Skywatch Friday ~ Hillside about to change

This is what it looks like right before a piece of land is developed.This is Signal Hill in the town of Norco California.

It rises about 600 feet above the valley floor and during WWII it was atop this hill that plane spotters sat watch and communications antennas rose.

This is the “street” side  of the hill, the other side is the home of the US Navel Weapons and Tactical Command. Locally still known as the Naval Ordinance Lab, a leftover term from the 1960s.

I was driving by and noticed a few boulders at the foot of the hill had been moved to an artfully arranged pile , a sure sign of the bulldozers to come next. I looked up the hill and pulled into the lot across the street to take these photos. There are three guys at the top of the frame, likely engineers or surveyors and below them is their Humvee, could be from the Navel center or not ,can’t tell .

There are no roads on this side of the hill so that had to be a great ride up and down again!

I will be watching for future posts on what is built .

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Skywatch Friday~Heat,Squirrels,Fire&Fog

This had been a busy,strange week here in Corona.

Early in the week we had low humidity and high temps , now on Thursday morning we have cool fog and mddle 70’s!

Nov.2nd Monday:

A lovely Smog-set, poor air quality= beautiful sunsets.

Tuesday Nov 3rd:

Twelve O’clock noon,temprature 92 degrees, humidity in the 9-15% range.

A Squirrel takes respite in the narrow shade offered by a roadside marker, I do not disturb his furitive rest with a photo, seemed too intrusive.

Across the valley to the Northwest a brush fire has just broken out along the  untended hillsides of Hwy.60.

Caused by a truck with a broken exhaust system the fire caused little damage ,the water dropping planes and ‘copters based at Brackett Field a couple miles away, saw the smoke and went into action right away. All put out the same day.

The low pressure system heading our way from the South yesterday afternoon. This is on the I -15 South near Clinton-Keith road.

And today there is fog…

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Grocery store rant

So….I have been to a total of 4 “grocery stores” this weekend. That is too many.

The issue is partly my concern about eating cleaner, less processed,no added or refined sugar laden foods.

I am really OK with going to a couple stores but not 4 and still not have all the items I wanted for the week.

The Stores are all advertising how they have “lowered prices” in this economy however they have also lowered the selection of products available to the shopper.

Where there once was a 8-12 type/brand choice of coffee at Sams there are only 3 ground and 4 whole bean choices today. I am spoiled by the “On the Border” tortilla chips there and the pharmacy price on Aleve is very low.

So…we went on to the Walmart,no coffee there either, I am not looking for an exotic brand ,just Maxwell house breakfast blend.

So I bought cinnamon , scent free fabric softener and blackberry S/F Smuckers jam.

On we go to Albertsons where I normally purchase S/F cookies for Bob and speciality deli meat.

Only one flavor of cookie is there so we have reg. chocolate chip which is OK but a variety is nice. No pepper salami anymore and the brand of pastrami is less than I like in quality. Now I know I sound too picky to  be allowed to live but really , to have a good meal is one of the only ways we treat ourselves these days .

So the Stater Brothers visit was on Friday and was only for milk, toilet paper and Sobe and apples.

I still have not found the White Vermont cheddar I wanted.

May be later in the week I will trek to the Ralphs across town.

I may have to just learn to make do with the lesser selection at one or two stores a week because I found myself really angry and hating the general public who were mooing  at me to join their herd as they trundled through the aisles.

Oh lord I sound like Niles Crane.   So what…I deserve Vermont  White Cheddar.

I had disappointment for lunch.

 

Happy Halloween !

The Friday morning sun on the kitchen Jack-O-Lantern with our hazy,flat blue skies out the window.

Everyone have a safe and happy Halloween tonight!

 

Skywatch Friday S4/E15

Just a really different view of a hot day in Southern California.

Temps were in the high 8Os, there was a nice little breeze and this cloud rolled over the coastal range to the West of us and just drifted very slowly until the breeze started reshaping it over the 3 O’Clock sun.

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Autumn Farmers market

Just a couple views of our local Farmers Market and the Autumn bounty.

Those Brussel Sprouts were SO fresh ! Right off the stalk!

This is what I brought home .

 

Skywatch Friday Cloudy & Rainy

Finally we had some good rain in Southern California this week!

These were taken Wednesday early afternoon, it had been a nice steady drizzle since Tuesday evening. Temprature was about 68 degrees and the wind was a nice easy 10-12 mph this time of day , just lovely.

That was our 24 hours of Autumn weather.

Today is clear , sunny with sharp blue skies and the temp should reach 92 degrees!

More of same for tomorrow then we drop back to a normal Autumn temp range of middle 8Os the rest of the week.

The rain was so nice and welcome , perhaps more will still arrive this month, perhaps…

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Skywatch S4/E12

A little bit of urban graffiti  of the non-paint type.

These signs are above quite a few intersections around here, not sure what they are saying exactly,could be a “B” ,Eyes, Boobs,Eyes on the intersection or some brand I am just not getting!

They are on a sturdy rope with metal fittings thrown over the wire and then towed or flung out to the middle of the line above the street. Quite a lot of work really!

Nothing but blue ,slightly windy skies here the last couple of days.

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Route 66 Shindig Sunset Skywatch S/4E11

This weeks Sky Watch is brought to you by … Rat Rods and Rock and Roll!

This was taken at the Route 66 Show last weekend.

This is a huge Car show held in San Bernardino each year . This year there was a new area , Von Hot Rod’s Shindig! Cars of the Kustom with a K style were invited , The stage had Rockabilly bands ,Pinstripers weilded their brushes on everything from entire cars to girls fingernails!

The 1948 Chevy Delivery in the corner is ours. My DH is the Ringmaster of the Pinstripers Circus and also DJed the show.

A good time was had by all!

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Skywatch Friday Mural S4/E10

The Southern California sky here in the inland empire has been  well, dull to say the least.

Hazy brownish blue is about the best we can muster this week so I have included the lovely wall mural of one of our favorite Mexican food places,El Torero!

The sky betwen the trees is what it has looked like all week , blah.

Autumn will be here soon though and the sky will improve!

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