Chino Hills and Norco

On Wednesday after the park, I went to visit a 2 dear friends, Janice and Joan. First I went to Janice's house in Chino Hills and we hung out there talking and bullshitting for hours, from there in the evening Janice took me to Joan's house in Norco. These are pictures of the 2 days.
I do want to say that Norco is a TRIP. A full blown trip. Horses have the right of way there. All the streets and parking lots have hitching posts. People in Norco ride their horses like we may ride a bike or take a walk. I had never even realized it was like that.
I also ended up going past C.I.W. the California Institute for Woman where they house the females convicted in the Manson murders. To me this prison looked like a school yard, all old and 1 level. It is totally different than the prisons we have here in Susanville Ca. (High Desert State Prison and California Correctional Center) I am so serious, this prison just looked like an elementary school in comparison!

 

This is Joans house and there is not a nook or a cranny that you wont find something to look at. This house is absolutely FANTASTIC!!!

This is a little kitchen windowsill humor

 

Janice and her daughter Chelsea who is a sweetheart!

 

Looking over Joans fence

 

A "Hippy horse perhaps?"

 

Another horse from her back yard. "Buttercup" Damned near the biggest horse I have ever seen. He was/is huge!!!

 

These next pictures are from the inside of Joans house. You can understand why I do not explain everything in them, I couldn"t!!! LOL!

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Stunning decorating, is it not? My girlfriend Joan did all this on her own! WOW!!!

And ya know? these friends did sooo much for me on this trip. It was just so awesome and made me realize things I should have realized a very long time ago. I am sooo lucky to have friends such as these!

Amazed again

Boy I tell ya, I do not know how many times I have said it on this blog and here I go saying it again. Since starting it with the intention (and I am doing really good so far) of taking a photo a day I am AMAZED at the items I notice that I have walked past a million times but never took the time to really see before. Again today is no exception. Since I moved to Pinetown (a separate section of Westwood) 6 years ago, I have seen these two "rounds" on the lawn here, thinking nothing more than a yard decoration. Was it the freezing cold of the day today? Was it the fact I have some really deep things on my mind today? What was the reason that I never noticed that these "rounds" are a horse shoe pit? Yup right there before my eyes. Today I notice the (what I think the metal pole coming from the ground is called) the ringer.

You can just barely see it in front of the farthest "round" in this picture. 

Trust me IT IS there! LOL!!!

 See !!! I told ya so! LOL!!!
Yep the joke is on me. My gosh I simply have NEVER noticed it before, kinda sad. Come summertime I think I just may "stop" by there and see if I can invite myself for a game.
By that time however I should probably know what the "real" name of the ringer pole is called.
Anyone want to help me on that one?
Boy it sure took me forever and a day to see this!