January 2009

This photo is my annual "view of the lake" from our deck. As with many recent years it was a cool and sunny New Year's Day.


This photo is of a turkey buzzard in the yard across the street - not sure it had anything to eat - may have just been enjoying the sunny day.



We rode to Orland for the annual Golden Throne Awards put on by one of the GWTA chapters. Very chilly ride getting there - the low was 19 degrees. Coming home it was 65.

We have been having an unseasonably warm week - it was 78 degrees on Monday. Nice that we have it, but we need rain.

Once again the rodents have found the wires in my Mustang tasty - this time, without the capable people at Lakeport Muffler, it would have been necessary to remove the intake manifold to fix the problem. Hat off to Rich for an excellent job without having to dismantle the engine!

In response to the continued interest in my wiring I have prepared a solution of cayenne pepper to spray everywhere possible in the engine compartment.