In like a lion

Snow,
power outages because of ;
all equal Lassen County and a messed up day as far as posting goes.
We have really been dumped on in the last 36 hours. Wet, heavy snow! I have sooo much to write about and even more to post. I found an old friend from these stomping grounds, and in less than 48 hours I have received awesome pictures of her and her family, all grown up and beautiful. I have been given the O.K. to post some of these pictures. I have now tried to 3 times today to only be cut off by the electricity flickering on and off. I have given up for today! And that makes me sad when I have been so happy about my finding of those dear to me.
So for today just a peak of what we have been through in the last 36 hours!
PEACE!!!
Yes, March has definitely come in like a lion. WOW!!!

I think I took this same picture a couple days ago when I wrote the post about the huge snow flakes.
I guess them huge snowflakes done stuck, huh? LOL!!!

It also looks like my outdoor feathered friends aren't going to get any seed out of this bird feeder for a few days anyway. Bummer!

The desert I know, where I do not!

It was a beautiful day for travel. This is in the desert and I am ashamed to say I am not sure where. I just know we are 3 and 1/2 hours out of Orange County on 395 going north. I just need to look for my map and then I will write where I am at. LOL!!! All I know is that it was beautiful whether you love the desert or not!

 

Lassen County's Shoe Tree Day 50

Without sounding presumptuous, I would have to believe that anyone from Lassen County who has travelled to Nevada on 395 south has seen the infamous (maybe only locally) shoe tree. I have been traveling that highway since 1977 and I don't recall not seeing it, however in those early years of me falling in love with Lassen County, I perhaps was not on the lookout for a shoe tree. I know it has gone through "changes" not just the tree itself, but legal etc. It has been "de-shoed" a few times. There have been "threats" of reprimand if caught "shoeing" the tree if I recall right.





It has a circular drive in/through for a person to check it out. It is also quite rare (on my trips past there) that you do not see someone sitting below it in the shade (of the shoes) by the looks of the tree this trip. Nor to not see a family out taking pictures of it. It just so happened that it was my turn today to play the "tourist" and stop there to take pictures. For me it is a piece of Lassen county history.

To law enforcement officers and the county clean up crew (which I am going to go out on a limb here ) no pun intended, that it is the prison crews that have to clean it up, that it may be more than that.

For my self it is an innocent and enjoyable sight to see when passing through these parts!