Friday, July 10, 2009
Lompoc Flowers
Lompoc, California, is well know for its fields of flowers (grown agriculturally as seed crops). At the right time of year, the flowers are a sunning riot of color throughout the fields surrounding the town.
New Poll
I've added a poll to the sidebar of this blog--feel free to give us your feedback, and we shall strive to meet the interested of our readers.
.......assuming we still have any, and you haven't all gotten bored and wandered away because we neglected to post anything lately. ;-)
.......assuming we still have any, and you haven't all gotten bored and wandered away because we neglected to post anything lately. ;-)
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Fire!
A little drama in our corner of town today: as we drove out of town headed to meet a friend (who is visiting from Australia) for lunch, what should we spot but a column of smoke rising above the trees........
As it was a hot day, the wind was blowing, and we weren't sure where it was going, we decided perhaps we'd better make sure it wasn't headed towards our house before we drove away, so we headed out to take a look.
The fire dept was en route (we could hear the sirens) but not on scene when we arrived, and the fire was burning merrily out of control through the tall grass behind the neighborhood homes.
We ended up helping the residents get their panicky horses out of the enclosures and onto safer ground, as well as taking down and moving some fencing to provide the fire trucks with access.
Very fortunately, the residents had taken the wise precaution of mowing the tall dead grass around the homes......had this not been done, the fire would have gotten into some ramshackle outbuildings and quickly spread into several homes from there, well before the fire department would have arrived.
The cavalry came to the rescue soon enough, with flashing lights and shiny firetrucks, not to mention aerial retardant drops (one of which I had the honor of being underneath.......my clothing is now speckled with bright pink Foscheck!)
Fortunately, this one was not the "big one", and the fire dept was able to get in under control fairly quickly.
Interestingly, as we headed out of town, we passed the mop-up operations on two smaller roadside burns.....fire season seems to have arrived in full force.....
As it was a hot day, the wind was blowing, and we weren't sure where it was going, we decided perhaps we'd better make sure it wasn't headed towards our house before we drove away, so we headed out to take a look.
The fire dept was en route (we could hear the sirens) but not on scene when we arrived, and the fire was burning merrily out of control through the tall grass behind the neighborhood homes.
We ended up helping the residents get their panicky horses out of the enclosures and onto safer ground, as well as taking down and moving some fencing to provide the fire trucks with access.
Very fortunately, the residents had taken the wise precaution of mowing the tall dead grass around the homes......had this not been done, the fire would have gotten into some ramshackle outbuildings and quickly spread into several homes from there, well before the fire department would have arrived.
The cavalry came to the rescue soon enough, with flashing lights and shiny firetrucks, not to mention aerial retardant drops (one of which I had the honor of being underneath.......my clothing is now speckled with bright pink Foscheck!)
Fortunately, this one was not the "big one", and the fire dept was able to get in under control fairly quickly.Interestingly, as we headed out of town, we passed the mop-up operations on two smaller roadside burns.....fire season seems to have arrived in full force.....
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I Need a New Roommate!
Unfurnished room for rent in a quiet, spacious home with lots of windows and a front and back porch on a tree-studded 2.5 acre lot in Southwest Atascadero, to a single, non-smoking adult.
The house is on a quiet street that is great for walking or bicycling with a country feel but has quick and easy access to US101 as well as to two different car pool parking lots with bike bins nearby.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is only about 15 minutes away so this makes an ideal environment for a Cal Poly University student.
Your room has hardwood floors and four windows (and thus is light and airy) plus a ceiling fan and has cable television, telephone jacks, and high speed DSL internet jacks as well as a strong internet wi-fi signal.
The room also sports a large walk-in closet with plenty of shelves.
You will share a bathroom with one other roommate as well as have full acess to the rest of the house, which includes a kitchen, washroom (nice washer and dryer), den, living room, and office.
You will also have some space to store some things in a small storage shed in back and there is plenty of parking out in front of the property.
Your rent will be $500 per month plus utilities split three ways, which amounts to about $150 per month for a grand total of about $650 per month which seasonally fluctuates throughout the year depending upon utility use (contingent upon the weather of course).
There is a cat and dog that live in the house but they are clean, quiet, and well-behaved.
If you are interested feel free to contact me and make arrangements to drop by and check the place out.
Colorado Road at San Diego Way
The house is on a quiet street that is great for walking or bicycling with a country feel but has quick and easy access to US101 as well as to two different car pool parking lots with bike bins nearby.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is only about 15 minutes away so this makes an ideal environment for a Cal Poly University student.
Your room has hardwood floors and four windows (and thus is light and airy) plus a ceiling fan and has cable television, telephone jacks, and high speed DSL internet jacks as well as a strong internet wi-fi signal.
The room also sports a large walk-in closet with plenty of shelves.
You will share a bathroom with one other roommate as well as have full acess to the rest of the house, which includes a kitchen, washroom (nice washer and dryer), den, living room, and office.
You will also have some space to store some things in a small storage shed in back and there is plenty of parking out in front of the property.
Your rent will be $500 per month plus utilities split three ways, which amounts to about $150 per month for a grand total of about $650 per month which seasonally fluctuates throughout the year depending upon utility use (contingent upon the weather of course).
There is a cat and dog that live in the house but they are clean, quiet, and well-behaved.
If you are interested feel free to contact me and make arrangements to drop by and check the place out.
Colorado Road at San Diego Way
Friday, June 26, 2009
Gaviota Coast Rockhound Field Trip
I have been a schmuck of late not keeping this blog updated daily with fresh content but that is about to change.
I've also been a schmuck about getting the word out about a rockhounding field trip to the Gaviota Coast that the SLO Gem & Mineral Club is conducting tomorrow, Saturday, June 27, 2009.
We will assemble at the parking lot of the Dinosaur Caves Park in Pismo Beach at 7:30 A.M. tomorrow morning and will wait about 15 minutes and then carpool and caravan down to Gaviota State Park and go from there.
We invite the other two clubs on the Central Coast to join us as well as the general public.
What we hope to find is petrified whale bone and fish fossils and whatever else we might stumble across.
Kimmer
I've also been a schmuck about getting the word out about a rockhounding field trip to the Gaviota Coast that the SLO Gem & Mineral Club is conducting tomorrow, Saturday, June 27, 2009.
We will assemble at the parking lot of the Dinosaur Caves Park in Pismo Beach at 7:30 A.M. tomorrow morning and will wait about 15 minutes and then carpool and caravan down to Gaviota State Park and go from there.
We invite the other two clubs on the Central Coast to join us as well as the general public.
What we hope to find is petrified whale bone and fish fossils and whatever else we might stumble across.
Kimmer
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