We were blessed with a beautiful double rainbow over our garden area this evening. It was so vibrant the pictures really don’t show it as it is… but really, can a photo capture what your eyes see? I’ve been to one place in Jackson Wyoming that had some 6′ x 2.5′ landscape photos that almost did. I’d love to have some of those on my office wall. I have some photography by Keoki Flagg that is just amazing too… but some of the stuff I and others have seen with the eyes will have to wait to be printed by the B.I.R.P.O.L. device, pronuounced birpol, or in other words, the Brain Image Recapture Print Out Large device.

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Lake Almanor, during the Memorial Day holiday, is hit or miss. Two out of the 3 years I have gone with the family, has been rainy. This year it was rainy, but we still got enough breaks in the weather to catch some nice Bass. After about 60% total water all winter, we welcome any moisture to our area. Back at Casa Verde now, and ready to burn some piles while we have this rain coming down. Below are some shots I got on the cell phone, since I forgot my camera. They turned out alright for 2mp.

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My sister took a digger on her mountain bike. She’s not afraid. She’ll be back at it next week.

UPDATE! She’s way better. Has some big metal brace in her mouth, but the scars are almost all healed up. Black eye is just about gone. It’s cause she eat’s her greens!

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With the past few days in the mid to upper 80’s, everything around the yard that gets a good watering is boosting. Our first lilac flowers are beginning to show. They smell so wonderful! We have a lot of large lilac bushes around our place that are probably over 40 years old. It’s nice to walk around the yard in the early morning when the sun really begins to warm the flowers up. The fragrance is amazing. Too bad our house doesn’t always smell that nice.

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Already Been Fished Tackle is now online for all of you fishing tackle buffs. I know some garages are just stuffed full of lures, fishing rods, extra fishing supplies, gear and the like that you are no longer using. Sell it online at ABFTackle.com Gas prices are high, the fishing spot isn’t always close. Now you can supplement your income in front of your computer. It is super easy to signup, list your items, and get paid!

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Our courtyard apple tree has treated us with a plethora of blossoms this year. It is amazing. We have fancied the idea that there are probably more than 100,000 blossoms on it. I’d say that number is maybe half of what there really is. Did you know that October is National Apple Month? When October comes I’ll have to write a tribute post to the apples. Enjoy the photos.

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The blossoms are starting to really show here, even in the mid-spring cold, rain and snow. From the Apple trees to the mini Grape Hyacinths, the colors are really coming alive. It is hard to imagine that all the little buds that turn into flowers will become fruit. It’s like the flower turns inside out and the fruit gets pulled up from the roots and out the end of the branch. The natural process of things is surely divine. At the center of it all, it looks like nothing, but in essence it is that we cannot see that is. “He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.” Psalm 135:7

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