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My apples and cherries did get a full bloom but we will see what survives the last three days of low 20 degree temperatures. The garlic and onions don't care, kale is fine, the radishes are reluctant. It has been cold enough to have to put additional cover over the plants in the greenhouse and...

I'd ask the location of these delicious treats but I do recall when my roommate said she would have to shoot me.

That is the very sad truth. I became an educator more than 40 years ago because I thought I could inspire, that I could "be the change I wanted to see". I only rarely poke my head out now too.

And if nothing changes nothing is "sustainable". Nearly every day I count my blessings that I am not young and I have no offspring.

I think that is a much better description of my attitude as well. And I was amused especially because I was accused of cynical non-participation after writing up and sending off my ideas and participating in zoom meetings while they refused to consider what I (and a couple of other people...

When I was at San Jose State they sold an unlimited number of parking permits. It was commonly referred to a a hunting permit. I rode a bike. I don't see this going well at all. If they don't want to set up some kind of station to issue permits and keep count it seems pretty clear that they...

It must be a little difficult to gain support for the protection of ancient art when acting as a "protector" seems to require that one treat anyone who wants to see the art as a jerk who will destroy it. I mean - I get it. And I get it - in that I understand the viewpoint of the "protectors"...

Pear blossoms froze but it is beginning a second flush of bloom. Apple blossoms are beginning to open. Now we need some pollinators. Saw a few bees yesterday but as my sister said - coulda been one bee a few times.

Seem to be standard to blame a government agency of some kind. I suspect it is the precursor to a lawsuit.( *edit below) A few people have mentioned age and physical ability. Ever since the flat tire (at Potts Ranch) I think long and hard about the location risks and pay better attention to the...

Been an Ocelot on a Tundra at June Mountain this season, tele skier, not very gregarious - I called out "Hail, fellow All Terrain owner" and he just looked at me.

If you are planning a trip south on Hwy 395: Gardnerville NV - generally below $5/gal Topaz - also below $5 Walker - $5.99 Bridgeport - $6.99 (don't expect this to drop - ever again) Lee Vining - Shell was $6.69, Chevron $6.99 June Lake Junction Shell was $6.49 and that is the extent of my...

I travel alone so I plot all possible routes (on real paper - not just a tiny screen) and consider all possible problems before I leave home (well, there was that flat tire time - but now I know how to change a tire) If I am going to one of those huge Nevada valleys I carry a substantial...

I have not been to the Alabama Hills for eight years - doubt I'll ever go back. Even back then it had long since been the most horrifyingly trashed place I had ever attempted to camp. Ski mentions poop, I got sick of crunching glass beneath my shoes with just about every step. And the Tuttle...

I pretty much nailed it except the number of travel trailers.

So after a couple of months of "spring" we are going cold again. We will bring the orchids and succulents and geraniums back inside - where I do not know as the greenhouse is full of vegetable plants. My pear tree is in full bloom and the apples are budded up. I think this may be another year...

That reminds me of the time I was ticketed for an off-leash dog that did not belong to me because I also had a dog (on a leash) and the off-leash one did not have a license. I tried the Peter Seller's "that's not my dog", accent and all, but the ranger was not at all amused. Neither was I as the...

I jacked up my Toyota T-100/4wheel camper with the jack that came with the truck. At first the jack was driven into the ground (it was dry and crusty on the surface but gooey and wet a few inches down) but I found a piece of lumber in the nearby fire ring which solved the problem. The camper was...

I have as well. I like bumps. And when wearing old in the boot stretch pants in the spring the black and yellow knee pads were on the outside.

Free the Heel, Plant the Face. My ski history: Fischer Touring Crowns - ankle high leather boots Fischer Europas- Hireling leather boots - above the ankle a few pairs of old Rossignol skis with various tele bindings and plastic boots! I cannot remember all the Tua skis I had over the years...

I remember it. I lived within sight of my high school but I was supposed to tuned up and ready to play at second bell (orchestra) and I rarely was.

THAT is a beautiful sight!

My take is that one is required to watch the video and take they test and carry the permit.so as to remove the ignorance defense from the table. But then again I encountered some $#%^@ with a campfire in one of those portable rings in a dispersed site in summer 2020. I told them there were in...

I had a locking door to the gas cap on my '96 T-100. The lock was fouling and finally would not turn at all so I pried the door open with a screwdriver and eventually had to remove the door entirely. So I put on a locking cap. Then the cap lock jammed and I pried it off with a screwdriver. I...

My words were different but you did capture the sentiment. Their lawyer says they have never committed a crime but then there is this: Further, Travis received a felony weapons charge for unlawfully and intentionally converting "a firearm into a machine gun or knowingly manufacture a machine...

"Reckless Arson" arrest on Caldor Fire https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/father-son-arrested-accused-of-arson-in-starting-caldor-fire/ the rest of what I am thinking I will keep to myself