Yosemite National Park

Gee up

Chilling out



Gosh where does the time go, four weeks ago I was preparing for my trip to California and now I am back home after spending another wonderful visit with my dear friends Leslie and David in Tehachapi . I was over there in 2006 and little has changed, the people are as generous and welcoming as always. Leslie and David are so special I miss them already. It was good to be in the sun for a while but boy it can get hot, since coming home they have been under threat of fires and evacuation. Thankfully this threat has  now past, but will always be a present danger during these hot dry summers throughout California. Stayed a few days in Oakhurst a town outside Yosemite National Park in a superb summer home ideally set in the area of mountains forests and streams, kindly loaned to us by their friends Barbara and Rick. Yosemite is very impressive with huge, I mean gigantic, rocks, forests and streams, a wonderful area of wilderness to explore, loved it. Another brilliant memory will be, me on a horse for the first time. I was amazed how easy it was after years in fear , I will certainly be looking around for another horse to ride.
Soon after I arrive home its  back to reality, it has been  raining persistently for weeks but my garage roof is looking good, no more leaking roof  thats one nightmare over. My apples look good they are a deep red  and seem to be hanging in there, not as many falling this year. Because some are so high in the tree, without help I have to wait until they fall to gather them but with this heavy rain its been impossible to harvest them, ah well most of them will be for cooking and freezing anyway. The grass is knee high too but I am not fazed as it’s a common thing in this weather the grass just loves the rain. I am just about at one with the various digital equipment around the house, it takes me a while to remember and be comfortable with the many different codes required by TV, recorder, phones, computer, microwave and alarm system and I expect others are hidden around the house, its an age thing… as much as I love going away, its always good to be home.