Sandy's tree trimming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

'Lost Sierra'

Johnsville - Plumas County, Sierra Nevada's, northern California. 

Population 21 (2010 census).  Elevation 5,205 ft.  Founded in 1849 as a gold mining camp.

 

Heading up

 Eureka Peak, up above Johnsville (elevation 7,447 ft).

Center of town.

 

Johnsville's historic "longboard" ski bowl.   https://plumasskiclub.org/web/index.php

 

 

Matt's dog named "BB".  A unique breed, a McNab, known for working cattle & for their fierce loyalty.

The chicken book

 

Lola & Bella prepping for our fancy vegan, Thanksgiving supper.

 

 

 

homemade Harvest pie.  Good, all so good.

 

election day

After early morning voting (with an unneeded, extremely long and cumbersome ballot) - I spent the next 3 hours thankfully, on a planned walk-about of old-growth paths, through the area's historical coastal settlement at Spanish Point. Heading home I stopped for lunch at Connors Bar & Grill.

Florida is a deep Red State. And it immediately showed. An excited blonde middle-aged woman pulled up a stool next to me. With hat in hand, she proudly shared with me her familiar approval.

 

lost a buddy today .......

on the operating table. 

Knuckles 2009-2022

 

 

 

 

he loved to sing, right to the end.

Time to let him go

Today, thirty years after his death, I finally released my father's cremated remains - out on a strong outgoing tide of the Hunter's moon - from Siesta Key's, Shell Road, into Sarasota's, Big Pass.  Now a once distant father could be carried far-and-wide across a newly calmed Gulf of Mexico. There he loved to sail.  And, It was about time.

Pages from his 'Rambler's' Log Book.  St. Pete - Havana race, 1956.

 

 

Would you die for your plants?

 Not likely, but it's a factor.

"You know what people don't understand is wherever you choose to live, that's how you have to live."    

Alphonso Poole, 47, a serious-minded gardener.  On living 700 feet from Tampa's bayside waters, referencing Hurricane Ian. 

 

Our front entrance blocked

 

fall preview

It's in the mid-90's, and still at the peak of hurricane season.

The local, Dutch Valley 'Home Cooking' restaurant recently re-worked their dining interior for a new fall look. For added flair, the restaurant's current owner, an elderly Cuban gentleman, threw in a little Latin glitter over-the-top of the original owner's, austere Amish, mural decor of central Pennsylvania.