It is down

After a night of wind,(and yes I stayed here) I was at my wits end. These branches have got to come down. My hubby who has been up this tree throughout his life, and his brother convinced me that he could do the job. Scared to death of my hubby going up there and scared to death of what would happen if he did not, I finally caved in.
This is the after pictures.
All is well now except for the ulcer I have probably given myself.
To those of you that are not familiar with Pine trees, let me add that the main branch that I saw and thought was dead was not. A green branch like this is heavier than one can imagine.Why it snapped the way it did is still unknown by us.
But I am going to be looking UP into that tree all the time now.
I NEVER want to live with that kind of fear again, and I am NOT exaggerating!

 

The ladder is fully extended

 

  

Some of the branches now down

 

  

As you can see this is NOT a dead branch. It is also the main culprit.

 

  

  

This is the one that snapped and was hanging over our roof with several others below it!

 

Pretty scary looking eh?

THE END!

A flag of respect

The United States Post Office in Westwood, Ca. 96137

 

  

Senator Ted Kennedy

Stinking to high heaven

Without a doubt, today I took some of my very favorite pictures I have taken this year for this blog.
I don't know what these flowers are called. I can tell you they stink to high heaven. Just gross!

They must be loved by all in the insect world  however. Every little flower had these little butterflies and bees on them, along with an occasional fly and/or ant.  It was real fun watching all the commotion these bright yellow flowers were causing!

 

  

  

  

  

Winter preparedness

Someone here in Pinetown has their priority's straight! Just in my opinion it is NEVER too early for getting the wood in!

 

  

Besides it being smart, I just happen to like seeing the wood start coming into town. I have no idea why, I just do!

Smoke filled skies on a summer day

Taking Buick and Nala for a walk, Buick had no problem jumping into this less than desirable Mill pond at this time of year. Drying all up due to lack of snow melt, it is pretty nasty. BUT what am I to do when I have a 'hot dog" wanting to get cooled down!
Note; See how smokey our skies still are from a fire clear up in Shasta county. YUCK!!!

 

Is that fire smoke sad or what?

 

Barely able to see Nala in the overgrowth of the area!

E Clampus Vitas

The Clampers of E Clampus Vitus 1911 had their "Doin's" this weekend. This is where the men are initiated into the clampers. It is a little hard for me to explain them, but it is a group of men, (no ladies we are NOT allowed) who help all around in our community with different chapters I believe, are all over the Untited States.
They will replace markers on our land that has been thrashed or are missing.
They are the ones packing the sacks of groceries for those that are less fortunate on Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
In this town they have been known to pay for a funeral or two for the families of those that could not afford an unexpected death. Matter of fact I can not think of one thing that this great group of men won't do in our community if asked, except for one!
Allow women, LOL!!!
These are just pics of their "doin's sign they had this weekend at Goerge Young Park located down the street from us in Pinetown. This is where the big boys go to initiate new recruits and they have a BLAST. My brother-in-law is in it and this weekend his brother-in-law was initiated.
Them men have WAAAAAAY too much fun at this yearly event.
It makes a little ol' mountain girl like me a bit jealous!!!

 

I am just adding the one below to show just how much smoke we are getting here in Pinetown from a fire in Shasta County. The haze of the smoke is awful!!!

Overgrowth

Awalk towards the Mill pond shows some very pretty wildflowers and a whole bunch of overgrowth! Ya know, honestly it was difficult to walk through all this. Sure was pretty tho'!

 

 

Antler garage bling

This house in Pinetown is my favorite when it comes to garage bling. I always just thought it looks pretty sweet!!! There are 5 sets of Antlers. The top center looks like perhaps it could be Moose. But I sure am no expert, Lol!!!

Kids, Grandkids

My son Travis and his son, my grandson rode bicycles to my house this evening. Travis got off work a little early, so they stopped by. I have not got to see Jeremiah hardly at all this summer, so this was GREAT!!!

 

My son Travis, and my grandson Jeremiah Lee

 

I was not about to let them get away without pictures!

 

Jeremiah Lee and me

 

Jeremiah getting tired of "smiling" for the camera. This is me trying to tickle a smile out of him!

Mountain street

Beautiful mountain day. This is the "other" block in Pinetown. Sooo pretty. It smells so nice. Gosh I LOVE it up here in these mountains!!!

 

  

  

What appears to be a burn pile started. Sure hope whoever made it does not plan on burning it now! Yikes!!!

 

Just some flowers along the road.

Ground cover

Ground cover that is literally getting on the street and covering the ground. LOL!!!

 

And the field behind it.

 

Look how blue the sky is!!!

 

I just love wildflowers!

Lassen Countys next generation

My baby, whom I have always called "my young one" Hunter is now 22 years old. His best friend Jay have been best buds for years and years, damn near their whole lives. Well Jay is now a father to a 7 month old baby girl that him and his wife name Jaylynn. (Great name eh?) It is hard to believe that my young one's friends are now parents themselves.
Jaylynn came over my house for the first time when she was not asleep. Sooo to the newest Lassen County resident (that I know) may I introduce you to Jaylynn!

 

Jaylynn on the lawn in my back yard.

  

Jaylynn doing a bit of "posing"

 

All smiles on my couch!

 

This baby LOVES the camera.

Yup, Lassen County's newest generation!

Swallows again

Just had to post these swallows one more time. I just can't BELIEVE how many there are !!!

 

  

  

Andrea and Michael

Andrea is my husband's grand daughter by one of his 2 sons, Tommy.

Andrea was one of only 3 lucky teens to have been chosen for a new program at UC Davis in Ca. They got to participate in a new science internship at UC Davis for 2 weeks This came about as a personal dream of Michael DeGregorio a professor and researcher at UC Davis. To help his interns stand out on college applications, he designed the internship to be competitive, awarded based on a written application and a round of interviews. The winning students come away with a letter of recommendation for college admissions offices.
So you can imagine the pride Dave (my hubby ) and I have for Andrea. Her intention is to become a cancer Dr. or scientist for cancer research

 

This is Andrea and her boyfriend whom has just signed up and is entering the Navy!

 

I just had to add the jeep Andrea pulled up in.

  

From the left is Michael, Andrea, and my husband Dave over at the Delwood apartments visiting Dave's brother Ray (Andrea's uncle.)

They (Dave's family) have such a awesome and close and loving family. It is always a JOY to be around them!!