Well, since everyone seems to be ok, I will just be sitting here on the West Coast. Quietly amused.

It is really, really windy here today- the wind chimes are being tossed about and letting the whole world know it. The one lone ash tree that hadn't dumped all of its leaves yet is now being stripped of them by force. La. At least this means the air quality is good- no smog. Allergins, on the other hand ( Read more... )

Ever since I was a kid, I realized that most pictures of Christmas decorations were not taken where I lived ( Read more... )

Aka, the Four Seasons of S. California.

Well, scratch out 'riot' and replace it with 'winds'. We've been hit with Santa Ana conditions- ie, high winds coming down through the mountain passes from the north. They drop our humidity down to nil, and usually in the Summer time hit us with a heat wave ( Read more... )

There is marine fog hanging overhead, and breaking off into bits and pieces and drifting inland- much like icebergs off of a glacier. It is cool enough that its a good thing I brought a pullover- though I didn't pack socks for my sandals. >_ ( Read more... )

I am off to Morro Bay!

... After a bit of last minute packing, ie, computer off and in its case. La.

Catch y'all there!

New icon! Which is relevant to my post.

When I was visiting with saphyria and her family, often they'd mention places they had gone to- just off driving. Missouri. Mississippi. Tennesse. So on, and so forth. North, South, East and West. All sorts of places relatively nearby ( Read more... )

Yesterday my parents and I went to the LA County Fair- the first time for me in quite a few years. Now, we're not much into rides and carnivale games, so the question came down to- what did the three of us really want to see ( Read more... )

So, the Station Fire (as the one that started in La Can~ada Flintridge (how do you put a tilde over a 'n'?) is being called) is still going strong. Yesterday's news report says they aren't expecting full containment til Sept 15. Ie, two weeks ( Read more... )

So OHAI bout of me being a bit antisocial- in the way where I mostly just want to curl up with a project to work on and a movie to watch. Seeing something on the news about how women who are single, lonely, and thereby depressed have greater heart health risks may have added to it. *wry* As if I already didn't have (minor) factors in that area to ( Read more... )