Cat on Shelf

I noticed we have a new decoration for our garage shelf....

Cats still on roof

Before I had a blog it seemed there were things worth writing about or taking pictures of. Currently, the most noteworthy event is what the neighborhood cats are doing. Very exciting! Once again, they were sitting on the neighbors roof warming themselves in the morning sun.

Flight Sim X Flight into Burbank

In my spare time (9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.) I sometimes play computer games. Here's a video clip from my flight into Burbank last night. Someday I'll buy capture software so I don't have to video tape the computer screen. You may need Windows Media version 9 to play this. I have a friend who is a pilot. He says a good landing is one you can walk away from. This was a good landing.

Clouds on the hill tops

Of the many things I enjoy in nature, the weather is something that can easily capture my attention. Everything from light rain to torrential downpours, from peaceful things like rainbows to more terrifying things like lightning or tornadoes; I am fascinated by it all. It’s a perplexity that I live in southern California where we rarely even see clouds, but I enjoy what I can and travel when I get board with our beautiful sunny days. The other day I stopped by the local mail drop off and noticed a unique and beautiful cloud formation capping the mountain tops to west. I took a few pictures and posted one here. I believe these fall into the category of Lenticular clouds, although I’ve never seen this type of formation.

Cats on Roof

On cold mornings, my cats (otherwise known as the neighborhood cats) use to sun themselves on the neighbor's brick wall , but they have migrated to my neighbors roof to take advantage of all the heat coming out of their attic vent.
Almost any cold morning after breakfast they can be found enjoying the heat.

Nebraska

I had the opportunity to travel to Nebraska in November and visit some wonderful friends. Here’s a few photo’s. And I left the rest at home so I'll have to blog again.

Castaic Fire Video

Here's a video of the aircraft filling up with water.

And another...

Castaic Fire

I had a chance to run up the hill and take a few

picures of the water dropping aircraft re-filling. Thankfully the fire is still a distance from my house but many of my friend's homes are right next to the fire.

Frisbee in Yosemite 1989

Here's a video clip of my friends playing frisbee while waiting until we decide what to do next (which is usually to play more frisbee).

Snow

After 18 years, it finally snowed in Santa Clarita.

When I arrived at work, I noticed some storm clouds south of us moving west. I had hoped we would get some rain but the skies to our east were clear. It didn't look promising for those of us who love rain. To my surprise, clouds eventually moved over us and instead of rain they brought sleet. I ran back in to the building to get my camera and took a few short video's but as the temperature dropped sleet turned to snow. For three wonderful minutes we experienced genuine 100% snow flakes.

Okay, I'm ready for the normal 70 degree temperatures again.

Disneyland

Hey eh,

Friday marked another work Christmas party at Disneyland. Here's few photo's:

Everyone I talked to said the same thing about Splash mountain... " I don't remember getting that wet before". Fortunately, whoever took this picture missed the wet half of us.



Here's a photo the main enterance.

Boise and Salmon Idaho Part 7 (The Trip Home)

So I've been back for 3 weeks and I'm still posting pictures from my trip.
Here's the last... it think; a few pictures from the plane including a better picture of Yosemite's Half Dome.

My delayed flight

View of Portland, Oregon

Half Dome

Boise and Salmon Idaho trip 2006

Nothing like playing in the mud when the parents aren't looking...

Boise and Salmon Idaho 2006 part 6

An Afternoon at the Golf Course

Boise - Salmon Idaho 2006 part 5

Here's a panorama of Salmon, Idaho. I posted a small picture but it can be enlarged (as with all the pictures) by clicking on it.

Boise -Salmon 2006 part 4

A few more photo's from my trip. Maybe some day I'll write something about the trip.
1) Fall morning in Salmon
2) Birds out for a Saturday afternoon
3) A road without traffic

Boise - Salmon 2006 Part 3

A few more pictures from my ongoing trip:
1) Sawtooth Range
2) My room in Salmon Idaho
3) The view from my room

Boise - Salmon 2006 part 2

Here's some pictures of my friend Joe Shmoe and his family:
1) Group Photo
2) Joe on his bike
3) searching for gophers
4 ) One sick kid looks through the window

Boise - Salmon 2006 part 1

I'm off an another adventure; this time to Boise, Idaho. Here's some photos from the flight:
1) Smoke from the "Day" fire
2) Half Dome (Yosemite National Park)

More Pictures from New England 2004