Good 54º clear morning. Only 100.3 here. Hotter in GP.... on a cooling trend now, so looking at the 80º's hopefully now for a while.
A line of thunderstorms went through our 5 southern Oregon
counties on Thursday night igniting some 80 fires, most of which were contained
to 10 or less acres. A power outage in Jeannie and Bill's area had them worried,
but it was restored earlier than anticipated, before dark and I'm sure they were
ready for the AC to kick back on! Over 1300 had no power. By 7pm the sunset was
filled with smoke from the fires...
While I was taking pictures a doe passed by... on her way to
my apple tree no doubt! And Mr. Coyote was on the prowl down by the
barn...
The fire retardant dropping planes passed overhead all day long. My
property is apparently in the path between Grants Pass and the Medford
Airport.... must be the big red barn they eyeball as a visual aid for lining up
to the airport...
Funny, as our house in Temple City was in the landing pattern
for El Monte airport! I always suspected it was the HUGE oak tree out in front
that was their visual aid.
RETRACTION... the video of the plane losing a wing and landing safely was a
fake. A couple pilot friends of mine (Dale and Dee Y.) and a ret LASD (Ed C.)
explained that it was shot with a remote control model airplane and then panned
to the real plane at the end. Darn. Looked real to me. Sorry.....
Yesterday was fun. A group of us gals met at Musashi for lunch.
L-R Dee Yellin, me, Nancy Perry, Tonnie Gay, Jennifer Murphy, and Donna Walsh. LOL, we never quit talking! Such a great group of friends.
Here is a glimpse of our food... all yummy!!!
The first written record of Scotch whisky originates from around the time
Columbus sailed to the Americas. But the distilled spirit of Celtic origin
probably evolved from earlier, more primitive efforts at producing grain
alcohol.
This year on National Scotch Day, pay a little more for a premium single malt, well aged, and taste for yourself why this nifty beverage might be Scotland's greatest export!
Scotch can only have this name if it has been distilled and matured in
Scotland. It is protected under international law in the same way that Champagne
and other regional specialities are protected.
Scotch comes in two varieties, grain and
malt.
Single Grain whiskies are blended with single
Malt whiskies to make a blended product - the
branded products you buy in the shops. The characteristics of single Grains are
as individual as those of Single Malt whiskies.
Single Malt whiskies are sold under the name of their particular distillery,
and are the aristocrats for drinkers
If you want to know more about the history of Scotch
follow this link
And if you want to brew some yourself, this is Whisky,
how to make it
Here is a glimpse of our food... all yummy!!!
All I know. Happy
Saturday. Back to the 50's in Grants Pass this weekend. Car show, car parade,
concert in the park... Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
July 27th
(Oh boy!) National
Scotch Day
This year on National Scotch Day, pay a little more for a premium single malt, well aged, and taste for yourself why this nifty beverage might be Scotland's greatest export!
Since I am Scotch, I
will drink some Scotch!
5 comments:
What length lens do you use for your wildlife shots? They are just right.
Starry Night- I didn't understand Van Gough until seeing his work in person. Hope if you haven't seen this favorite work in person that you will get a chance someday.
One of the welcome benefits of reading your blog is you are a reliable bellwether of heat waves. It makes no sense that Oregon gets hot before California in the summer- but you do. Thank you for the warnings!
Always fun to read your blog. Liz!
Lydia, my lens is an 18-270 Canon. Took an art appreciation class and saw copies of his work. Amazing. It surprises me too re the heat up here, but we are unseasonly hot with 10+ days in a row of triple digits in Medford and Grants Pass. I am in my own little climet zone here at 1200 feet and surrounded by mountains, so my temps are different, so is my rainfall. xo
Thanks Liz!!!
Oh my! I watched that plane again and it was soooo real! Even the people shouting sounded so real. Amazing what they can do nowadays. You can't believe your own eyes!!
Van Gough definitely had a screw loose. As a young girl at Parnell we studied the History of Art. I always remembered how he sliced off some of his ear for a woman!
Your luncheon looked wonderful. Yes good friends are priceless!!
mmmm Used to drink scotch and water tall with a twist of lemon. That's because when we used to go to a club to sit and listen to the band all evening, I could sip one for a long time! lol
Have a good time at the car show but stay cool!!
XO Trisha
Hey Sue,
The airplane that lost its wings looked real to me too.
don't worry, we all make stupid mistakes.
I love your blog, keep making your comments evey day. I love to read what
you have to say.
I want you to know that you are luckyi to have greart friends where you live.
Make sure you let them know what great friends they are to you.
Your friend,
John
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