  I’m cheap; it’s a problem.  And more specifically, I don’t like to buy things.  So when I decided that I needed a new wallet, it was probably five years too late.  Every time I take out my wallet the cards fly everywhere.  Plus the edges are completely ragged.  So [...]

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It didn’t take long for snow to cover the mountains.  This picture was taken on November 7, 2010, but it could have easily been taken weeks ago. Jon and I drove down a road birding a few weeks ago in the hopes of finding gulls near a trash dump when we saw Mule Deers. They [...]

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I have this little leftover from my last trip to Silver Lake, which deserves its own post: the chipmunk. I tried to look up the kind of chipmunk for you, but alas all chipmunks look alive to me.  It turns out that the white stripe above his eye is very common.  I like this picture [...]

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The leaves have been changing color in Salt Lake City.  It’s not as spectacular as New England, but I enjoy the yellows and oranges.  Last Saturday we had a serious rainstorm with wind that caused all the leaves to fall.  It looks very pretty! The poison oak in the back has also turned a lovely [...]

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I really miss the Banana Slugs in California.  So I was very excited to discover that Salt Lake City has snails! Yes, I know that they’re eating my garden.  But they’re so cute!  They love to hang out on the composter, especially after I’ve watered the garden and the water is dripping off the plastic. [...]

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I usually receive very generic spam where they try and convince you to post the comment by saying something so generic it’s always true.  Like, “I like your blog” or “Do you have RSS feed?”  But today I received a comment and I just…I have no idea. Nueter this puppy arrive Nov 2010!!!!!!!??!!?! Do you [...]

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Sorry I haven’t been posting this weekend, but I got married yesterday!  So I’ve been a little busy. We were married at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City. And all the food was vegan, even the wedding cake!

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In general, living in Utah is like living in any other town.  Sure the people are friendlier than when I lived in California and New England, but I suspect people are generally friendlier in these middle states.  The only real way that you notice that it’s different here is that most things shut down on [...]

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