A compendium of adventures and other nonsense
Back in 2018, I posted about a song – here is an exerpt:
OMG. I’m listening to the Light Classical station and the song they’re playing is the song my washer and dryer play when they’re done! Liszt “Die Forelle/The Trout.” I was sitting here thinking ‘that sounds so familiar …’ That is so hilarious! Who knew? Continue reading “A Familiar Song”
My usual morning routine includes sometimes watching ‘Kelly and Ryan.’ And sometimes, when it’s over I leave the TV on – it’s followed by The Price is Right. A few months ago I left the TV on and was kind of listening as I did stuff around the house, when I heard “your prize is a 3 night / 4 day trip to Carmel California!!!” Continue reading “Another (funny) coinkeedink”
Last week I decided to visit a little shop in town called The Nut Hut https://thenuthut.com/. They have a bunch of different things, including nuts (of course) and other little giftie things. I’ve walked past there quite a few times but finally decided to stop in. Continue reading “Another Coinkeedink”
Once I arrived in Carmel I found a few workshops that I was interested in, starting with some at Pilgrim’s Way Community Bookstore and Secret Garden https://www.pilgrimsway.com/. Consider this local bookstore if you’re looking to get a book – they have an extensive website and can order books for you. Plus they’re just a cool little store! Continue reading “Catching Up and Another Miracle”
(Apologies again for how long it’s been since I’ve written an entry! I think I’m going to add a day or more per week with appointments on my calendar to update the Blog so it doesn’t go for so long anymore)
Anyway, friend Angus came to visit me at the end of January so we did a little sight seeing, hitting Point Lobos, Big Sur (specifically Bixby Bridge and Nepenthe), places around Carmel, including a concert at the Sunset Center – Live at Lincoln Center Jazz, The Monterey Aquarium, and some general driving around the area. Here are a bunch of photos: Continue reading “More Catching Up”
I went back down to the beach a few days later when the sun was out. From the following photos you can really tell how much sand eroded away. From what I understand, this happens often during winter storms but perhaps a bit more than usual this time. Anyway, also from what I hear the sand will build itself up again later in the year, so all’s good. Continue reading “Catching Up – After the Storm”
Okay, I have definitely been remiss in updating my blog, since my last post was almost a month ago. Oops!
So, there were some BIG storms here hitting the coast of CA in January 2023. Atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones were among the words being thrown around. I fared all right – my apartment is probably about a half mile uphill from the ocean and not near any rivers so I didn’t really have to worry about flooding. And I didn’t lost power for any great length of time, so that was good. Continue reading “Catching Up – Big Storm!”
(I just want to make an aside note here – I couldn’t log into the blog one day in November. After several attempts, I did a Google search and it said something about needing to change my cookie settings, which made no sense to me, so I sat on things for a while because I didn’t feel like dealing with it. At any rate, a few days ago I had the idea to put in a trouble ticket with the people that host my blogsite, ICDSoft. They not only fixed the issue and replied within about 2 minutes, but they showed me what the fix was. There was some coding that had fancy quotes – the curved ones, instead of the simple ones like this one: ‘ and they had to change them to the simple ones and I was back in business! YAY! and kudos to ICDSoft – they are GREAT if you’re ever looking for someplace to host your stuff! Okay, now, on with the show!) Continue reading “A Big Miracle”
Our hike this time was the Britt Trails which is just above the amphitheater in town. Continue reading “Catching Up Part 7 – Hiking in Jacksonville and going for a ride”
So, there was an eclipse on October 25, but it wasn’t viewable from the US. But, I had a bit of a weird day that day. Continue reading “Weird Day”
This day’s hike was on the East Applegate Ridge Trail. Continue reading “Catching Up Part 6 – Hiking nearby Jacksonville, OR”
One of the regular daily routines was taking Bob and Maggie for a walk. Jay and I went to Forest Park which is west of Jacksonville. Continue reading “Catching Up Part 5 – Hiking nearby Jacksonville, OR”
We decided to walk around Jacksonville one evening. I didn’t realize that there used to be a Chinatown there! Continue reading “Catching Up Part 4 – around Jacksonville, OR”
Okay, I warn you now that there are a TON of photos in this post. I probably won’t write much because I think the pictures say it all! Enjoy! Jay took me on a little day trip up to Crater Lake OR. I’d never been there before and it was absolutely stunning! Continue reading “Catching Up Part 3 – Crater Lake, OR”
Oops! I completely forgot to add all of the things I did when I was up in Oregon! Just noticed it today, so I’ll be playing catch-up (as you can tell from the title) Continue reading “Catching Up Part 2 – Ferndale, CA”