EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW.

(It was in the garage.)

 

For those of us who don't know the difference.

I always liked this picture at the entrance to the lower level

of the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage. And just

look at the beautiful tool work on that saddle. Man, there is so

much to see at this museum. This was August of 2012.

 

Have you ever felt like this?

Yeah me too.

I went to the movies again today...

...Theater 7 to see...

!!! GODZILLA !!!

I saw it in 3D, not IMAX, just 3D. It was.... okay. Pretty good in

parts. It just didn't quite win me over. Let's just say, I was not an

Iron Man fan when I first went to an Iron Man movie. Now I totally

am. I was not an Avengers fan when I saw that movie. But now

I like The Avengers. Godzilla? I was having a difficult time

suspending my disbelief for this one. And I am usually pretty

darn easy in that department.

And I just didn't care about anybody in the movie.... at all.

Not like Pepper and Tony who never fail to tug at my heart strings.

Anyway, it is at least worth a rental when it comes out on DVD or

Blu-ray. But hey, I did have a good time at the movies today.

Maleficent.

THIS one is next on my itinerary (if all goes right).

P.S. Oh darn. I forgot to drop my 3D glasses in
the bucket again. My bad.

~ Memorial Day, 2014 ~

This is the fence in front of a home in Ojai, CA. When I was

about sixteen I knew a long haired fella who named his little

puppy after Ojai. Back then it seemed a very far off place.

Now I know it as a place that I have been to quite frequently.

I went grocery shopping today. While at Walmart I saw

a "fireworks" display. Darn early says I. But they aren't real

fireworks. They are like party poppers all of them. I haven't seen

real fireworks in years. Kinda sucks. Anyway, my son has always had

fun with these string popper dealies so I bought a few boxes for him.

 I went over to World Market to look around and ended up buying

a "Fish Bowl" of party snacks. It has stuff in it like rice crackers, honey

roasted peanuts and wasabi green peas. It's good munchin' and for

$6.99 it should be. I used to get these for Christmas on occasion.

And last but not least, Curse of Chucky finally came down in price so

I bought it and watched it tonight. Holy cow, that was fun. Totally

worth the $9.69 price tag. The ending(s) was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. If you

like Child's Play, you gotta see this one.

This is the Casa Del Prado Theater in San Diego at Balboa

Park. The theater hosts the San Diego Junior Theatre, the

country's oldest children's theatre program.

 Look up the word "lame" in the dictionary and
you will see a picture of my Band-Aid.

 

My son gave this crystal decoration to me for my

birthday this year. I hung it up next to my computer.

The Farberware bag clips work very good.

You should get some.

Don't fight this.

You will be happy.

~ Time You Will Never Get Back ~

 

Ooooooooo... Look at all da purdy colooorrrs.

The weather has cooled a bit, the wildfires have

thankfully died down, so let's take a nice deep
breath and look at a frog who is asking you

out for a date...

...and some grapes that are in bad need of some water

and are just starting to grow.

P.S. The wildfires didn't just die down on their own. Thank
you to all the beyond awesome first responders, firefighters
and everybody from all parts of the state and beyond for being
there for us. Not enough words for you all.

And please keep being there.
It is going to be a long hot summer.

It is now 1:34 AM and this is the Camp Pendleton fire. On my

last post earlier this evening (technically yesterday) I wrote that it

looked like the fire was picking up again. I was right. It is difficult

to get a perspective on the size of this fire, but if you look at the

photo on my last post, it helps. Smoke is in the air pretty good now.

My camera is not great for this stuff.

====================================================

 And then today when I woke up, I took this picture from
my bedroom window. These fires at Camp Pendleton don't
want to give up the fight.

The wildfires are back. Yesterday it was 108 degrees and

we had nine fires in San Diego County. When I went to work

it seemed to be touch and go at El Rancho De La Tex, but I

did go knowing that if I received a call to evacuate, I would

leave work immediately.

Wonder of wonders, when I got home from work later at night,

I was expecting to see flames all around as I have in the past, but

the fires seemed to be under control. We managed to get

a few hours of semi-uneasy sleep.

Then this morning I looked out my bathroom window to see

this over the ridge. This is from over in Carlsbad.

Then I looked on the other side and saw these starting back

up. This is Camp Pendleton.

 

But we have been really lucky so far. No fires too too close to us

and the smoke here is not bad at all. The weather will hopefully let up

tomorrow and maybe everybody will get a break. Stressful times

for many.


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Last one for today, I think.
I just took this one a few minutes ago. Sunset and the smoke from
the Camp Pendleton fire which looks like it is flaring up again.

 

There must be a hole or somethin'.

Except for the wildfires that are starting to rear their ugly heads,

it's a beautiful day. This is the time of year that I start thinking

about my attempt at a yearly visit to the Gene Autry Museum

of Western Heritage in Griffith Park, CA. But you know all that.

So for today, here is a picture of the tower on the Autry grounds

that I took in August of 2012.

~  1024 x 768 ~

It's knife time at El Rancho De La Tex!

This is my Cold Steel Master Hunter with a Carbon V blade.

I couldn't get a good picture of this knife and it is kinda looking

a little worse for wear. The blade is pretty stained. It's carbon

steel and I have slacked in the Taking Good

Care Of It department.

 

This knife is actually a factory second that I bought from Cold Steel

at their booth at a gun show at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds

many years ago. A "factory second" meaning that I paid less for it as

it has a defect of some kind. In this case, a slightly mishapped

blade. It also does not have an original sheath. The one that

I have is Cordura (I believe) and works just fine.

We're back at the mall enjoying the skylight.

I will have one of these for my purse, please.

Yes, one.. for my purse. That's right... Thank you.

"I'll get you for this, Pan, if it's the last thing I do!"

I forgot to post this picture yesterday. A few years ago

I found this little Smee figure from Peter Pan (on the right)

at a thrift store and yesterday at Comics ~N~ Stuff I found

a little Captain Hook to (almost) match him.

Tick-tock-tick-tock...

 

Went to SEARS. Outside it was cold.

Inside it was.... cold STEEL. The awesome cold

steel of an Irwin Original Vise-Grip. I bought this for

my tool box. Now I have a little one, and this one.

If you don't have a Vise-Grip, you need to get one.

Serious.

While at the mall I broke down and bought this CD.

The Moody Blues: Days of Future Past. I have been

wanting this for a really long time. But the price. I finally

did pay that price. This is not just a CD, it is an event.

Ever heard Nights In White Satin? Tuesday Afternoon?

This CD holds special memories for me.

And how could I not stop in here. Comics -N- Stuff.

I didn't get much this time. Just a Muftak figure. He was

loose in a bag and he's marked Kenner, 1998.  Muftak was

a character seen in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in Mos

Eisley on Tatooine, in Star Wars Episode 4. He's kind of

different and will look good on my SW shelf.

~ A Short Postcard Video of Comics -N- Stuff ~

 

I was over at FYE and...

...I spotted this CD. Babies and thug life.

This can't be a good thing.

 

My Titanium Series Die Cast 3" Imperial Shuttle by Hasbro.

Pretty good detail. And maybe it's just me, but I see a

subliminal in there. It's probly just me. My bad.

Do people really have Serta Sheep?

Yep. I'm living (for the most part) proof.

"If you're good at something, never do it for free."

This is my "The Dark Knight" Joker Headknocker by Neca.

I found this guy at a Blockbuster store a few years ago. I actually

have two of them (one still in the box) because Blockbuster had

them clearance priced at about eight dollars. This is the

Heath Ledger Joker.