Harvest

drink up drink up

let me fill your cup

It's October and that means Harvest season...the shadows of the moon...the air is full of fragrances-cinnamon, pumpkin spices, citrus-beautiful! Oh, and the Avocado Fest in Carp this week-end!

There's lobster traps soaking offshore, trucks carrying red and green bell peppers up the highway...and the pumpkin trucks are rolling...the Great Pumpkin!

It all sets me to thinking about a nice Halloween feast with a main course of lobster of course, smothered in clarified butter, avocados-sliced with peppers, some salt and pepper and olive oil...pitchers of lemonade and as an aperitif, some Japanese sake...

add some grilled garlic bread, sopping with butter and chopped garlic..

for dessert, we have pumpkin pie and blueberry pie and super tasty homemade vanilla ice cream on top...mmmmm

afterwards, as the sun is going down, and the warm Santana winds are drifting, we will partake in coffee, Cuban cigars, and the finest liquors- Brandy de Jerez, Calvados and Pisco...

we will let this beautiful season wash all over us!

Get Off of My Cloud

I said, "Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my cloud

Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my cloud

Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my cloud

Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd

On my cloud baby"

Do you see Trump's face?
then you are a very sick person

hey whatever happened to Wendy McCuckoo, I wonder? I miss the News-Press but does the News-Press miss me?

EDHAT is looking weird sometimes with GIANT PICTURES and what not...a format makeover is in the works they say but I hope no more GIANT PICTURES!!

so summer is gone, the Summer of Barbie and now fall is upon us..I like these dark mornings, these quiet hours that bring me peace, if only for a little while

 how can the Republicans get dumber each day with so many educational opportunities in America...it seems they're just not curious enough to learn and would  rather have Trump think for them!

so the next bogeyman for the MAGA morons is Bill Gates...Bill made everyone's life easier and more efficient with Microsoft and he also made a fortune.  He's been buying farmland and QAnon MAGA thinks he wants to control the food supply...hehehe..implausible

Someone ditched a Ducati motorcycle on the side of the road and the cops were checking it last week...this one looks like a 1970s Scrambler 800 series...equally capable on or off road...why would anyone abandon it unless it was stolen? it's a mystery...why not take it to the hills and hide it til the heat dies down? it doesn't look damaged...something ain't clicking

if I had a choice between a Triumph Bonneville or a Ducati Scrambler, I'd go with the Ducati

these are beautiful bikes!

Highway To Hell

I'm on a Highway to Hell!! 

The cops are pulling people over left and right on the new highway 101..it's a speed trap number 1 and number 2 because the HOV lane demands two or more people in a car. It's like a police state now! However, if you drive a motorcycle, a Tesla (KABOOM!!) or some other stipulation, you can use the HOV anytime...the whole thing is too stupid because the Diamond Lane is a failed concept from the 1970s-they want less cars on the highway to save the air-but there's always rush hour and traffic jams in the morning. 

There's still  only two lanes from Montecito to SB until they complete that project..it creates a bottleneck back-up in Carp and an HOV lane won't solve a thing...

and what about falcons? what about smog checks? If I pass, I should be able to use the exalted lanes, should I not? and those are my taxes in all those tons of cement there!!

I travel down life's highway alone sometimes, and it's discriminatory to keep me reaching my dreams..

The Heroes Remain

America..there's tears in our eyes

from that day in September, New York

when terror filled our skies..

through the darkness and light

through the tears and the pain..

through the hell of it all..the heroes remain

I remember the heroes of 9/11...the Americans who died brave and free, attacked by religious fanatics from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The militant cultists chanted "GOD IS GREAT!!"  WTF is that supposed to mean??? as they crashed jets into the Twin Towers in New York. They hated America, freedom and democracy. They were in America on visas or passports...

One of the hijacked jets, Flight 93, was most likely headed for the Capitol but the passengers fought the terrorists and it crashed to the ground...the crew, the passengers were heroes 

the QAnon MAGA conspiracy theorists say 9/11 was an inside job by the American gov't, and the planes were full of feds... these whackos always pick the least plausible explanation for any situation that confuses them!! 

The shameful Jan 6 debacle dishonored every American who died on 9/11 and those who fought, were injured or died for their country in WWII... Can you imagine a bunch of highly agitated country hillbillies, egged on by an orange-faced buffoon, trying to finish the job at the Capitol bldg for the Islamic terrorists??? Trump will never be POTUS again!

but whether it's foreign or domestic enemies, America always takes care of business...

and the heroes shall remain

The Wizard of Oz

We're off to see the Wizard

The wonderful Wizard of Oz

We hear he is a whiz of a wiz

If ever a wiz there was

If ever, oh ever a wiz there was...

The Wizard of Oz is one because

Because, because, because, because, because

Because of the wonderful things he does

We're off to see the Wizard

The wonderful Wizard of Oz!!!!

Fast Car

you got a fast car

When you build a bigger highway that looks more like a speedway, you can expect cars to go faster...the 101 section in Carp is a speed trap...the Highway Patrol are just sitting and waiting to pick off drivers, it seems for any minor offense...the cops will pull them over in traffic jams and that is more dangerous than speeding!

In Buellton, the CHP was pulling over cars who were traveling to the Monterey Car Show...I got to see a preview of the Lamborghinis and other exotic and cool cars...California was built for speedy cars and the movie Bullitt exemplified that...so let 'em roll...we are not a police state!!

Wendy and Nipper out for a spin??

so I'm preparing for Hurricane Hilary Clinton the best I can: canned goods, flashlights, transistor radio and guns..I'm so sorry for the folks in Hawaii dealing with fires..we can relate so give them FEMA help, all they need!! 

whoa!! I was looking forward to some tropical rain from Hurricane Hilary (Hilary??) but while I was waiting an earthquake hit...the balcony bucked and the plants swayed..this one had some kick..5.1... they say there's no such thing as " classic earthquake weather"...I take issue with that

I think it all boils down to is where one stands...between the tropic of Cancer or the tropic of Capricorn...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE LOVELY AND TALENTED AOC TO SING FOR US!!!

Even though the Republican Party is in a shambles, and the RNC is merely a punchline at a cocktail party, I still wanna see the debates... of course Trump chickened out...he knows he'll get hammered by the portly, fast-talking Jersey guy Chris Christie and even "Too Honest" Mike Pence will get a few licks in about Jan 6 and Trump's despicable behavior on that fateful day...

All Trump had to do was be an adult and concede he lost to Biden-the American people made that very clear- and this circus could have been avoided...none of this tomfoolery would have happened...

I think these people are thespians

The Good Life

Oh, the good life

Full of fun, seems to be the ideal

is KTYD headed for the same fate as the News-Press? Oblivion? they seem to be adrift at sea with no sails...and they play KISS alot!! that's not rocknroll baby! Hope they get it together...

it looks like Montecito is next in line for the highway project. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you well-heeled folks what to expect...but before I do, why don't you take a few pictures of the old highway and take one last look around, for soon, it will be gone forever...I'm sorry.

What Will Happen:

Caltrans and various contractors will be invading your neighborhoods with fearsome heavy equipment...if you like falling asleep to the sound of crickets chirping or the ocean waves crashing, then you're gonna have some tough nights ahead

They need to break up the asphalt..the highway is asphalt over dirt...simple and sufficient...but the new highway will be tons of rebar, asphalt and cement over asphalt...CALTRANS has a cement factory by Padaro and Loon Park...have you seen it? do you like it?? Caltrans doesn't care but the bright spot is pretty girls working on the highway

do you like trees? POOF!! all gone!

the white concrete traffic barriers will be put in place by teams of workers and big forklifts...sometimes they will stack the barriers on the side of the road, higher than they can stack shit in Texas!

When the winds kick up, it'll look like the Dust Bowl in Montecito...and giant highway signs will be erected, some attached to the bridge..and then more signs, everywhere..you won't have time to drive, you'll  be too busy reading...

so, for a few years patience will be a virtue, but until then...

you can kiss the good life good-bye!