Observations

[larryJ]

That's okay, Ms. Bear, I did enjoy the Wisteria when it would occasionally bloom, but it was messy and always needed trimming.  So i probably won't miss it. 

Larryj

[larryJ]

It looks like the Wisteria will live on.  The gardeners came today and finish the cleanup and pushed the Wisteria upright and tied it to the fence.  Now I gotta go buy another arch.

Sadly, however, I watched the forced demise (fancy way of saying cut down) of my neighbors tree in his back yard.  It was a beautiful tree that sorta shimmered like an aspen. It wasn't an aspen, just shimmered like one.  It was probably 35 feet tall.  The wind had almost uprooted it and he had no choice but to have it removed.  Another storm and it might have landed on his house.  We liked to sit on our patio and watch it when the afternoon breeze came up.  Oh well, probably for the best anyhow.  It was almost too close to is back wall and right under the power lines.  SCE would have eventually come out and taken it down.

Last nights winds did not happen or if they did, I didn't hear them. 

Larryj

[Diane Amberg]

I'm sorry to hear about all your damage.Your Wisteria will probably be just fine.They are very tough .Sometimes people will root prune them on purpose to increase blooming.

[larryJ]

I must be getting old(er).  When I got up this morning it was 34 degrees outside.  That, dear fellow Forum members, is cold for this part of town.  It is not unheard of, but doesn't happen often.

Observation:  We have a friend who is unemployed (previously mentioned) and is about 40+ years old.  We have him do odd jobs to help him out when we can.  Today he is here to wash the cars and clean the floors in the house.  I just returned from taking GD#2 to school and he is outside washing the wife's car.........................in his T-shirt!  He is not a stupid man.  He knows how cold it is outside.  I can only hope that my homeowners insurance covers hired workmen who catch pneumonia while working on my property.

Back to the cold.  Houses in SoCal are not built in anticipation of freezing weather.  Few have any insulation in the walls and pipes are not wrapped to prevent freezing.  They are more likely designed to keep heat out rather than in.  But I don't care.  The therm is set for 72 and I have my sweater on and a blanket across my lap and soon, a hot steaming third cup of coffee and am sitting reading my favorite Forum waiting some ma......Marine to say something nasty about me or my buddy, Warph.   

Larryj

[larryJ]

I had a little bit of a scare this morning.  I was returning from taking GD#1 to school and in the distance in front of me was a guy riding a Harley.  It looked like he had a target on his back or something round.  I pulled in behind him at a stoplight.  He was wearing the obligatory leather jacket and a leather vest over the jacket, all in black, naturally.  Upon closer inspection, the round emblem on his back was the United States Marine Corps emblem.  On his black helmet were all kinds of stickers and very prominent on the back of the helmet was the universal one-finger salute. 

The scare?  I thought ol' Jarhead was in town. 

And I was unarmed.



Larryj

[jarhead]

Larry,
Let that be a lesson ,never leave your weapon at home. Next time it MIGHT be me !!!

[Diane Amberg]

No Rambo to protect you?

[larryJ]

Nah, he gets carsick and it was cold and he didn't want to leave his warm bed and he figured I could handle some silly m...Marine.  Besides, he gets so ferocious there would be nothing left to bury and he just had his teeth cleaned last week and really doesn't like the taste of old and stale m...Marines.  Is that enough excuses? 

Larryj

[jarhead]

You win Larry. I can't top that story. 

[larryJ]

Winner buys!

Larryj