So, just some pics. These were a couple of weeks ago.
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Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
19 January 2011
Just some pics
I'm intending to write. In fact, if you are interested in some Christmas items, i'm planning a give away in the next few days. I've just been overwhelmed with all the stuff i've to do at home.
So, just some pics. These were a couple of weeks ago.
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So, just some pics. These were a couple of weeks ago.
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18 July 2010
Look what wandered into our parking lot!
I was on my way out on Wednesday evening when i saw this in the parking lot at work:
It is a mama duck with three ducklings. My office is on a busy street & the mama had been out in the street with these three. A lady from an apartment complex next door shooed them into our parking lot.
She wanted to catch them & take them to a nearby duck pond, because, frankly, they were going to get smooshed in the busy street. Lori & i tried to help. We got the ducklings, but i messed up catching the mama. Once the babies were caught, she flew away but kept circling the building. The lady who shooed them said, "Oh well, i can take the babies to the rescue place & they'll raise them." Lori & i strongly felt that they shouldn't be taken away. As a compromise, we left them in an open box in the parking lot (it doesn't get any traffic after hours) to see if the mama would come back. I haven't heard the outcome yet.
I left when i did so that we didn't all get in an argument about this. I am an animal lover, but not to the PETA extreme. I may have strong feelings about something, but i'm not going to argue with a stranger over how to handle the ducks. I already felt that we messed up & the babies shouldn't be taken from mama. I meant to call Lori on Friday & find out what happened.
I've been thinking about something i think is senseless. In movies or on TV sometimes someone will make someone else angry & they yell, "I'll teach you!" and then they shoot them dead. "I'll teach you?" Seriously? Teach implies that they can learn & change. Killing is kind of closing the door on teaching.
Duane sometimes gets upset with our cats or animals in the neighborhood. He wants to "teach them a lesson" but, i'm sorry, animals don't learn unless you can catch them at that very moment. Otherwise, it just isn't happening. Even then it is questionable. If i see a squirrel chewing on the wood of my deck, i can make him stop by squirting him with water, but i'm not sure it "teaches" him not to do it.
We have "taught" our cats to not shred toilet paper or paper towels by putting those items in a place where the cats can't get to it. That won't ever stop them or truly teach them when they have a chance to shred that. You can't teach a cat not to knock things off a table or shelf if they enjoy doing that. You can only teach them that if they are caught they will be punished.
We had loud birds screaming outside our window very early this AM as the bird feeder is now empty. Duane thinks that "teaching them" will be to never put out food again.
We attended the Methodist church this AM. Of all the churches we have visited thus far, i think i like it best for form of service, music, & length of service. It also was friendly. I doubt i'll ever really want to "join" a church again, but this is one where i wouldn't mind attending semi-regularly. Thus far. Once is not enough to know, i suppose. Also, i'll be frank, much as i liked a number of good points, the sermon was a bit on the "fluff" side for me. Now, it spoke to me very much (about letting go, rather than bite down & hang on like a dog on a chew toy), but she carried the analogy all the way thru & only minimally touched on the scripture. I think i would find that irritating if it was a weekly occurrence.
I threw in some pics from when Eva & i were down by the Santa Ana River. Here is another one as well:
It shows how much snow was left on Mount San Gorgonio on 7 July. Having snow still this late in the season is unusual. We had a hot week last week, however, & nearly all the snow is gone now. Our high for the year so far was 84F yesterday. Lows are still around 50 at night. We got some rain off & on for a few days, & so it has been more humid than is normal for us.
The AM i was to put Eva on the train to San Diego, Duane woke up & said, "I miss her already & she's not even gone yet." Which kind of makes me wonder about re-visiting the adoption issue, but i don't think we can.
We talked about it, & there are simply too many obsticles in the way of us adopting. My energy is one. Eva was very self-entertaining. I didn't "feel like a mama" while she was with us. She was a guest, tho perhaps younger than most that we have. I didn't tell her to help me with making dinner, or that this or that needed to be done. She read books & went places with us & demanded little to nothing of us & we demanded little to nothing of her. Parenting would be very, very different.
She's back in KY now. It was fun to have her while we did. I hope she knows we care, for i've a feeling that might make a difference to her in the next year or so. Her family is going thru so much.
The bumper Duane ordered for That Jeep finally arrived. It is very heavy & has a hitch mounted in it. We have had fun trying to get it attached. (Well, Duane mostly.) He broke off an internal nut when trying to force a bolt inside. I kept telling him the bolt was too big for the hole & he kept stubbornly trying to make it work. I threaded one of the smaller bolts right in & it fit fine. His side got stuck & it broke something internal he can't fix. I'm having a hard time not saying "I told you so!" (I think i have, a couple of times now.)
I think everyone is out enjoying summer, although So Cal has been very hot the last few days. No one seems to be posting on blogs or FB or commenting. I tell myself, "they have lives" but i'm lonely. I miss folks. :) Our cell phones were off for 3 days (we think it was after a lightening strike). Just got back coverage yesterday, but now it won't let me call anyone as "the network is busy." We are considering changing from Sprint (after almost 10 years) to Verizon. We'll see.
This was posted on FB by a massage school where i took some classes long ago, so i leave you with this final thought for the day: Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
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It is a mama duck with three ducklings. My office is on a busy street & the mama had been out in the street with these three. A lady from an apartment complex next door shooed them into our parking lot.
She wanted to catch them & take them to a nearby duck pond, because, frankly, they were going to get smooshed in the busy street. Lori & i tried to help. We got the ducklings, but i messed up catching the mama. Once the babies were caught, she flew away but kept circling the building. The lady who shooed them said, "Oh well, i can take the babies to the rescue place & they'll raise them." Lori & i strongly felt that they shouldn't be taken away. As a compromise, we left them in an open box in the parking lot (it doesn't get any traffic after hours) to see if the mama would come back. I haven't heard the outcome yet.
I left when i did so that we didn't all get in an argument about this. I am an animal lover, but not to the PETA extreme. I may have strong feelings about something, but i'm not going to argue with a stranger over how to handle the ducks. I already felt that we messed up & the babies shouldn't be taken from mama. I meant to call Lori on Friday & find out what happened.
I've been thinking about something i think is senseless. In movies or on TV sometimes someone will make someone else angry & they yell, "I'll teach you!" and then they shoot them dead. "I'll teach you?" Seriously? Teach implies that they can learn & change. Killing is kind of closing the door on teaching.
Duane sometimes gets upset with our cats or animals in the neighborhood. He wants to "teach them a lesson" but, i'm sorry, animals don't learn unless you can catch them at that very moment. Otherwise, it just isn't happening. Even then it is questionable. If i see a squirrel chewing on the wood of my deck, i can make him stop by squirting him with water, but i'm not sure it "teaches" him not to do it.
We have "taught" our cats to not shred toilet paper or paper towels by putting those items in a place where the cats can't get to it. That won't ever stop them or truly teach them when they have a chance to shred that. You can't teach a cat not to knock things off a table or shelf if they enjoy doing that. You can only teach them that if they are caught they will be punished.
We had loud birds screaming outside our window very early this AM as the bird feeder is now empty. Duane thinks that "teaching them" will be to never put out food again.
We attended the Methodist church this AM. Of all the churches we have visited thus far, i think i like it best for form of service, music, & length of service. It also was friendly. I doubt i'll ever really want to "join" a church again, but this is one where i wouldn't mind attending semi-regularly. Thus far. Once is not enough to know, i suppose. Also, i'll be frank, much as i liked a number of good points, the sermon was a bit on the "fluff" side for me. Now, it spoke to me very much (about letting go, rather than bite down & hang on like a dog on a chew toy), but she carried the analogy all the way thru & only minimally touched on the scripture. I think i would find that irritating if it was a weekly occurrence.
I threw in some pics from when Eva & i were down by the Santa Ana River. Here is another one as well:
It shows how much snow was left on Mount San Gorgonio on 7 July. Having snow still this late in the season is unusual. We had a hot week last week, however, & nearly all the snow is gone now. Our high for the year so far was 84F yesterday. Lows are still around 50 at night. We got some rain off & on for a few days, & so it has been more humid than is normal for us.
The AM i was to put Eva on the train to San Diego, Duane woke up & said, "I miss her already & she's not even gone yet." Which kind of makes me wonder about re-visiting the adoption issue, but i don't think we can.
We talked about it, & there are simply too many obsticles in the way of us adopting. My energy is one. Eva was very self-entertaining. I didn't "feel like a mama" while she was with us. She was a guest, tho perhaps younger than most that we have. I didn't tell her to help me with making dinner, or that this or that needed to be done. She read books & went places with us & demanded little to nothing of us & we demanded little to nothing of her. Parenting would be very, very different.
She's back in KY now. It was fun to have her while we did. I hope she knows we care, for i've a feeling that might make a difference to her in the next year or so. Her family is going thru so much.
The bumper Duane ordered for That Jeep finally arrived. It is very heavy & has a hitch mounted in it. We have had fun trying to get it attached. (Well, Duane mostly.) He broke off an internal nut when trying to force a bolt inside. I kept telling him the bolt was too big for the hole & he kept stubbornly trying to make it work. I threaded one of the smaller bolts right in & it fit fine. His side got stuck & it broke something internal he can't fix. I'm having a hard time not saying "I told you so!" (I think i have, a couple of times now.)
I think everyone is out enjoying summer, although So Cal has been very hot the last few days. No one seems to be posting on blogs or FB or commenting. I tell myself, "they have lives" but i'm lonely. I miss folks. :) Our cell phones were off for 3 days (we think it was after a lightening strike). Just got back coverage yesterday, but now it won't let me call anyone as "the network is busy." We are considering changing from Sprint (after almost 10 years) to Verizon. We'll see.
This was posted on FB by a massage school where i took some classes long ago, so i leave you with this final thought for the day: Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
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22 June 2010
Today, when we got to the Farmer's Market at about 9.30, we could see fire on the North Shore. It was being taken care of. News reports that it was resolved by about 11.30 AM. At one point flames were clearly visible (looked like a large tree was engulfed) but i didn't get the camera ready in time to get the pics.
The copter was dropping water siphoned from the lake, the plane some form of fire retardant.
Which road would you rather travel:
The first is our trip into OC this AM - & i don't think Duane caught as much traffic as there really was. At times you can't see all that traffic as well as at others. Definitely FasTrak (the toll road) paid for itself. We probably saved 30 - 45 minutes in travel time.
The second pic is the road into Holcomb Valley taken on Saturday was we were out "picture hunting."
Yes, the second is where i'd much rather be! But traveling the first means we can afford to live where the second is only minutes away. :)
I keep meaning to write about the book O Me of Little Faith at my other blog. Frankly it is so well written i'm having a hard time, because what can i say but to recommend that you read it?
So glad they got the fire contained.
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The copter was dropping water siphoned from the lake, the plane some form of fire retardant.
Which road would you rather travel:
The first is our trip into OC this AM - & i don't think Duane caught as much traffic as there really was. At times you can't see all that traffic as well as at others. Definitely FasTrak (the toll road) paid for itself. We probably saved 30 - 45 minutes in travel time.
The second pic is the road into Holcomb Valley taken on Saturday was we were out "picture hunting."
Yes, the second is where i'd much rather be! But traveling the first means we can afford to live where the second is only minutes away. :)
I keep meaning to write about the book O Me of Little Faith at my other blog. Frankly it is so well written i'm having a hard time, because what can i say but to recommend that you read it?
So glad they got the fire contained.
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21 June 2010
Yesterday's Pics
Yesterday we went picture hunting.
I've decided to change the header & a couple of side pics for winter/summer. I was going to do all 4 seasons, but the truth is spring & summer don't show all that differently in our coniferous part of the country. If i find i'm wrong next fall i will change, but i don't think so.
So, here we are:
Yeah, i put them up there. Jazz stayed for a while. Mac didn't stay long. Duane caught Jazz while jumping down, but not quite the shot he wanted.
These are the flowers Duane got me for my BD. But i have to put them up high where the cats can't get to them & knock them over. The vase was a wedding gift & i don't get to use it very often.
Isn't the basil beautiful? I wish i could say i grew this, but i bought it at the health food store last week. Duane thinks it smells "stinky" but i like it a lot.
Just different pics of around the lake & the mountains. The crane in one of the above pic is building a new bridge to bypass the road over the dam. The dam is unable to continue to handle the stress of the road on top of it.
Then we ended up at a steak house for dinner with my BD money, but i had crab. They brought me lots of crab, so i'm going to have crabcakes later in the week. :)
I kept trying to get a pic of the moon in the blue, blue sky, but this is the only one that was even close to good.
Isn't this pico de gallo beautiful? I worked so hard on this today to go with Duane's fajitas, which were also a lot of work. I made the pico de gallo with parsley instead of cilantro, because Duane doesn't like cilantro. Turns out he doesn't care for pico de gallo at all. Next time i need not bother. It's ok. It will go into a spaghetti sauce later in the week.
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I've decided to change the header & a couple of side pics for winter/summer. I was going to do all 4 seasons, but the truth is spring & summer don't show all that differently in our coniferous part of the country. If i find i'm wrong next fall i will change, but i don't think so.
So, here we are:
Yeah, i put them up there. Jazz stayed for a while. Mac didn't stay long. Duane caught Jazz while jumping down, but not quite the shot he wanted.
These are the flowers Duane got me for my BD. But i have to put them up high where the cats can't get to them & knock them over. The vase was a wedding gift & i don't get to use it very often.
Isn't the basil beautiful? I wish i could say i grew this, but i bought it at the health food store last week. Duane thinks it smells "stinky" but i like it a lot.
Just different pics of around the lake & the mountains. The crane in one of the above pic is building a new bridge to bypass the road over the dam. The dam is unable to continue to handle the stress of the road on top of it.
Then we ended up at a steak house for dinner with my BD money, but i had crab. They brought me lots of crab, so i'm going to have crabcakes later in the week. :)
I kept trying to get a pic of the moon in the blue, blue sky, but this is the only one that was even close to good.
Isn't this pico de gallo beautiful? I worked so hard on this today to go with Duane's fajitas, which were also a lot of work. I made the pico de gallo with parsley instead of cilantro, because Duane doesn't like cilantro. Turns out he doesn't care for pico de gallo at all. Next time i need not bother. It's ok. It will go into a spaghetti sauce later in the week.
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02 June 2010
1 June . . . Already?
I've had a habit the past 2 years. As near 1 June as possible i take a pic of Mt. San Gorgonio as we go down the mountain. The snow on it varies from year to year. These were all taken from close to the same spot on the road coming down.
I'm also adding these to the mix, for i don't remember Sugarloaf Mountain having snow on it this late in the season before. We've had a long winter. In 2008 we lost all the fruit on our trees due to a late storm (over Memorial Day weekend) & freeze. But this year we've not had much spring as it has largely remained cold until the past couple of weeks. And we had snow/freeze the weekend before Memorial Day holiday weekend. Fortunately, i think we will have some apples. Many seemed to be frosted, but a couple of days later the tree had a lot of blooms still. It is not as spectacular as last year, but i think we will still manage some fruit. :)
Duane seems to be healing well. He did come in to have the doc (chiropractor) work on him today. His L hand/wrist is still very mildly swollen (not much). I did some lymph work on him when he came into the office. Also the doc said that he had put out his shoulder & ribs, but only mildly.
I think i had more to say, but it is late, i'm tired & forgetful. :)
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These two were taken on 2 June 2008.
These two were taken 1 June 2009.
And these three were taken today 1 June 2010. (Rather grey day, today.)
I'm also adding these to the mix, for i don't remember Sugarloaf Mountain having snow on it this late in the season before. We've had a long winter. In 2008 we lost all the fruit on our trees due to a late storm (over Memorial Day weekend) & freeze. But this year we've not had much spring as it has largely remained cold until the past couple of weeks. And we had snow/freeze the weekend before Memorial Day holiday weekend. Fortunately, i think we will have some apples. Many seemed to be frosted, but a couple of days later the tree had a lot of blooms still. It is not as spectacular as last year, but i think we will still manage some fruit. :)
Duane seems to be healing well. He did come in to have the doc (chiropractor) work on him today. His L hand/wrist is still very mildly swollen (not much). I did some lymph work on him when he came into the office. Also the doc said that he had put out his shoulder & ribs, but only mildly.
I think i had more to say, but it is late, i'm tired & forgetful. :)
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30 May 2010
Almost worse
Ok, i bit the bullet & talked to the pastor about what happened Friday. It didn't go very well, in my opinion. I thought i could be brief about it, but i can't, so i moved that part over to my other blog.
We did do a little garage sale-ing yesterday, we went in that Jeep. Yup, after about 5 stops it didn't want to start. It took Duane about 20 minutes to locate the problem & fix it. (We ARE fortunate that way; he's good.) I'm not sure he is likely to get me out in that Thing again. Not until he has a complete set of tools to fix it, anyway.
Duane took a tumble yesterday on his climb. Or, actually, on his descent. He called himself "stupid" & said he was kind of showing off. He had been the fastest to make the ascent, & was coming back down - partially running to pass some other folks, & lost his footing on a rock & scree. He scraped the heel of his L hand, & jarred his L & R wrists & mildly scraped his R elbow.
We washed it & dressed the wounds (myrrh oil & manuka honey). His L wrist didn't bother him much at first. But later it began aching. We tried icing it & i gave him some aspirin, but the pain increased & kept doing so. Finally, near 7 PM he decided that he needed to get it checked.
BUT, he carries Kaiser insurance. The nearest Kaiser facility that would be open by the time we arrived was 1-1/2 hours away. So, down the hill we went. He's had Kaiser insurance since Feb 2009, but this is the first time he's used it. (We may revisit the whole idea of Kaiser because of the distance, except, i don't think there are any BB docs on the other insurance he could get, & we still might not be able to use BB UrgentCare or ER.)
I will say, i was dreading going there on a holiday weekend, but they were very efficient & not too many folks were there. We were in & out in just under 2 hours, so we arrived home not too long after midnight.
It is strained, not broken. (Broken = bone; sprain = ligament; strain = muscle/tendon) We are thankful. They gave him a wrist brace to prevent him from overusing it for a while. He also got Vicoden (he'd never had it before). The Kaiser doc told him he shouldn't do aspirin. (Sorry, Tylenol & Ibuprofen are horrible too, in my opinion.) He took one last night & hasn't seemed to need it since. Also, now that i know that the problem is muscle/tendon (tho i'll make sure he sees the chiropractor this week to check that everything is in place) i can do massage & use my favorite pain cream on him: Boswellin Cream by Nature's Herbs (you can find this at a much better price elsewhere). Good stuff!
These are the pics Duane took from the top of Bertha Peak. More to follow, i'm sure, as he does six more summits in the area. One will be Sugarloaf, the tallest peak around Big Bear Valley, & at least one will be in the mountain range seen in pics 3, 4, & 5 - the ones in the background with snow still on them.
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We did do a little garage sale-ing yesterday, we went in that Jeep. Yup, after about 5 stops it didn't want to start. It took Duane about 20 minutes to locate the problem & fix it. (We ARE fortunate that way; he's good.) I'm not sure he is likely to get me out in that Thing again. Not until he has a complete set of tools to fix it, anyway.
Duane took a tumble yesterday on his climb. Or, actually, on his descent. He called himself "stupid" & said he was kind of showing off. He had been the fastest to make the ascent, & was coming back down - partially running to pass some other folks, & lost his footing on a rock & scree. He scraped the heel of his L hand, & jarred his L & R wrists & mildly scraped his R elbow.
We washed it & dressed the wounds (myrrh oil & manuka honey). His L wrist didn't bother him much at first. But later it began aching. We tried icing it & i gave him some aspirin, but the pain increased & kept doing so. Finally, near 7 PM he decided that he needed to get it checked.
BUT, he carries Kaiser insurance. The nearest Kaiser facility that would be open by the time we arrived was 1-1/2 hours away. So, down the hill we went. He's had Kaiser insurance since Feb 2009, but this is the first time he's used it. (We may revisit the whole idea of Kaiser because of the distance, except, i don't think there are any BB docs on the other insurance he could get, & we still might not be able to use BB UrgentCare or ER.)
I will say, i was dreading going there on a holiday weekend, but they were very efficient & not too many folks were there. We were in & out in just under 2 hours, so we arrived home not too long after midnight.
It is strained, not broken. (Broken = bone; sprain = ligament; strain = muscle/tendon) We are thankful. They gave him a wrist brace to prevent him from overusing it for a while. He also got Vicoden (he'd never had it before). The Kaiser doc told him he shouldn't do aspirin. (Sorry, Tylenol & Ibuprofen are horrible too, in my opinion.) He took one last night & hasn't seemed to need it since. Also, now that i know that the problem is muscle/tendon (tho i'll make sure he sees the chiropractor this week to check that everything is in place) i can do massage & use my favorite pain cream on him: Boswellin Cream by Nature's Herbs (you can find this at a much better price elsewhere). Good stuff!
These are the pics Duane took from the top of Bertha Peak. More to follow, i'm sure, as he does six more summits in the area. One will be Sugarloaf, the tallest peak around Big Bear Valley, & at least one will be in the mountain range seen in pics 3, 4, & 5 - the ones in the background with snow still on them.
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