Skywatch Friday New Year’s Eve

Well here we are again at the end of an entire year , hurtling toward the new one only hours away.

Even a cynic harbors a smidge of hope that the fresh  calendar will bring good days ahead.

This is the leading edge of a one day rain event  rolling in from the Pacific over the Santa Ana mountains on the afternoon of Dec.29th.

Go out and make 2010 a good year !

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3 comments January 1, 2010

Merry Gumby Christmas Skywatch Friday!

This is a giant metal Gumby that resides in this guys yard all year with his pal Pokey across the driveway.

He has donned a Santa hat and holds a string of lights for the season.

Have a great Holiday week everyone!

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6 comments December 25, 2009

First Winter Snow ! Skywatch Friday

First Southern California Snow of the season fell last weekend, more should arrive this weekend.

View of Mt. Baldy  from Corona foothills , across Prado dam and the 91/71 interchange.

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2 comments December 11, 2009

Skywatch Friday~December’s Full Cold Moon

This is the Full moon of December, known as the Full Cold Moon or The Long Night Moon.

The hovering light to the left is just a street light  poised to take over the entire planet.

Missed last week because Thanksgiving was super in every way, super fun, super tasty and super full  of friends and family.

Hope every single one of you out there has had a good week too!

I may have had too much coffee this morning!!!

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2 comments December 4, 2009

Cactus Flower Moon on Skywatch Friday

Two striking photos this week.

The clear bright blue Autumn sky above a lovely Cactus flower,multi hued leaning over the front yard wall. I have never seen this cactus bloom in multi-color until this year and never so tall ,about 11 feet up!

Very glad I took this picture when I did, the ladies next door cut it down to use about 3 hours later!

This sliver of a moon rose about 6 pm tonight, I took this on my way home from work. Outside temp about 76 degrees , a lovely Autumn moonrise and a cooling trend on the way, perfection or close enough!

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11 comments November 20, 2009

Skywatch Friday ~ Hillside about to change

This is what it looks like right before a piece of land is developed.Cimg0435This 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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6 comments November 12, 2009

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.

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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.

CIMG0417Caused 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.

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And today there is fog…

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12 comments November 5, 2009

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.

3 comments November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween !

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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!

Add comment October 31, 2009

Skywatch Friday S4/E15

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

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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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5 comments October 23, 2009

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This is the list in the original form to see updates and items attained go to the posts and scroll down to the first one. 1. Attend Rancid concert! 2. Renew Disneyland passes 3. Buy 3 pieces of original art from the artist (0/3) 4. Learn to prepare Artichokes properly 5. Listen to 3 jazz artists new to me (0/3) 6. Listen to 3 classical artists new to me (0/3) 7. Clean and maintain the cubbys on my desk 8. Fill the extra trash bin with de-clutter stuff 10 times (0/10) 9. Attend a cheese tour / tasting 10. Clean up file box info and make legible 11. Have sushi with Ayleen 12. Read an entire book online 13. Get some kind of exercise 15 minutes a day 5 days a week for a month (maybe this will become a habit!) 14. Write a will with instructions for finding everything 15. Clean out the cupboard in the playroom 16. Post 3 book reviews on Amazon (0/3) 17. Attend a musical with Bob 18. Rehome 11 books in 60 days (0/11) 19. Ride the metrolink or other public transit 20. Eat lunch in the park with a friend 21. Visit a Museum 22. Start a blog of my own 23. Patch my Levis from 2007! 24. Rehome unused cookbooks 25. Write 3 poems (0/3) 26. Clean and organize pan cupboard 27. Buy 3 more cookie sheets 28. Send 3 Thank You/ Compliment letters 29. Clean and purge junk from playroom 30. Say something positive and or optimistic daily 31. Visit Texas 32. Visit the US Southeast 33. Visit the Pacific Northwest 34. Get a Hula Hoop to play with! 35. Clean and empty the stairwell 36. Clean and condense the desk drawers 37. Put all important papers in the firebox 38. Attend 3 local events of any type (0/3) 39. Order , track and receive 11 “free” things (0/11) 40. Do three “different” GPS exercises (like Letterboxing) 41. Learn to swear more creatively 42. Prepare and consume 3 veggies I have never tried (0/3) 43. Make all the pillowcases I have been holding fabric for. 44. Throw out all old worn out shoes…really, all of them! 45. Clean the Geo out! 46. Tour some model homes in Southern and Central California 47. See the new Ontario Ice Hockey team play 48. Visit Germany 49. Close out SleepingBeagle with BOE 50. Support political issues in an open manner 51. Oppose Political candidates/issues in a gentle manner 52. Visit a So Cal archeological dig site 53. Find a good Winter scent to wear 54. Read a comic that is new to me every month for 6 months (0/6) 55. Find /buy/use a good water bottle 56. Learn to use the TDS 800 at work 57. Kitchen curtains , make/buy replacements 58. Wear my hair 3 different ways in a week (0/3) 59. Read another Graphic Novel 60. Send more e-cards to more people! 61. Finish adding family I am aware of to Geni tree 62. Have a game night with another couple 63. re-season and use the cast iron pans 64. Get a third lunchbox 65. Try 3 new teas (0/3) 66. Maintain this blog at least monthly for the 1001 days 67. Write titles and names as I think of them 68. List all the interesting words I run across 69. Send Ellen real cards on random holidays 70. Buy / Make a new ren faire bodice 71. Develop a persona for AOA Acts of Anarchy 72. Make a pizza from scratch (thanks Ayleen) 73. Learn to fold a paper crane /raven/bird 74. Write a half dozen Haiku 75. Use my AAA discount more often at least 6 times (0/6) 76. List the smells in my neighborhood 77. Bookmark and read National Geographic 78. Organize the upstairs shelves 79. Do 6 of the 100 Kerismith.com projects (0/12) 80. Place 3 new Geocaches (0/3) 81. Clear out backyard shed /keep very little 82. Clean and ready patio for use by May 5th 2009 83. Smile more while doing daily tasks 84. Attend some kind of different con/show 85. Sell 11 un used things from house on eBay 86. Get new lopping shears 87. Drink more tea ~ eat more fruit~ 88. Get a little camera and carry it often 89. Learn to use photo software better 90. Visit a lighthouse 91. Take a class 92. See the entire new Dr Who series (David Tennent one) 93. Cut out as much paper billing as possible 94. Learn the basic history of 6 California towns new to me 95. Read something by Joan Didion that is new to me 96. Remove the Sleepingbeagle Myspace 97. Label old photos with names and years as I find them 98. Place old photos in better boxes 99. Carry out drain cleaning monthly 100. Buy a WOOT.com item! 101. Gently dust the Javalina

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