This is the “San Joaquin Fire” that started around 2pm (PDT) on San Joaquin Avenue of Clearlake Park, CA. The photo was snapped at around 2:10pm. The fire was contained at seven acres (about what you can see in the photo).
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Weekend Postcard: Economics at Work
“Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want…” Adam Smith This picture is of sheep grazing (and resting) at a local winery‘s vineyard, Vigilance Winery and Vineyard (which, by the way, has a great sunrise picture). This shows economics at work. The rancher obviously thought it worthwhile to transportContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Economics at Work”
Weekend Postcard: Napa Valley Afternoon Light
I took this picture from inside a moving car looking east near Calistoga. I thought the sunlight striking a vineyard to be beautiful, even with the smudges on the glass.
Weekend Postcard: Bear Creek
This is Bear Creek looking west near the junctions of California state routes 16 and 20. Every time I have crossed the bridge, the water has appeared tranquil.
Weekend Postcard: The Napa Valley Palisades
The light struck Mount St. Helena the other day as I drove north on California state route 29. The light and shadow played on the rock palisades at the north end of Napa Valley. The moments of beauty, where the light and shadow take your breath away last less than a minute it seems. YouContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: The Napa Valley Palisades”
Weekend Postcard: Gads Zeus…Hops
In the middle of the month of May I posted a weekend postcard of my Zeus hop bines in a half barrel container. The juvenile growth looked more like blackberry (Rubus spp.) vines than hops, which are a cousin of nettles and hemp (now you have an idea of why hops smell as they do).Continue reading “Weekend Postcard: Gads Zeus…Hops”
Weekend postcard: Manzanita skeleton
This is a common scene in the Mediterranean climate of California: dry grass, some shrubs and pines, and an oak. We pulled off onto the shoulder of a road and lying on its side was this skeleton of a manzanita amid the dry grass. Its cause of death remains unknown. Perhaps it died from itsContinue reading “Weekend postcard: Manzanita skeleton”
Weekend Postcard: A Green Car Grows in Berkeley
I saw this car-shaped hedge growing in a Berkeley neighbor hood and knew that it had to be a weekend postcard. Berkeley must have more Toyota Prius‘s per capita than anywhere else on earth. And, just down the street sits an all-electric car made by a company I have never heard of. But this carContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: A Green Car Grows in Berkeley”
Weekend Postcard: Sailboat on Clear Lake
A few weeks back we saw colorful sailboats on Clear Lake. (Clear Lake is in Lake County in northern California.) According to the Konocti Bay Sailing Club, 45 boats participated the 28th Konocti Cup (their route is here). We might see one or two sailboats in a month, to see so many at one timeContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Sailboat on Clear Lake”
Weekend Postcard: Hop Vines in the Garden
Hop plants are technically bines and not vines; vines use tendrils to grow and bines do not. Nevertheless, this bine is a Zeus hop (Humulus lupulus var. whotheheckknowsii, part of the CTZ–Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus–hops triad). I have planted approximately 20 hop rhizomes inside containers around the house. I have hung wire from my decks downContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Hop Vines in the Garden”
Nullius in Verba 