Laura Peebles
@arvafan55.bsky.social
Baseball, cats, gardening, and occasional baseball or parody verse. Associate Editor for the SABR Game Story Project.
Frost coming—tome to harvest some of my crayon radishes ! Time to make braised radishes with their greens.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Frost coming—tome to harvest some of my crayon radishes ! Time to make braised radishes with their greens.
Yes, #caturday was yesterday, but today is “look, they’re both playing with the ball tower” day. Clancy on the left and Lucy on the right.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yes, #caturday was yesterday, but today is “look, they’re both playing with the ball tower” day. Clancy on the left and Lucy on the right.
Lucy says” You woke me up just to take my picture for Caturday ?”
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lucy says” You woke me up just to take my picture for Caturday ?”
Six years ago today, Howie Kendrick hit this ball off the foul pole in Houston (yes, there is still a yellow mark on it from the paint). Six months later, I'm in West Palm to celebrate--and boo the Astros (except Dusty, of course!).
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Six years ago today, Howie Kendrick hit this ball off the foul pole in Houston (yes, there is still a yellow mark on it from the paint). Six months later, I'm in West Palm to celebrate--and boo the Astros (except Dusty, of course!).
Went out to water this morning. Found an eastern honeybee sleeping on a late zinnia flower. I know he was sleeping because he was still there when I came back with the phone.
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Went out to water this morning. Found an eastern honeybee sleeping on a late zinnia flower. I know he was sleeping because he was still there when I came back with the phone.
Not what I was expecting on my green tea, but I’ll take it!
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not what I was expecting on my green tea, but I’ll take it!
My Virginia wildflower mix is still blooming.
October 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My Virginia wildflower mix is still blooming.
My flowers are liking this weather. See alt text for names.
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My flowers are liking this weather. See alt text for names.
FYI, if anyone is trying to make a COVID shot appointment on the Kaiser Permanente website, it may give you a "you are not eligible" message in error, as they just updated the website this morning. Just call the appointment line and sign up.
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
FYI, if anyone is trying to make a COVID shot appointment on the Kaiser Permanente website, it may give you a "you are not eligible" message in error, as they just updated the website this morning. Just call the appointment line and sign up.
I picked tomatoes yesterday. This is this morning’s harvest (with two lemon cucumbers). Looks like time to make roasted tomato salsa!
September 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I picked tomatoes yesterday. This is this morning’s harvest (with two lemon cucumbers). Looks like time to make roasted tomato salsa!
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on my celosia this morning (pineapple lily in the foreground).
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on my celosia this morning (pineapple lily in the foreground).
Lucy on the desk. Want to guess how much of this hit the floor when she got down?
August 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lucy on the desk. Want to guess how much of this hit the floor when she got down?
Now here's something that doesn't happen too often in baseball--a catcher hits an inside-the-park grand slam! Just published from the SABR Game Stories:
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August 30, 1990: White Sox catcher Ron Karkovice huffs and puffs to sink Twins with inside-the-park grand slam – Society for American Baseball Research
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August 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Now here's something that doesn't happen too often in baseball--a catcher hits an inside-the-park grand slam! Just published from the SABR Game Stories:
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I didn't write this SABR Game Story, but I'm glad someone did! Here's some serious baseball shenanigans!
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August 17, 1947: Phillies attempt to negate Dodgers’ lead via Sunday ‘Blue Law’ – Society for American Baseball Research
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August 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I didn't write this SABR Game Story, but I'm glad someone did! Here's some serious baseball shenanigans!
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
A fledgling starling parked under my tomato plant for a couple of hours today.
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A fledgling starling parked under my tomato plant for a couple of hours today.
Apparently it’s International Cat Day. Lucy and Clancy think everyday is International Cat Day.
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Apparently it’s International Cat Day. Lucy and Clancy think everyday is International Cat Day.
First cucumbers!
(Heirloom lemon cucumbers—taste just like the green ones).
(Heirloom lemon cucumbers—taste just like the green ones).
August 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
First cucumbers!
(Heirloom lemon cucumbers—taste just like the green ones).
(Heirloom lemon cucumbers—taste just like the green ones).
I knew the finches were pulling the petals off the zinnias and eating the seeds, but tonight is the first time this year I've caught one in the act!
I don't mind the birds eating the seeds and flowers--there are plenty to go around, and the cats love watching them (safely from inside, of course).
I don't mind the birds eating the seeds and flowers--there are plenty to go around, and the cats love watching them (safely from inside, of course).
July 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I knew the finches were pulling the petals off the zinnias and eating the seeds, but tonight is the first time this year I've caught one in the act!
I don't mind the birds eating the seeds and flowers--there are plenty to go around, and the cats love watching them (safely from inside, of course).
I don't mind the birds eating the seeds and flowers--there are plenty to go around, and the cats love watching them (safely from inside, of course).
Happy Caturday from a catnip-drunk Lucy.
July 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy Caturday from a catnip-drunk Lucy.
Very orange harvest this morning!
July 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Very orange harvest this morning!
Best fireworks show I ever saw was Ft. Collins, CO, 1977(!). That city funded its fireworks by collecting donations from the crowd in the park viewing the fireworks. So the 1976 ones were fine--but they spent every dollar they collected in the very-well-attended '76 show on an all-out '77 display.
July 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Best fireworks show I ever saw was Ft. Collins, CO, 1977(!). That city funded its fireworks by collecting donations from the crowd in the park viewing the fireworks. So the 1976 ones were fine--but they spent every dollar they collected in the very-well-attended '76 show on an all-out '77 display.
Tried growing a new flower this year: gazania. Recommended as full-sun and drought-tolerant. Figured perfect for my 16-hours-of-sun terrace. So far, so good!
July 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tried growing a new flower this year: gazania. Recommended as full-sun and drought-tolerant. Figured perfect for my 16-hours-of-sun terrace. So far, so good!
Lucy and Clancy at the terrace door during a break in the weather: watching the garden and hoping for birds (no, they aren't allowed outside, but they can dream). From left to right, the plants: tomato, celosia, pineapple lily, lantana, with zinnia in the background.
July 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Lucy and Clancy at the terrace door during a break in the weather: watching the garden and hoping for birds (no, they aren't allowed outside, but they can dream). From left to right, the plants: tomato, celosia, pineapple lily, lantana, with zinnia in the background.
