This is a long letter, but I feel important enough to post in full. Because of the way they are formatted, I must post as images. It is just over 3 pages.
Category: Living in the Wilderness
Photo Sunday, 11/19/17
It never gets old…
Sunday Photo, 9/17/17
Just one, a glorious one, taken by Ken Daughters at Molera.
Sunday Photos, 9/10/17
On a very hot end-of-summer day: (photographer prefers to not be identified to avoid accidental identification of spot and person in photos)
Dispersed Camping on Nacimiento Rd to be banned
The paperwork has been completed to ban dispersed camping along Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd. It is currently out of the district for review before it comes back for signature. We won’t know for sure how long it will be banned until the order comes back into the district. It is not in effect until signed, but it is a very good step.
Photos – bird & flowers
I saw these last week on my travels. The bird might be a peregrine falcon (I am never sure of my bird IDS) and the two flowers. The pink one looks like a wine cup, which is in the clarkia family, but the color is not as deep maroon, as is usual. The yellow one I have never seen before and neither my California nor my Monterey Wildflower books have this one, but finally found it in my North American wildflowers book. No leaves at all, just the stalk, that I could see. It is a Golden Star or Bloomeria crocea in the Lily family.
Someone suggested an immature red-tailed hawk, but I am not sure, either, given the lack of white feathers on the legs. As I said, I am rarely confident in my bird IDs, Here is one for comparison.
Happy New Year’s
From my house to yours…blessings for the joy of a new year.
Insurance Questions Answered
Your Friends and Neighbors!
HOME*HEALTH*AUTO*FLOOD*FIRE
A Conversation with Dave Jones
California Insurance Commissioner
At the invitation of the Carmel Valley Association, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is to appear in Carmel Valley on Oct. 16 for a discussion on local insurance issues, followed by a Q & A. Residents will have an opportunity to hear Commissioner Jones and ask him direct questions about insurance coverage and issues related to consumer protection. The event is free and open to the public.
When: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2pm – 4pm
Where: Del Mesa Carmel, Redwood Room, 500 Del Mesa Carmel
Who: California’s Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones leads the California Department of Insurance and regulates the California insurance market, the nation’s largest.
Co-hosted by the Carmel Valley Association (CVA) and the Fire Safe Council for Monterey County (FSCMC).
Soberanes Fire Rebirth
Gorgeous photo by my friend, Michael Troutman. Thank you for letting me “borrow” it. Time for a bit of good news and renewed hope. Life finds a way …
These are the beginnings of the new growth of the mighty Coastal Redwoods. Ah … I can breathe again!
Fascinating Reading on Big Sur Land Use by the Los Padres Nation Forest, 1977
It is quite the lengthy document, which can be found here: Los Padres Big Sur Land Use If this link does not work for you, google it. Google books has digitalized it, and for those with iPhones or iPads, we can save to our “iBooks.” For those of you who use the devil’s spawn (just kidding, sorta) I have no clue. But to give you a taste on the topics we have been discussing, here are a couple of paragraphs: (remember this was prepared FORTY YEARS AGO!):
