READ MY BLOG POSTS! (PLEASE!)

Posted on Tuesday 18 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

READ MY BLOG POSTS! (PLEASE!)

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As you can see we’ve been busy.*
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Tasting Flight at Dancin Vineyards – Jacksonville, Oregon

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GBTA 2013! Read the Blog Post!

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Happy Puppies!

Puppy Update! End of January 2017
More Good Advice (for work)!
The Company-of-Foote! (RPFN 1982-1988)
Fruit! Fruit! Fruit!

Fruit! Fruit! Fruit!

Just a Bowl of Berries!

Fruit! Fruit! Fruit!

Watermelon!

PARTY AT GROUND ZERO!
Cook With Me! And Watch Me Cook!
“Where’s The Beef?” (with a Tribute to Clara Peller)
More Fun Recipes!
Disney’s Secret Recipes!

Cooking With Kenny Rogers!

Disney Secret Recipes!

“Where’s The Beef?”

Cooking With Kenny Rogers! (with recipes from Dole)
Today is Friday the 13th, 2017!
I’ve Been Everywhere Man! (Hank Snow & Johnny Cash)
The Battle of New Orleans!
Twelfth Night!
Doug Loves Movies Challenge 366! (The List!)
Hello 2017…. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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恭喜發財! Happy Chinese New Year 2017! 新年好呀！新年好呀！
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The Bluebird Inn Motel in Cambria> http://wp.me/p3dhVM-3gi
Historic Downtown Cambria, California> http://wp.me/p3dhVM-3yI
The Vault Gallery in Cambria, California> http://wp.me/p3dhVM-4lQ
Sweet Offerings Confectionary in Cambria, California!> http://wp.me/p3dhVM-3ik

Moonstone Beach – Cambria, California>
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Return to Paramount Ranch Park in Agoura, California: Part 2 Hiking the Site>
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Return to Paramount Ranch – Agoura, California: Part 1 Western Town>
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Friends of Paramount Ranch 2017 – Agoura, California

The Wabash Cannonball!>
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HAAPPY SAAINT PAATRICK’S DAAY!>
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SPRING FORWARD! HAPPY PURIM! FULL MOON!>
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/spring-forward-full-moon/

Let’s Go To Malibu Beach!>
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/lets-go-to-malibu-beach/

“This is what happens Larry!”>
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/this-is-what-happens-larry/

“This is What Happens Larry!”

Janis Joplin’s Psychedelic 1964 Porsche 356c Cabriolet

Saturday Morning…>
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/saturday-morning/

Procrastination (noun)
-the action of delaying or postponing something
-the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished
-the practice of doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones
-carrying out less urgent tasks instead of more urgent ones
-putting off impending tasks to a later time

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REAL GOOD EATING in the San Fernando Valley!>

Tempura, Sake & Iced Green Tea

All Alone At The Sushi Bar!

Baked Scallop California Roll

Firefly Roll: Spicy Tuna/Albacore

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Pizza Time!

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Mulberry Street Pizza!

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HAPPY EASTER! APRIL 2017

Posted on Sunday 16 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

HAPPY EASTER! HAPPY PASSOVER!

Easter is the first Sunday after the Full Moon following the Spring Equinox.

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Happy Easter!

Spring is in the air!

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Happy Passover!

APRIL 2017:

April Showers!
When it Rains it Pours.
And we’re not talking about the weather.

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Sometimes life gives you lemons….

Lemons!

So, here are some flowers, bunnies and candy for your Easter Sunday!

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American Beauty! “A Red Rose! How Romantic!”

“You’re nobody until some bunnies love you!”

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RABBIT! RABBIT!

RABBIT! RABBIT! RABBIT!

RABBIT! RABBIT!

CHOCOLATE!

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Lillie Belle Farms Handmade Chocolates

Everything’s coming up roses!

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Pretty Roses!

APRIL 2017:
Eating / Cheese (it’s the food group’s theme for April) and Chocolate
Drinking / Espresso, hot and iced

Practicing / PATIENCE?
Mastering / the puppies

Little Bandit and Fuzzy Bear

Learning / MORE LIFE LESSONS
Trying / Hard
Playing / YouTube videos
Finishing / …………….
Reading / “Fake News” and “Wag the Dog” journalism!

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Bunny Lebowski wishes you a Happy Take It Easyster!

Writing / This Blog – FOLLOW US!
Remembering / to “Keep It Together!”
Wearing / Shorts and t-shirts because the weather’s been great!
Cooking / Meatloaf & Roasted Garlic Potatoes (see the recipes)

Meatloaf!

Roasted Garlic Potatoes

Working / for the weekend….
Traveling / Local Motion! But no.
Wanting / Chocolate & caramel

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Cadbury (Caramel) Egg!

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Snoop Bunny! Ferschizzzzzel!

ROSE!

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Pink Rose!

PEANUT M&Ms!

AN ASSORTMENT OF FLOWERS!

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BLOODY MARY!

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Bloody Mary! Sunday Brunch!

MORE CHOCOLATE!

ROSES!

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Easter Roses!

CANDY!

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Candy!

FLOWERS!

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Saturday Farmer’s Market in Ashland, Oregon

Passover is the week-long festival that celebrates the emancipation of the Jews from slavery in ancient Egypt. The story of the Exodus is described in the Bible (the Old Testament) in the Book of Exodus. Moses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt, across the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, where he is given the Ten Commandments and they spend 40 years in the desert before reaching the promised land of Canaan.

“Oooh look, an Easter Bunny!”

“Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time…..”

One Year!
12 Months
52 Weeks
365 Days (366 in a Leap Year)
8760 Hours (8784 in a Leap Year)
525,600 Minutes
31,536,000 Seconds

Tempus fugit! (Time flies)

MORE FLOWERS!

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LA, LA, LA, Nice Lady!

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Cadbury Creme Eggs!

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Flowers at the Farmer’s Market in Ashland, Oregon

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Happy Easter! Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!

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Thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain,
except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The only difference between death and taxes
is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers

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Easter Centerpiece

HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!

Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Easter is the most important Christian holiday celebrating when Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified.

“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!” – Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”

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Just a Bowl of Berries….

A Shot of Vodka
Coffee Liqueur, Half and Half
Serve in a Bunny
A White Russian
In a Chocolate Bunny
Happy Easter Dude!

Ingredients: (serve in hollow chocolate Bunny or Santa)
1 shot Godiva Dark Chocolate (or coffee) Liqueur
1 shot (Salted Caramel) Vodka
A splash of half and half

Ghost Riders in the Sky! A Cowboy Legend with Music & Lyrics!

Posted on Monday 10 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

Ghost Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Ghost Riders in the Sky!

The song tells a folk tale of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits of damned cowboys. One of the riders warns him that if he doesn’t change his ways, he’ll be doomed to join them.

The song presents an image of cowboy hell with doomed riders destined to chase the Devil’s cattle for all eternity. Known by the different titles “Riders in the Sky“, “Ghost Riders“, “Ghost Riders in the Sky” and “A Cowboy Legend“, the song has become a Country & Western Classic!

“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” was written by Stan Jones in 1948.
Stan Jones said he heard the story when he was 12 years old from an old cowboy.
More than 50 performers have recorded their own cover versions of the song.

Burl Ives recorded the original version of the song in February, 1949:

Vaughn Monroe recorded the song in March, 1949 and it went to Number One on the Billboard charts. Here’s a live performance from 1965:

Ghost Riders in the Sky!

“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend“

An old cowboy went ridin’ out one dark and windy day
upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
when all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
plowin’ through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
a bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
for he saw the riders comin’ hard and he heard their mournful cries

chorus:
yippie i ohhh ohh ohh, yippie i aye ye ye
ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred
their shirts all soaked with sweat
he’s ridin’ hard to catch that herd
but he ain’t caught em yet
’cause they got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
on horses snortin’ fire as they ride on, hear their cries

As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name
if you want to save your soul from hell a-ridin’ on our range
then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
tryin’ to catch the devil’s herd across these endless skies

yippie i ohhh oh oh, yippie i aye ye ye
ghost riders in the sky, ghost riders in the sky, ghost riders in the sky…….

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Ghost Rider in the Sky!

The Ventures made a surf rock cover of the song in 1961 and Dick Dale recorded a rockin’ version for his second album “King of the Surf Guitar” which was released in 1963.

The song inspired the 1949 Gene Autry film “Riders in the Sky”
and the film’s tag lines:
“Gene and Champion Ride To Glory!…
as the range echoes to the stirring strains of the great cowboy ballad!”
and
“A GREAT COWBOY BALLAD launches Gene on his most stirring adventure!”

Of course Gene Autry sings “Ghost Riders in the Sky”. A chance meeting with Stan Jones led Autry to buy the rights to the song, and he gave Jones a part in the film. Jones appears as a cowboy riding and singing along with Autry in the opening and closing scenes of the film. The song also inspired the 1953 film “Goldtown Ghost Riders” starring Gene Autry.

Gene Autry, World’s Greatest Cowboy!

Gene Autry RIP (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998):
He made 640 recordings, including more than 300 songs written or co-written by him.
His records sold more than 100 million copies. He has been awarded more than a dozen gold and platinum records, including the first ever certified gold record.
He was awarded 5 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame On February 8, 1960:
for Motion Pictures, Radio, Recording, Television and Live Performance.
He is the only person with 5 stars on the Walk of Fame.
Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1969
Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1972.
Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1979 as a stock contractor.
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, The National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
He received The Songwriters Guild Life Achievement Award and was given a lifetime achievement award from ASCAP.
He was a 33rd Degree Mason, an Honorary Inspector General and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Court of Honor.

He created a code of conduct for his young fans called
“The Cowboy Code”:
1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
3. He must always tell the truth.
4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.
5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. He must help people in distress.
7. He must be a good worker.
8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
9. He must respect women, parents, and his nation’s laws.
10. The Cowboy is a patriot.

“The Lawrence Welk Show”
with Neil LeVang on guitar (1961):

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Johnny Cash:

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Elvis Presley in 1970 (in Culver City, California):

The song also inspired the horror-Western comic-book character the Ghost Rider. After Magazine Enterprises’ trademark ran out, Marvel Comics debuted its own version of the character in “Ghost Rider” #1 in February, 1967. The character was later renamed the Phantom Rider when Marvel debuted the demonic motorcyclist Ghost Rider.

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COMIC BOOK / MARVEL COMICS: Ghost Rider was introduced in 1972’s “Marvel Spotlight” No. 5

Nicolas Cage starred in the 2007 film “Ghost Rider”
and the 2012 sequel “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.”

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The Blues Brothers performed the song in the 1998 film “Blues Brothers 2000.” Their version appears on both the soundtrack and on the album “The Blues Brothers’ Greatest Hits of All Time.” In the film, the band is booked at a bluegrass festival and announced as “The Bluegrass Brothers”. Buster Blues’ harmonica parts were recorded by John Popper of Blues Traveler.

Ghost Riders in the Sky!

The Tubes! Fee Waybill as Lonesome Roger Steen sings “Ghost Riders In The Sky”

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Glen Campbell & Roy Clark:

Ghost Riders in the Sky!

The Doors “Riders on the Storm”

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The Doors – Hollywood Walk of Fame

According to The Doors’ Robby Krieger, it inspired the classic song “Riders on the Storm”

It evolved out of a jam session when the band was messing around with “Ghost Riders In the Sky” and it was Jim Morrison’s idea to alter the title to “Riders On The Storm.” It was also the last song Jim recorded. He went to France and died a few weeks later. If you listen closely, you can hear Jim whispering the lyrics over his singing. Ray Manzarek told Uncut magazine in September 2011: “There’s a whisper voice on ‘Riders on the Storm,’ if you listen closely, a whispered overdub that Jim adds beneath his vocal. That’s the last thing he ever did. An ephemeral, whispered overdub.” The single was released in June 1971, shortly before Morrison’s death.

Doors drummer John Densmore wrote an auto-biographical book called
“Riders On The Storm” about his life with Jim Morrison and The Doors.

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! READ THE NEW AND UPDATED BLOG POSTS!

Posted on Sunday 9 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

Sunday! Sunday!
READ THE NEW AND UPDATED BLOG POSTS!

We have recently updated a few of our older Blog posts and pages
and we have added a number of new Blog posts in March and April!

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CHEERS!

Recently Updated Posts:

Moonstone Beach – Cambria, California
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/moonstone-beach-cambria-california/

Lebowski Haiku!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/lebowski-haiku/

It’s Rex Manning Day 2017!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/its-rex-manning-day/

Pizza Time! Mulberry Street Pizza!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/pizza-time-mulberry-street-pizza/

Return to Paramount Ranch Park in Agoura, California: Part 2 Hiking the Site
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/paramount-ranch-park-agoura-california-part-1/

Return to Paramount Ranch – Agoura, California: Part 1 Western Town>
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/return-to-paramount-ranch-01-apr-13-part-1-western-town/

The Wabash Cannonball!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/the-wabash-cannonball/

HAAPPY SAAINT PAATRICK’S DAAY!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/haappy-saaint-paatricks-daay/

SPRING FORWARD! HAPPY PURIM! FULL MOON!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/spring-forward-full-moon/

Let’s Go To Malibu Beach!
https://joshwilltravel.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/lets-go-to-malibu-beach/

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Let’s Go To Malibu Beach!

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Historic Downtown Cambria, California http://wp.me/p3dhVM-3yI
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Enjoy Every Sandwich! Pastrami Sandwich at Malibu Beach!

Even More More Fun Cooking Recipes!

Posted on Thursday 6 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

Even More More Fun Cooking Recipes!

That’s right! Even more more fun cooking recipes! (see our previous Blog posts and Pages)

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Roasted Garlic Potatoes

Ingredients:
3 lbs of red potatoes and/or white potatoes
6 Cloves of finely diced Fresh Garlic (product of USA)
1/4-1/2 cup Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
Parsley (chopped fine)

Directions:
Cut potatoes into small quarters (or eighths if large) and place in a large bowl.
Add garlic, olive oil, salt, black pepper and parsley and mix until potatoes are coated.
Place potatoes on (aluminum foil lined) baking sheet.
Bake in oven at 400 degrees for one hour and ten minutes.
Turn the potatoes several times to cook thoroughly.
Remove from oven and serve in large dish.

Meatloaf (with sauce)

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Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 slice of Bread (cut into very small pieces)
1 Egg
1 small Sweet Onion (chopped)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Garlic (optional)
Dash of Red Pepper (optional)
4 tbsp Ketchup
1/2 cup Milk

Sauce for top:
1/2 cup Ketchup
4 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
2-4 tbsp dark Brown Sugar

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and mix thoroughly.
Place in lightly oiled breadpan/meatloaf pan (just a dash of cooking oil)
Mix sauce ingredients in measuring cup and pour over top.
Cook at 350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/4 hour until done.
Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
Serve with more meatloaf sauce or your favorite condiment.

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Meatloaf (ready to cook)

NOTE: Be sure to follow Safe Handling guidelines when cooking with any raw meat
and be sure to wash your hands before and after handling any raw meat or packaging.

UPDATED Saturday, April 8, 2017
Cooked Meatloaf for tomorrow (on Thursday)… because day old meatloaf is always better. We went out for Indian food at Taj Mahal Cuisine of India (Read the previous Blog!) last night (Friday). So, here’s the (warmed up 2 day old) Meatloaf for dinner on Saturday (tonight), accompanied by corn on the cob and steamed broccoli with an iced espresso. It was first cooked very rare, so it wouldn’t overcook when it was reheated.
VERRRRY TAAAASTY!

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KILL THE WABBIT! RABBIT STEW!

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WineWednesday again! Dancin Vineyards in Jacksonville Oregon

Posted on Wednesday 5 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

#WineWednesday again!

Dancin Vineyards in Jacksonville Oregon

“If you had a penny for every kind act, you’d surely be a millionaire.”
– fortune from the fortune cookie from the Chinese food last night

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Chinese Food! Kung Pao Chicken, Broccoli Beef, Steamed Rice and Chicken Egg Rolls

Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 and please join me as we Blog our day. We tried this last week and it turned out okay, so let’s do it again.

8:24am We have had our first cup of espresso (with non-dairy creamer) and enjoyed a toasted bagel with cream cheese. The puppies are fed and have been outside to do their business, and now they are playing in our office while we begin this Blog, surf the interweb, post on fb and watch the morning news…..

NOTE: The next door neighbors’ gardeners are here and the unending construction continues over the back wall. Our gardeners will be here later in the afternoon.

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8:30am Puppies Playing in the Office

Oh yeah, we didn’t sleep very much last night and we have about a thousand e-mails to go through today along with several errands to run and a couple of tasks that require our immediate attention. Be right back.

9:10am Second cup of espresso, puppies went outside again, briefly because the hawk is hunting. We just remembered we have leftover Chinese food from last night for brunch and we are going to take care of the first major task now.

10:12am Puppies went into the pen, came back inside and are now caged for a short nap. Working on the first major task…. just taking break. It’s already pretty warm outside (currently 71 degrees and rising) and we must hurry!

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Hummingbird on a wire!

12:22pm Lunchtime! Leftover Chinese food as planned. Major task #1 completed.

There are two hawks, a mated pair, that have been roosting in the tree over our backyard and hunting in the neighborhood. (See our previous Blog)

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: Two hawks in the tree today

: Two hawks in the tree

: Hawk in the tree

: Hawk in flight

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Hawk in Flight

1:00pm We worked up a sweat and got dirty with Major task #1, so we just took a quick shower. The dogs are napping on the bed in our office. It’s time for the One O’Clock “Not News”. And our gardeners are here.

2:24pm We’ve dealt with some e-mails! Time for errands! But first an iced espresso.

5:12pm And we’re back! We went to get our hair cut and had a 3:30pm appointment… and as usual we waited 30 mins! We were ON TIME as always, we always expect to wait, so we weren’t disappointed, except we were disappointed. He’s been cutting my hair for 30+ years and he does a great job, but we hate to wait when we have an appointment!

NOTE: We used the 30 minutes of wait time to work on getting rid of more e-mails.

9:25pm We fed the dogs and watched some of the news. We fell asleep around 6:30pm and took a nap with the puppies. We woke up around 9pm and made dinner: a chicken and jalapeño cheese quesadilla with salsa verde and an iced espresso.

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Chicken and Jalapeño Cheese Quesadilla with Salsa Verde

The Dodgers game is ON local network television, a deal Spectrum Cable (aka TimeWarner and SportsNetLA) made with KTLA channel 5 to air ten games disguised as advertisement. Constant promotion and marketing, even during the game, it’s like a 3 hour commercial with commercials and some baseball thrown in tonight.

The Dodgers game is ON local network television, a deal Spectrum Cable (aka TimeWarner and SportsNetLA) made with KTLA channel 5 to air ten games disguised as advertisement. Constant promotion and marketing, even during the game, it’s like a 3 hour commercial (for the asshats holding the games hostage) with commercials and some baseball thrown in tonight.

WE ARE STILL BOYCOTTING THE DODGERS AND TIME-WARNER/SPECTRUM!
Read the previous Blog!

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BOYCOTT THE DODGERS! BOYCOTT SPORTSNETLA! BOYCOTT TIME-WARNER/SPECTRUM CABLE!

9:52pm the Dodgers are leading 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs.
Can they hold on and win? Or will they CHOKE? Third out! Dodgers Win!
WE DON’T CARE! We have currently lost all interest in the Dodgers and might have to find a new team (like the winning Chicago Cubs) to support.

And that’s the Blog! It was a cute little experiment. We may or may not do this again…..

Dancin Vineyards – Wine Press Northwest 2017 Oregon Winery of the Year!

Dancin Vineyards – 4477 S Stage Rd, Medford, OR 97501 (near Jacksonville)
(541) 245-1133 dancinvineyards.com

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All New Haiku!

Posted on Sunday 2 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

All New Haiku!

Time for a haiku
5-7-5 poetry
Sweet words with feeling!

We have recently been inspired to write some new poems.
We hope they inspire you! Read them and Enjoy them!

Horses in the field
With a view of the ocean
Hana-Maui Ranch

Blue skies and contrails
Tuesday morning in April
Good morning Valley!

Puppies on my bed
My furry little babies
So much energy!

Living the good life!
Keepin’ it clean and sober
One day at a time.

The dogs are barking.
Is there somebody out there?
What walks in the dark?

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Pastrami sandwich
On the beach in Malibu
Picnic by the sea

Saturday full moon
The owl in the pine tree calls
California!

Who? Who? calls the owl
Over and over it cries
Who is it seeking?

A warm night in March
Sushi dinner comfort food
Full moon on Sunday

Start the day over
Want to crawl under my desk
Curl up with the dogs

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Two sleeping puppies
Oh my sweet little babies
After breakfast nap

Let sleeping dogs lie.
What do puppies dream about?
Please don’t wake them up!

Lahaina Sunset
Party on the Patio
Maui, Hawaii

Stars in the night sky
Shine on crazy diamonds
Sing to the darkness

Puppy in the pen
Where is the “Little Bandit”?
Sleeping on the bed

Sunshine on my face
One more day in paradise
City of Angels

Backyard Birdwatching!
It’s just a beautiful day!
Two hawks in the tree!

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Dig your facebook page!
Enjoy the recreation
Pleasant distraction

NOTE: We recently began writing haikus based on the film “The Big Lebowski”
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A mighty oak tree
A reminder of the past
Standing tall and strong

A mighty oak tree/A reminder of the past/Standing tall and strong

This is not the end
There will be more, wait and see
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April Fools! St. Stupid’s Day!

Posted on Sunday 2 April 2017 by joshwilltravel

APRIL FOOLS!

ALL FOOLS DAY!

“We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” ~Japanese Proverb

Playing the Lord Mayor’s Fool at the Renaissance Faire!

Well, once again Spring has come early, and so too the spaghetti harvest in southern Europe (Italy, Spain and Switzerland). Thankfully, there is no threat to the harvest from the ravenous spaghetti weevil this year and this season’s spaghetti plants will soon be available for purchase on Amazon. Be sure to try your hand at “Homegrown Pasta!”

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Why is there an April Fools Day? Why is it on April 1st?

No one knows for sure.
No, SERIOUSLY, No one knows for sure.
There are several theories:

On the Julian calendar, the one before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s (it was not adopted by England until 1752!), the start of the NEW YEAR was celebrated on April 1st. Something about the French peasants trying to fool friends and family into thinking April 1st was still New Year’s….. and people who still celebrated the old Julian New Year were called April Fools.

Jokes, hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, sending people on “Fool’s errands” and other light hearted jests are now the order of the day!

Fool’s Guild King of the Fools Coronation Day Parade for Greg the Obscene Juggler in Agoura, California 1985

Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” (1392) contains the first recorded association between April 1st and acts of foolishness. In medieval times, most of Europe celebrated on March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, but waited until April 1st to celebrate the beginning of the new year. April Fools Day might have something to do with the Vernal Equinox (March 20-21) and the coming of Spring, a time when nature fools man with changing weather…..

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April 1st – “RABBIT! RABBIT!”

It might commemorate the fruitless biblical mission of The Rook (a European crow) in the Old Testament, sent out on a failed search for land from Noah’s ark:
‘The mistake of Noah sending the dove out of the ark before the water had abated, on the first day of April, and to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance it was thought proper, whoever forgot so remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that ineffectual message upon which the bird was sent by the patriarch’ – from the London Public Advertiser March 13, 1769

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It might have something to do with Hilaria, the end-of-winter and the end of the Celtic New Year festival celebrated by the Romans. The Hilaria were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele, the mother of the G-ds, and to rejoice in the resurrection of Attis, the consort of Cybele. The Romans took this feast from the Greeks and public games, amusements and masquerades were allowed.

The Attis of Ostia

A life size statue of Attis was discovered at the archeological site of ancient Ostia, the principle port and harbor city of Rome, Italy, between the Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The statue is a reclining Attis, after the emasculation. In his left hand is a shepherd’s crook, in his right hand is a pomegranate. He wears a pine garland with fruits, bronze rays of the sun, and on his Phrygian cap is a crescent moon. It was discovered in 1867 at the Campus of the Magna Mater together with other statues.

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Another explanation of the origins of April Fools’ Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event. “In a way,” explained Prof. Boskin, “it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor.”

This explanation was brought to the public’s attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Prof. Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they’d been victims of an April Fools’ joke themselves.

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David and Bonnie at the Coronation of the King of Fools – Irwindale, CA

April 1st is SAINT STUPID’S DAY

“ALL HAIL ST. STUPID!”

The First Church of the Last Laugh
“ALL HAIL ST. STUPID!”

April 1, 2017 – The Parade of Stupid in San Francisco!

As always, since the year 1979AD, the FIRST CHVRCH ofthe LAST LAVGH assembles for its one whole-y day and the ST. STUPID’S DAY PARADE each year at (The POINTY BUILDING UP COLUMBUS this year near) the EMBARCADERO PLAZA at the Foot O’Market @ Steuart in the Financial District of Downtown San Francisco on APRIL 1st at NOON (rain and/or shine). Bring socks for the sock exchange, pennies for “Thank The Bank Penny Toss” at the banker’s heart, dead lottery tickets for the blessing at the Federal Reserve (Support your Federal Reserve! Buy a lottery ticket TODAY!) 2017 is the 39th annual Parade! Visit the TOMB O STUPID, join in on the TIGHTENING OF THE LUG NUTZ and take a LEAP OF FAITH at the statue of the Barebutt Mechanics! Bring noise and music makers (drums, horns, bells, slapsticks, etc.) for the exorcism and a well dressed sense of absurdity. Attendance will be taken.

The Pledge (raise your left hand and cross your fingers):
“i pledge allegiance, to the illusion,
and to the pyramid scheme, for which it stands.
One species, in denial, with error and excess, by all.”

St. Stupid Contact: BISHOP JOEY (aka Ed Holmes)
510-841-1898 bishopj@saintstupid.com www.saintstupid.com

“All we are saying is stupid!”

Sign of Stupid! The Church in no way endorses, advocates or condones graffiti, or the making of your own St. Stupid stickers to place randomly all over the Earth, and in particular, inside the Gideon Bibles in motel rooms.

The Bologna Brothers Onstage at the Renaissance Faire – Black Point Forest, Novato, CA

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Found in Storage:

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Bombay Dry Gin, Stolichnaya Vodka and Johnnie Walker Black Label Scotch Whisky

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A Bottle of Vintage Porto 1983 from Portugal

“I know, I know, but ya know, you never know”

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CHEERS! Johnnie Walker Black 12 year old Scotch Whisky

We found two boxes of old liquor from the old home bar in Storage. We dumped most of it but there were some nice unopened bottles of booze! We kept bottles of Bombay Dry Gin, Stolichnaya Vodka and Johnnie Walker Black Scotch Whisky. And we found a bottle of Porto from 1983 which we are looking forward to opening soon. We gifted the Johnnie Walker Black Scotch Whisky and then we opened the bottle and had a taste. Very smooth.

And just in case:
California Poison Control System (CPCS)
toll-free EMERGENCY hotline: 1-800-222-1222
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“We have nothing to fear but fear ourselves”

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Superbowl Sunday Party in Sun Valley a few years ago. There was a big screen TV outside in the yard and a 3-D commercial was airing.

“That’s the way St. Stupid would’ve wanted it… had he thought of it.” (from Carrie)

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“We Are All Just Prisoners of Fun!”

Regardless of what you might have heard, the United States Treasury will continue to honor all two-dollar bills still in circulation! Today was not the last day to cash them in.

“So Far, So What?”

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Can You Read This? This Is Important!

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King of Fools Coronation – Santa Ynez County Park 2001

THE FOOLS GUILD!> http://www.foolsguild.org

The Fools Guild was born in the late 1970s at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, where the original culprits met while performing as jesters, jugglers, pass-the-hat-acts and mimes.

“The Fools Guild is a disorganization of individuals who identify with the artistic, spiritual or philosophical nature of The Fool. We are an amorphous mass of lively, spontaneous souls who meet throughout the year for unadulterated silliness. We produce three major theme parties a year: Halloween, New Year’s Eve, and the High Feast of April Fools Day. We also get together a lot in between…..We draw inspiration from the archetype of “The Fool”, keeping alive the virtues of playfulness and festivity as a source of creativity and personal fulfillment.” (from the Fools Guild website)

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Fountain at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village, CA

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Dinner at the Lakeside Cafe in Encino

Posted on Friday 31 March 2017 by joshwilltravel

Dinner at the Lakeside Cafe in Encino, California

NOTE: This Blog is still under construction!
Once again wordpress is acting weird, so we published before the Blog was finished!

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Dinner at the Lakeside Cafe in Encino, California

It’s Thursday night and let’s go out to dinner!
Chinese? Japanese? Deli? Where do you want to go?
I don’t know, someplace different.
Okay, ….

How about the Lakeside Cafe in Encino?

We went there one time for dinner a long time ago, it was soon after they opened in the old El Torito building on Ventura Boulevard (just east of Balboa Blvd) adjacent to Los Encinos State Historic Park with a fantastic view of the lake.

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: Los Encinos State Historic Park

: Los Encinos State Historic Park

El Torito Mexican restaurant had been in the same space for years and was an Encino “constant”! After they closed, a couple of other restaurant/bar/club ventures tried to make a “go” of it and failed. And now the tenant is the Lakeside Cafe, a combination coffee house and bar-restaurant and now also a performance space with live jazz and other music.

El Torito Mexican Restaurant

We went there just for dinner at about 6:30pm. They have Valet Parking for $3.00 in a lot off Ventura and there’s metered street parking that operates 8am-8pm everyday except Sunday. We found a spot on the street and entered through the Valet lot entrance (there’s also an entrance on Ventura).

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The “Front-of-House” on Ventura is set up like a coffee house.

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Lakeside Cafe “Front-of-House” on Ventura Blvd – Coffee House

You can enter the restaurant from Ventura Blvd through the coffee house area and center room. There is additional inside table seating here away from the bar area.

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Lakeside Cafe Center Room, Host Desk Entrance from Valet Lot, Additional Indoor Tables and the Waiting Area as seen from Coffee House side

If you enter through the Valet lot you walk into the center room and arrive at the Host desk and the waiting area. There are couches, a coffee table and benches for additional seating against the wall.

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Center Room & Waiting Area

Center Room, Waiting Area and Coffee House

Center Room Guest Desk

There is a side guest table as well. Would you care for some literature?

Lakeside Cafe Promotional Material

Lakeside Cafe Promo Card

Lakeside Cafe Promotional Material

Sunday Brunch, Happy Hour 3pm-6pm, Live Jazz on Saturdays and the Catering Menu are featured on the promotional material available on the guest table, on your table and inside the menu. Quality marketing and promotion is good business (direct to customer inside the restaurant).

The Dining Room, the Bar and the Outdoor Deck Patio on the Lake

The restaurant’s dining room is open to the elements because of the outdoor seating and deck. It was a lovely evening, the doors were open, but as the sun set it got cooler, and then colder due to its location on the lake. We knew this was inevitable and we decided to sit inside the bar area dining room away from the doors when we arrived.

There was a good crowd, but it wasn’t too crowded when we arrived. They have it set up as a “cafe” with wood 4-top tables and nice chairs in the dining room. On our previous visit we sat at a bar table on tall stools and it was not comfortable. The dining areas are wide open, so it has a cafeteria vibe where you’re eating with everyone in the room. Also, there are only hard surfaces indoors (wood floor and glass windows), so it gets really loud inside even when it’s not crowded. I would not recommend trying to have a romantic dinner inside, although it might be nice place for a rendezvous outside during the afternoon or on a warm summer night.

There is a small covered outdoor deck patio, which is separate from the other outdoor seating by the lake. It would be nice for having a small private cocktail or dinner party.

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: The Dining Room

: The Bar in the Dining Room

: Wine Selection in the Bar/Dining Room

: Outdoor Patio Deck on the Lake

: The Bar at the Lakeside Cafe

: The Bar at the Lakeside Cafe

They have a very nice bar, unfortunately it takes up a lot of space in the Dining Room area, and makes the dining room part of the bar area, adding a lot of traffic and noise to the room.

NOTE: There is a DISCLAIMER NOTICE in the menu!

Read the DISCLAIMER in the Menu!

Outdoor Seating – Dining Al Fresco on the Lake!

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The Lake and the Dining Room Entrance from the Outdoor Seating Area

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: Outdoor Seating

: Outdoor Seating

: Outdoor Seating

There’s outdoor seating by the lake, which is a beautiful place to dine al fresco on a warm San Fernando Valley day or night. Be sure to read the Disclaimer in the menu though!

The Dinner Menu and Bar Offerings:

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Cocktails $12?
It’s a nice place, but they have “westside” prices in the heart of the valley!
The food was good, but their food items and drinks are expensive compared to many other neighborhood restaurants, which is probably the reason we haven’t been back since the first time we ate here. We most likely would have ordered drinks otherwise.

On The Menu: fried calamari, a Santa Fe salad, fettucine chicken alfredo and a coke

: Fried Calamari w/lemon, marinara sauce & aoli

: Santa Fe Salad

: Fettucine Chicken Alfredo

The calamari was excellent, lightly fried and crispy/chewy! The Santa Fe salad was good, but The Cheesecake Factory’s salad dressing is the standard to which all other Santa Fe salads are compared. This one “not as good”. And the fettucine chicken alfredo was tasty, but just a little bland. The thin sliced chicken and pasta was cooked perfectly, which is sometimes hard to accomplish with a pasta sauce. The service was only okay, it was a little scattered and could have and should have been better. Our entrees arrived pretty soon after the appetizer (while we were still eating the calamari), which is good for fast service, but bad in relation to “timing the meal”. Nothing to really be upset about though.

According to the literature, they have Sunday Brunch and Happy Hour at the bar 3pm-6pm. They have live music on Saturdays and they do catering too.

Here’s their Catering Menu:

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Lakeside Cafe Catering Menu

Lakeside Cafe – 16817 Ventura Blvd., Encino, California 91436
818-616-2430 www.lakesidecafe.com @LakesideEncino

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Once again it’s WineWednesday! “We Be Chillin’!”

Posted on Wednesday 29 March 2017 by joshwilltravel

Once again it’s #WineWednesday! “We Be Chillin’!”

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#WineWednesday! “We Be Chillin’!”

What happened to March? Tempus fugit (Time flies…)
What happened to TODAY? How is it 11am and I haven’t done anything?

I woke up with a headache.
Actually one of the puppies woke me up to tell me it was time for breakfast.
I had a morning cup of espresso and a glass of orange juice (not from concentrate).
My head still hurts.

The television is on, but the volume is off <MUTE>.
The puppies are sleeping. One is under my desk, the other is laying in the pen.
NOTE: I took their pictures and this is almost “real time”:

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It’s also “Gardener Wednesday”, so there will be leaf blowers and lawn mowers.
Construction continues next door. They will never be done.
Right now I’m sitting here in silence.

I haven’t eaten anything yet today.
Last night I made spaghetti with meat sauce, a salad and garlic bread:

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I’m thinking pan-fried leftover spaghetti with meat sauce for brunch. Be right back.

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Almost “real-time” Pan-fried Leftover Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Spaghetti and an iced espresso and an aspirin for brunch.
It’s currently 80 degrees outside in the San Fernando Valley.
And the time is 11:49am Pacific Standard Time.
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So we cooked and ate the spaghetti, drank the iced espresso and took the aspirin.

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Blue Sky with Contrails Wednesday at Noon

And the puppies went outside and so I did too.
And it’s getting warmer. And I still have a headache.

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Wednesday Noon – Puppies Chillin’ on the Patio in the Sun

“The Chew” is just too loud today.

On Sunday we went out to the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California for the annual Renaissance Faire Reunion and it was a beautiful day!

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Sunday in the Park – Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California

We uploaded about 200 new pics of people and places from the past and from our Sunday adventure. Everything was very green! It was cloudy and then clear, so there are a lot of great pics from the gathering. Here are just three (and the one above) for now:

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Gathering at the MainStage Clearing

Troll Hollow (Actor’s Camp)

Jungleland 3-26-17

We’ll be creating a Blog with the pics from the Reunion in the very near future. And you can check out our previous Blog “Return to the Paramount Ranch” for pics from 2013 and 2014.

Wednesday 12:20pm: And they’re down again

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It’s a Dog’s Life! Wednesday 12:20pm

12:35pm: The gardeners are here, the leaf blowers are blowing and the dogs are barking….
MY HEAD FEELS LIKE IT’S GOING TO EXPLODE (did you ever see “Scanners”?)

MORE TO COME…..maybe. (The time is now 12:45pm)

“The Dude and Trump have a lot in common…
both have bathrobes, both obsessed with their rugs, and they both love White Russians”
– Seth Meyers 3-28-17

And we’re back! 5pm:
I crashed about 1pm, slept for about 3 hours and then woke up, and still had a headache, but it wasn’t as bad. It’s beautiful and very bright outside today. Windy and warm! I know this because were just there with the puppies…outside that is.

So we are up and we have an iced espresso, and the dogs have been outside, and they are now laying down again waiting for their suppertime.

p.s. Your internet history was just sold by the Republicans in Congress!
You have NO PRIVACY!
The Republicans in Congress are in the pockets of BIG CORPORATIONS and have put CORPORATE PROFITS over their sworn duty to provide PUBLIC PROTECTION AND PRIVACY!
Your ISP Provider can now sell your info to anyone without your permission!
(the new FCC regulations the Republican Congress just removed
would have required consumer consent and permission)

And don’t worry about that stuff about the Russians….
probably nothing, just “fake news”.

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LOCK HIM UP! TRAITOR!

TREASON! FRAUD! LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP! TREASON!

TRUMP IS PUTIN’S BITCH!

LOCK HIM UP! TREASON!

LOCK HIM UP! RESIGN AND BE PROSECUTED!

LOCK HIM UP! TREASON!

LOCK THEM UP! TREASON!

TRUMP IS PUTIN’S BITCH

LOCK THEM UP!

TREASON!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK HIM UP! RESIGN AND BE PROSECUTED!

LOCK HIM UP! RESIGN AND BE PROSECUTED

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WHAT THE F*CK?!!! HOW IS THIS NOT NOT BEING INVESTIGATED BY CONGRESS?
If you’re a Republican, you might want to take another look at your guys. Just sayin’.

THIS MAN IS A TRAITOR FROM CALIFORNIA! LOCK HIM UP!

Seriously,
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From the interweb game that’s going around for “Book Week”, we shared this except on a friend’s timeline and also thought we would share it here:

Wear no clothing emblazoned with opinions or exhortations.
If you own any T-shirts with such legends as “I’m with Stupid” or “100% Bitch” or “Nobody Knows Me Like Cosmo” please put this book down and back away slowly.

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Read It, Learn It, Live It.

Esquire’s “Things A Man Should Know About Style”
by Scott Omelianuk and Ted Allen (recently found this cool book in Storage)