Misc Grab Bag of Stuff !!

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Today I have a ton of different stuff for everyone. More Fall Colors from our trip into Redding on the 20th, some interesting Cloud and Moon shots. Some sexy shots especially for new ebuddy Ron Steves!! ;-)) A very old shot of me, Stacy Maness & Johnnie Brinson from way back in 1976!! A lot of misc pictures that I ran across while searching for some Christmas Toy Pictures for Barbara Maness. Some custom car and bike shots, hi-boys, etc, for us 'hot rodders'. A few Linux/Geek pictures for my son Randy!! ;-)) A upside-down plane picture to remind Stacy Maness to keep his bike AND plane RIGHT-SIDE UP, eh!! ;-0

Lastly, the 'avi' file is really huge (49 mb's), so I'd say just skip this one unless you have cable/hi-speed connection OR if you just want to hear me bitch about almost getting run over by a downhill semi pulling a 'low-boy' trailer, hauling a big, heavy, over-width piece of equipment like a CAT!! He did have red wide-load flags on the trailer, BUT he had NO pilot car going ahead of him to warn people!! Luckily, I was only going about 20 mph coming up to this very sharp AND blind corner at the edge of our property and was able to pull into a small turn out area quickly, because we heard him hits his brakes as they were really squealing, but he could never have come to a full stop till he hit us and pushed us backwards a couple hundred feet OR over the hill side!!! So to vent I made a little video that I can show anyone on the town council, CHP, DMV, Road Dept, etc, and ask them in person why it's been over 31 years in just talking about straightening this nasty curve and still have done NOTHING other than send me a form to sign every couple of years, giving them the right to work on my property!! The last time I filled out this form a year ago, I stated that they better keep this form in their files for the future, as I will NOT ever sign it again, as it seems to be a waste of my time & energy, eh!!

Later, 'Viper'

P.S. ~ The 'slide show' is the various pictures that I took of where this semi had to go off the road way to even make this sharp turn and how the various drivers make this turn with a low-boy is when coming down Oregon Street, they drive off the right side as far as possible climbing the hill a bit and when the back wheels/tires of the trailer start dropping off the left side into the canyon/culvert, they just power the semi to pull it back up onto the roadway and that's about the time I came around the bottom and meet him taking up the whole lane!!! ;-0

GREAT Grand Daughter Alycia, More Fall Colors, Sunrise, Cars, Ricky, Dragon

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I'll start off with the shots that to me look like a Dragon. This is only one shape that I see in the faux marble counter top in our 2nd bathroom. Then of course I have a more shots of Fall Colors, a Sunrise, Ricky, 2 different hot cars and a lot of misc too.

Friday the 9th, our daughter Lourie, her daughter Kalee and her daughter Alycia, came up for a couple hours visit and of course I was forced into shooting a bunch of shots of our GREAT Grand Daughter Alycia, eh!! ;-)) The 'Jeremy' and 'Kids' pictures are full size scans, that I haven't had time to 'crop' out individually yet, but wanted to show them off too, so they are kind of large files to download and view. But well worth it, eh!! Some really great shots here!!! Just hope you all enjoy all of these pictures, eh!!

Later, 'Viper'

Thunder Storms, Fog, Fall Colors, Halloween, GAC Bugle and Senior News

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We've had a couple good rock & rolling Thunder Storms, and you'll see come good shots there. I shot of Will Greer was from the tv, as Kathy had paused the 'Waltons' show to get another refill of Coke, as I walked into the Living Room and noticed how tried 'Gran Pa Walton' looked. So I grabbed my camera to take yet another one of my 'paused' tv show shots. Then more beautiful Fall Colors and Clouds shots too. The 'MyDoctor...' shots were of some of the Hospital and Clinic Staff and another patient, while I was waiting to see my own doctor. I hadn't even thought of it being Halloween Day, eh!! ;-))

We've been getting a lot of Heavy Fog this past week, so I tried taking some shots that show that big 'lake of fog' that we see just below our elevation in the early morning hours, that is hanging over Weaverville. I used to hate getting up to a beautiful sunny morning, only to drive down the mountain and into that stuff, just to go to work. Now I look at it, maybe take a picture or 2 and then go back into the house and fix myself a nice hot cup of coffee!! Retirement does have some benefits, eh!! ;-))

The GAC Bugle is for anyone that wants to read it, as it does have some good health notes, a couple jokes and the menu for November too. The Trinity Journal scans are for those that want to read about what's been happening in our little County Seat of Trinity County, eh!! Also, a lifelong friend of the family passed away, Sister Brinson as I usually called her, as her husband was Brother Brinson to me. They were Mother & Father of John or Johnnie Brinson to all that know the family. They moved up here to Weaverville about the same time my family did in 1976. Very good people that will be missed, but now together in heaven, eh!! ;-))

The article about Francesca's Beauty Shop, she is the daughter of Tony who owns Marinos Restaurant here in town and she has been talking about opening her shop for months now. The article about Howard & Arlene, Howard is our local Supervisor for our area these days, but I have known them since moving up here in '76!! All these TTJ articles are for those that may be interested. Just showing a little of our town doings, eh!! ;-))

Later, 'Viper'