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Life in Lynch Lair at Wildcat Station
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03-07-2021, 07:33 AM
According to the Burn day page, Friday was a burn day and Saturday was a burn day. They were supposed to update the page, but I'm just going to declare today a burn day, too. That's how it works in the country, I'm sure.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-08-2021, 09:47 AM
Why does my lust for flames always cloud my brain to the reality that making the burn pile is way too much work for an oldy oldster?
The burn pile was about 30 feet uphill from the creek bed. The majority of the debris was in the creek bed in the form of 18" long logs that I had made from the tree that had fallen across the creek. There was also an assortment of smaller branches as well. All of it had to be carried up the trail to the fire. Trying to be efficient, I would pick up a log in each arm. The immediate response was always "This isn't too heavy". By the time I got to the fire, I was sucking wind with sweat streaming down my face. I also cut up some Oak tree branches that had fallen near the fire. And after carrying most of the debris up the hill and realizing I had nothing to do except watch the fire, I opted to cut up a dead Manzanita tree near the creek. By removing those dead branches, I could make an alternate path up the other hill that was a little less steep than our current path. Great plan! More hiking up the trail with logs. I wrapped up putting logs on the fire around noon so the fire would die down by 4pm and I could sleep without fear of igniting the Misty Ridge. But I would hike back and forth from the house to the fire every 30 minutes or to make sure the Lynch Brush Fire didn't occur. Although, the coal were still so hot this morning that I could have thrown some logs on this morning and got the fire going again. I'm wiped.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-08-2021, 10:59 AM
You can drag more than you can carry...
the hands that guide me are invisible
03-15-2021, 02:40 PM
Mar 15, 2021: It's a snow day here at the lair. It's not sticking but it is fluffy. It's got to be so much worse up the hill.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-25-2021, 05:03 AM
I realize I can never live in the city again. Even with only four neighbors, two have found ways to annoy me. The newest neighbor has an old diesel truck that he needs to warm up in his yard for at least fifteen minutes I guess to let the glow plug going. Nothing like a diesel engine rumbling away at 5 in the morning to really enhance the quiet of nature. Fortunately, I think he has switched schedules because I haven't heard him do that in quite some time. I was hearing it every day as I came back from the dog walk.
To put the next problem in perspective, let it be known that I'm against porch lights. Yes, a weird hill to die on, but it is there. I don't know why people leave them on all night. I'm sure it's just to ruin my night vision as I walk by. I am a staunch darkness Stan. Nothing like walking in the quiet looking at the stars overhead. Well, the neighbor in the military industrial complex next door has installed a battery operated LED Flag at the edge of his property. I've been dreading the day it flickers to life. Today, it finally happened and I was not pleased. Best of all it's on a motion detector. I was able to walk by it without being on but on the the way back it kicked on to full brilliance illuminating the entire area. My immediate thought was to cleanse the area with fire but I resisted. As usual, I'm sure I'm the only one who is annoyed by this. Buy my annoyance runs deep. And hot.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-25-2021, 06:22 AM
(03-25-2021, 05:03 AM)Greg Wrote: ...Well, the neighbor in the military industrial complex next door has installed a battery operated LED Flag at the edge of his property...Makes one almost wish this country would founder so badly that flags were no longer a thing... Oh, I'm up a bit early today, partly because the neighbor has a noisy truck he starts up and lets run for 10 or 15 minutes before leaving. I wonder if it's diesel. I don't know cars and trucks at all. Lights and engines. They should be banned from the night.
I'm nobody's pony.
03-26-2021, 09:05 AM
The Flag light continues to burn! Although it seems to come on automatically in the morning. I'm going to talk to the neighbor to see if he can leave it off in the morning.
Out on my post-dog-walk walk, I came across three strangers to Misty Ridge, two men and a teenager and one of them had a rifle over his shoulder. Initially I thought it was my flag owning neighbor but when I got closer to him it turned out not to be the case. They had parked their pick-up and cattle trailer on the road and were just wandering out about.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-26-2021, 10:58 AM
(03-26-2021, 09:05 AM)Greg Wrote: The Flag light continues to burn! Although it seems to come on automatically in the morning. I'm going to talk to the neighbor to see if he can leave it off in the morning. Creepy. One morning, before dawn as I was leaving for work, a dude approached me with a baseball bat. Kinda freaked me out. It took me a moment to recognize him in the dark and with my poor eyesight now but it was my neighbor. He spotting someone checking out our cars and came down ready to go. We searched our street a little together, but the perp got away. I had to jump into the commute anyway.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
03-26-2021, 11:13 AM
Armed strangers is a bit alarming. And with an empty trailer? Cattle rustlers?
the hands that guide me are invisible
03-26-2021, 10:30 PM
(03-26-2021, 11:13 AM)King Bob Wrote: Armed strangers is a bit alarming. And with an empty trailer? Cattle rustlers? That was my thought, too.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.
03-30-2021, 10:50 AM
The Rattlesnakes are out! Or as the cool kids here in Raymond call them "Buzztails", which I am now adopting because I long to be one of the cool kids.
How do I know the Buzztails are out? On the street down the hill someone was bit and they had to be taken to Madera to the hospital.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-30-2021, 12:46 PM
KB might remember in Boy Scouts when we camped in the Mojave desert, we were told that if someone got bit, we needed to bring the snake with us to the hospital because there were 2 different species, the Mojave Green and (some other) and the venom of one was a neurotoxin and the other was a blood poison.
Also, perhaps KB can share Otis’ always popular rattlesnake campfire story :-) —tg
03-30-2021, 02:22 PM
When I kept up my EMT cert, one of the requirements was a day as an assistant at an ER. For my first time, we had a rattlesnake bite. It was fascinating. No one on staff had dealt with one before. We watched the swelling progress, marking it with a pen every 15 mins. We found the antitoxin and everyone read it several times to make sure they were using it correctly. It worked fine.
The patient was bitten in a field in San Jose. It was a baby, so no rattles, but she was smart and recognized the markers. She knew right away. Baby rattlers can be more difficult because they don't regulate how much poison they inject.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
03-30-2021, 03:20 PM
That's the problem in the neighborhood: It's Baby Rattlesnake Season.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
03-30-2021, 03:41 PM
First tarantulas and now baby rattlers?
I’m not complaining about all the break ins in my hood now. Baby rattlers are the worst. Strike without warning. Mind the hounds.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
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