Indeed, on Tuesday 131 mph winds came across the mountaintops of the Sierra Nevada causing havoc in Reno below. Winds of 97 mph were registered in southwest Reno. Our weather station registered 89 mph before we were hit by a power outage! Rats! I really wanted to know what we had! We lost 4 flat tiles and one capstone from our tile roof as far as we can tell. One pole holding up one of the weeping cherry branches was toppled. Everything else looks fine. Thank goodness!! Here’s the Reno Gazette-Journal story. Calvin Palmer blogged about it, too!
131 mph Winds with 97 mph in Southwest Reno!
April 30, 2010
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Wind and Rain
April 28, 2010April sure is ending fiercely! I can’t believe the wind and rain! Both LA and Reno are windy and rainy at the same time so it doesn’t matter where we are today! 🙂
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Dance Lessons
April 23, 2010Grandpa Ron and I are going to try a dance lesson tonight! That should be fun! Grandpa Ron says he is an engineer, not a dancer! We’ll see if it can be called ‘exercise’ or if it is too slow to burn any calories! 🙂
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Fun Friday!
April 9, 2010I sure had fun having lunch with Grandpa Ron and his sister Carole and her hubby Dave and then with my sister Cyndi and her daughter Michele! Then I planted blackberry bushes and cherry tree twigs – Let’s see if they make it!! Fun Friday!!
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Taxes and Printers
April 7, 2010Arrrrg! My printer is having a very hard time spitting out the tax forms! Frustration after frustration……..
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Mix Cupcakes Are Yummy!
March 20, 2010We had great fun at our wine and cheese party tonight! After the cheeses we tried some chicken sausages, baby back ribs, roast beef slices and a marinated pork tenderloin with a wonderful spinach, orange, pecan and cheese salad. THEN we had a taste test of cupcakes:
From the Mix Cupcake Co:
Peanut Butter Chocolate Blast: Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream w/chopped Reese’s Peanut Butter cups on top.
Classic Red Velvet: Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and mini dark chocolate chips.
Coconut Paradise: Coconut Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and topped w/Coconut flakes.
Sweet Strawberry: Strawberry cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting.
…and then, to twist things a little….
Two flavors from Raley’s – special single cupcakes –
Red Velvet: Red Velvet Cake with a Rich Cream Cheese Center and Cream Cheese Frosting
Black Tie: White and Chocolate Marbled Cake filled and Topped with a Chocolate Whipped Icing.
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…and the winners are…..
1) Sweet Strawberry from Mix Cupcake Company
2) Peanut Butter Chocolate Blast from Mix Cupcake Company
3) Red Velvet Cake from Mix Cupcake Company with the Frosting from the Raley’s Red Velvet Cupcake!
We were caked out so we have to wait till tomorrow to try the Mix Cupcake:
Triple Chocolate Temptation: Chocolate Cake with a Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting.
Do checkout the Mix Cupcake Company website for more Twitter, Facebook and Cupcake Fairy information!
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Early High Desert Wildflowers In Bloom
March 19, 2010We always like to take a walk around our land on the first morning we are back in Reno. Today was no exception. Looks like all the plants made it through the winter. Most are budding out. One daffodil is blooming. The rest are still pushing out leaves and a few buds. We might get snow on Wednesday, so I hope it is only a brief cold front. Here are pictures of some of the wildflowers already blooming in the “wild part” (or native area or non-landscaped area) of our land.
Yellow (I think) Buttercups or Cinquefoil. I think they are Buttercups because they do not have five green sepals under the yellow petals. However, I don’t think the leaves look like either plant. They are very short and close to the ground. They are always the first to bloom in the spring.
The violets are also profusely blooming in large patches and clumps.
The tiny Yarrow get taller in the weeks to come.
See my earlier blog Possible Plethora of Wildflowers from last Spring for a list of flower identification books. We concentrate on ones for the Great Basin and Tahoe area.
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Committee of 300 Gathering Members for Grand Prix
March 16, 2010Tomorrow (Wednesday) night the Committee of 300 will meet to get more organized for another year of volunteering at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Here’s the January 2010 Newsletter. Here’s a Long Beach Press-Telegram Committee 300 article.
Message from John Ridgely:
Hi Race Fans! As the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is just around the corner (April 16th, 17th and 18th) we have our March General Meeting this Wednesday, March 17th at the Petroleum Club of Long Beach, 3636 Linden, Long Beach. This meeting is for our Members, guests, and our Credentialled Race Volunteers. Tammy Johnson, Ticketing manager from the GPALB will be there to tell us what to expect at the race. It is always interesting listening to Tammy outline what is expected of us during the race. Please bring your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers and let them find out about the opportunities available for volunteering to work race weekend. Networking starts at 5:15pm, and the meeting begins at 6:15pm. We have opportunity prizes, light food and birthday cake for all those attending to celebrate our March birthdays. Please join us!
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Accomplishment of the Winter Season
March 15, 2010Grandpa Ron and I just mailed out our Winter Newsletter! OK, so it is only 3 months late! Better late than never!! –And today is 70 degrees on the beach in LA…….
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Earthpark
March 9, 2010A fascinating, new Earthpark is being conceptualized by Ted Townsend and his Townsend Vision organizations Earthpark, Great Ape Trust of Iowa, US Center for Citizen Diplomacy. It would be a wonderful learning adventure and environment in the middle of Iowa! It will be interesting to follow their progress.
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