Wednesday at the Lake
Rain, Rain and More Rain
What a difference a day makes
Be careful what you pray for - you just might get it.
Sometimes you just have to laugh...
It's snowing AGAIN.
Already we've gained an inch since I took this photo.
That little pink rose is hanging in there...
My twin cedars
I just love it. It's been snowing steadily since about 11:30 am without a let-up.
One thing about snow, it's so quiet.
At the Cal Vet Home - Navy sent me this.
Looks like the turkeys are enjoying the white stuff.
This was yesterday - over by where the eagle's nest is - looking west toward downtown.
Saturday (weather permitting) I plan to take the walking tour with the FORE club to get better views of the eagles.
Foodie is trying to get home with his electric bike - Too funny.
I offered to pick him up in the van but he said he would handle it.
He's very capable - I just wanted to help out and truth be told, I want to get out in it and drive.
This is really unprecedented -
This is a graph of the huge atmospheric river that is supposed to hit in the middle of the night/early morning with high winds.
Yesterday I was in the side yard taking stock of what soil I had - and how much more would I need. Looks like my garden will have to wait...
This little windmill was my dad's, and it needs a little TLC - that I am anxious to get started on. Need to grease the moveable parts - I like the rust but I don't want it to eat through the metal.
This morning, I watched an interesting documentary about the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that vanished. 3 very good episodes - and of course, they will never really know what happened. I feel for the families that need some answers -
That's it for me on this beautiful snowy day in California.
Debby
My First Wednesday Hodgepodge
I thought I would try this Hodgepodge thingy -
We'll see if I can be consistent.
1. We're in a season students call 'spring break'. Did you/your family travel over spring breaks when you were growing up? Tell us something about a 'spring break' you remember (from childhood or adulthood, either one).
Hmm, so now that I am thinking about it, yeah I guess as a family we did go away more times than not.
One spring break, my folks took me out of school for an additional week, and we drove back to Tennessee to visit my grandparents in our little VW bug. We hit all kinds of weather on our drive back but was one of the best road trips! Imagine, back then, traveling from San Francisco to Eastern Tennessee - the interstates were just starting to be built. It was patchy at best and we drove through a lot of small towns across the US.
This was around 1962 - give or take and my Grandpa had never seen a VW bug before. We were a big VW family - my folks owned a couple more bugs and I had a 1968 VW camper van that I kept for years until it caught fire back in 1995.
I remember one year, as an adult, we took the family to the Grand Canyon on Spring week. We stayed one night in Lake Havasu, Az totally clueless that it was a favorite place for the college crowd - from ASU. It was a party that lasted all night with crazy college kids drinking and diving off the railings into a swimming pool.
One time we spent Easter week at a Christian retreat, called Mount Hermon in the Santa Cruz mountains. The boys were young and we had a blast. It even snowed.
2. Last thing you broke? Was it a big deal?
I've never officially broken a bone - but from the looks of my pinkie toe, I must have at some point in my life.
3. March 7th is National Cereal Day...are you a fan? What's your favorite? If not cereal what's your favorite breakfast? Your typical breakfast?
Currently, I am sticking to plain greek yogurt with some high-fiber cereal from Trader Joe's. I'm not a big yogurt fan but it's good for my tummy.
4. Break ground, break of dawn, break down, break the bank, break one's stride, break the ice, break a law, break a habit, break bread...choose one of the idioms listed and tell us how it applies to your life currently.
I'm thinking, of "breaking my mold" by finally participating in this Hodgepodge.
5. Where do you go to connect with friends and family? What do you like to do most when you're home alone?
I love being home alone. I'm an introvert and alone time for me energizes me. My friends and family know this about me. Of course, I like to get out and boogie but I am more at ease in small groups or at home.
When I am home alone, (and this may sound strange) but I like to DEEP THINK. I'm not a social butterfly. I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I enjoy sitting in the sun, with the sound of my little waterfall in the background, and just think about life. I guess I am trying to figure things out - I don't really understand why I do it, I just do and I enjoy it. I rarely feel lonely and am almost always content. I just need that soul and spirit-strengthening alone time to be able to get back into the busy, hectic world we live in.
I also love gardening, creating, decorating, and crafting.
My best friend is in the bay area and we don't talk like we used to - she is busy caring for her mother. The other two best friends have passed. I have a few friends here but I haven't bonded with anyone really special except for Margie - and even then, it's not like my best friend Susie or Lana who have gone on.
It is, what it is.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
So is this where I can go off script?
Yesterday, I took Susie to the vet - she's such a charmer and everyone tells her how beautiful she is and she eats it up. She received her 3-year shots, her nails clipped and she's in excellent health except that her gums were showing some signs of redness around her molars. - the vet said not yet but probably next year she will need her teeth cleaned - costing about $1000 but that is covered 90% with her pet insurance. That's why we have it. Both Laydee and her, are 9 years old.
Today is a beautiful sunny day - Yesterday after bible study, I brought over a plate of Hamantashen to Margie. Gosh, I hate that place where she is at. At least now, she has a nice compatible roommate, named Mary.
This concludes my first Hodgepodge post. So I guess now I link it to Joyce (who I don't know) on her blog ??? From This Side of the Pond.
Take Care,
Debby
Remembering
A Monday Morning
1954 was a very good year - An Eagle update
March - coming in like a lamb
Another Snowy Morning
Believe it or not, but we woke up this morning to more snow! This is a FIRST. Usually, we'll have 1 event every other year - now they're saying we might get more of this low-elevation snow come Sunday and Monday, plus, tomorrow we're having a "Hard Freeze." We've never had a hard freeze before.
I can't help but laugh...
Some people are starting to not like it so much now that the fun is over. Yep, it's getting to be a hassle for those having to shovel the driveway or walkway or that have to go to work. We're fortunate - we can stay inside and still enjoy it.
Flowers in my wheel barrel
I admit - I am looking forward to gardening.
So pretty to see the snow greeting us on the hill in our backyard this morning. It snowed till about 10am and then started to rain. By afternoon, the snow was gone.
The town was all over the place trying to figure out if they should send the kids to school or what. Finally, they did a late start.
Just yesterday late afternoon, the garbage disposal completed their pick up which was delayed Thursday and Friday.
The city just doesn't know how to respond. Should they cancel or not, when it comes to events and activities already on the calendar?
Yesterday we went to the movies - packed house at 12:15 pm. Only a few more days of showing so everyone is scrambling to get in to see it.
My husband grew up in Orange county and he remembers going to Calvary Chapel with his parents and out to Pirates Cove to watch the hippies get baptized in the pacific ocean.
I was up near San Francisco when this all started and definitely NOT a Christian, nor did I want to be. I remember the Jesus Freaks, hitchhiking up the coast and on our beaches preaching. I remember some of my school acquaintances joined up. Back then, I was curious but just wasn't ready to go down that road. I was still in rebellion and believed I was "too cool" for that stuff.
Someone told me the movie is just here in California - so I don't know about that. It does seem to have limited appeal to those 65+
Anyway, I enjoyed it and the music, the times...took me back.
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