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Feb. 24th, 2011 11:45 amFirst, congratulations to all the Nebula nominees! And yes, most especially to those on my flist!
And as reported by Christopher Kastensmidt (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ckastens ) on his LJ, his story, ‘‘The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara’’ is now available on the Realms of Fantasy website, for those of you who may not have read it. I did, and it was so entertaining. I haven't real any of the other nominees yet (what the heck is wrong with me???) but I plan to fix that once I have time later on today. First on my list is aliettedb ‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow’’.
Also, congrats to those nominees that didn't make it to the final ballot. That was still a big achievement!
Nothing much to report from here. We're at the coast, waiting for the next storm to arrive. After our huge December storms when we thought California was going to wash away, we've been pretty much high and dry, although the Central Valley was lost in fog for much of January. Now it thinks it's spring. Sorry to all of you still lost in winter, but by the time you all get spring, we'll probably be roasting already. We don't have much of a spring here. Spring is what I consider sunshine with mild temperatures in the 70's and 80's. We'll have a couple of nice days and then revert to winter again, back and forth, eventually separating the nice days with summer instead of winter and then BAM! we're burning hot. So I'm trying to learn to enjoy the nice days when we have them instead of wishing we had a whole month's worth of them together. This is supposed to be a cold storm, though. I see where it's snowing in Oregon this morning, so we'll see how much is left by the time it gets down here. We do need more snow in the mountains, that's what feeds our rivers for summer irrigation. Chances are, if you eat a plum, peach or nectarine this spring or summer, it was picked within 30 miles of me. So think of that when you eat your overpriced supermarket fruit. :-D
Daffodils are blooming at my house, and the tulips should be along next week sometime, the flower heads are rising. Candytuft is blooming, too, as are some anemones. The freesias will be next and soon the foxglove. I love spring flowers.
And as reported by Christopher Kastensmidt (
ckastens ) on his LJ, his story, ‘‘The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara’’ is now available on the Realms of Fantasy website, for those of you who may not have read it. I did, and it was so entertaining. I haven't real any of the other nominees yet (what the heck is wrong with me???) but I plan to fix that once I have time later on today. First on my list is aliettedb ‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow’’.Also, congrats to those nominees that didn't make it to the final ballot. That was still a big achievement!
Nothing much to report from here. We're at the coast, waiting for the next storm to arrive. After our huge December storms when we thought California was going to wash away, we've been pretty much high and dry, although the Central Valley was lost in fog for much of January. Now it thinks it's spring. Sorry to all of you still lost in winter, but by the time you all get spring, we'll probably be roasting already. We don't have much of a spring here. Spring is what I consider sunshine with mild temperatures in the 70's and 80's. We'll have a couple of nice days and then revert to winter again, back and forth, eventually separating the nice days with summer instead of winter and then BAM! we're burning hot. So I'm trying to learn to enjoy the nice days when we have them instead of wishing we had a whole month's worth of them together. This is supposed to be a cold storm, though. I see where it's snowing in Oregon this morning, so we'll see how much is left by the time it gets down here. We do need more snow in the mountains, that's what feeds our rivers for summer irrigation. Chances are, if you eat a plum, peach or nectarine this spring or summer, it was picked within 30 miles of me. So think of that when you eat your overpriced supermarket fruit. :-D
Daffodils are blooming at my house, and the tulips should be along next week sometime, the flower heads are rising. Candytuft is blooming, too, as are some anemones. The freesias will be next and soon the foxglove. I love spring flowers.
