Tag: Harding
Finished laying out the last half a yard of the gravel in the garden.
The delivery of the pavers and the yard and a half of “Arizona river rock” is done. Now to get it all into the garden.
This is what a yard and a half of gravel looks like.
The unwashed river rock.
Sadly, the driveway narrows at the chimey, so it means a bit more manual labor.
The 9′ wide fork lift sure makes delivery easier.
Arizona River Rock gravel
Butterflies from Mexico have been migrating north for the past day or so. Today several thousand small butterflies made their way through our yard heading roughly Northwest in the last hour or so. It would have been more impressive if they were a tad larger, but sadly I didn’t get any great/awesome photos of the experience.
It’s been raining since early morning, and since it stopped in the last 30 minutes or so the neighborhood pea fowl have been squawking up an entirely different storm. Feels like I’m in a television-based jungle.
Stopped in for an hour to put a deposit on the upcoming work in the front and back yards at the house. Looking at other plants to decorate the office.
I finally got my old ping pong table shipped to the house after after being in storage for a well over a decade. It will require some heavy dusting and cleaning, but who wants to play?
Finally got the new house numbers mounted.
Shopping for crown moulding.
Store front of Ganahl Lumber from the Colorado Boulevard entrance.
A look back at the Ganahl Lumber sign from the store’s parking lot.
The main (side entrance) of Ganahl Lumber
The moulding section.
Had a new sliding glass door installed in the family room today!
It seems like ages since the move, but I’ve finally gotten all the pictures and artwork hung up on the walls now.
Hooray for small personal victories!
What an awesome housewarming gift!!Thanks @kevin_mcmanus and @karenmhm
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Photo taken at: Altadena, California
Wilson Fire in my front yard
Apparently the forest fire started around 4 am on Mount Wilson and has been burning relatively steadily since.
View of the Wilson Fire from East Pasadena on Woodbury.
Mount Wilson from Woodbury and El Molino in Pasadena
Mount Wilson from New York Blvd.
View of the fire at 8:54am from my back yard. (It’s more difficult to see from here despite it being far closer.)
Wilson fire at 8:54am from my front yard. It’s originating just behind the peak behind the palm tree.
I’ve got a great view from my office window of helicopter water drops.
This isn’t the closest fire to the house–that award goes to a medium sized brush fire about 8 doors down when I lived on Adams Hill in 2012, which was out in just a few hours–but it is the closest and the largest thus far. While it would take me about 3.5 hours to hike to the location of the fire, it’s because it’s located on a mountain and would take some winding mountain paths as well as a 4,700 foot climb. Sadly, most everything between us and the fire is all dry brush.
Fortunately today it’s not as hot or as windy as it has been here for the past month. Typically the winds have been to the North West this month, which would potentially serve to protect the house. The fire isn’t very close to residential neighborhoods (ours is the closest though), but there is an estimated $500 million in infrastructure and assets at the top of the hill as it is the home of the Wilson Observatory as well as a multitude of broadcast equipment for all of the major LA television and several radio stations.
Since at least 9am, I’ve been seeing a rotation of at least three helicopters and a large plane (747?) doing water drops on the hillside to battle the fire. Some of the photos above have these aircraft visible.
I still vividly remember the massive Station Fire in this area from August 2009 that still stands as one of the nation’s largest and significantly threatened the Observatory at the top of the hill above us. I was in San Diego the day the fire started and still remember the massive pyrocumulus cloud that I could vividly see the entire drive back home to Los Angeles.
Sadly, site deaths (thanks FriendFeed) have not preserved the photos, but here are a few tweets almost a week apart about the original:
Pyrocumulus cloud overlooking my local grocery store this afternoon as result of Station Fire. [pic] http://ff.im/-7sVUb
— ChrisAldrich (@ChrisAldrich) September 1, 2009
View of Mt. Wilson (Station Fire behind it) from Rose Bowl prior to UCLA home opener. [pic] http://ff.im/-7ICWM
— ChrisAldrich (@ChrisAldrich) September 5, 2009
Updates
4:00 am Fire reported
8:00 am 26 acres burning and 0% contained
9:00 am the blaze had burned about 30 acres and and was 5 percent contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service
4:00 pm No visible smoke apparent from the Pasadena side facing North, but the fire is still blazing
9:00 pm No visible fire from the Pasadena side still, but fire is still at 30 acres and 25% containment
Wow pic.twitter.com/fxv3Na53Fw
— Ginger Chan KTLA (@ktlagingerchan) October 17, 2017
#WilsonFire 30 acres 5% cont. FS assisted by @LACo_FD @LACoFireAirOps @CAL_FIRE @BLM pic.twitter.com/09iyYbEV2d
— Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) October 17, 2017
Firefighters have reached 25% containment on 30 acre #WilsonFire. Work will continue through the night. pic.twitter.com/qOQ6m6WeyB
— LASD Altadena Sta. (@ALDLASD) October 18, 2017
#WilsonFire air attack pic.twitter.com/AqFwNgzEj2
— Jeremiah Small (@jeremiahsmall) October 18, 2017
A #MD87 #airtanker quickly climbs over #MtWilson after a #retardent drop at the #WilsonFire 10-17-17 #POTD #AVGEEK pic.twitter.com/OKGiNB4oj9
— Matt Hartman (@ShorealoneFilms) October 18, 2017
News articles
- Brush fire erupts near Mount Wilson Observatory, communication towers (ABC7)
- Brush Fire Burning on Mount Wilson Threatens Several Structures, Including Transmission Towers (KTLA5)
- Wildfire approaches Mt. Wilson Observatory, threatens TV towers (LA Times)
- Water-Dropping Helicopters Attack Brush Fire Near Historic Mount Wilson Observatory (NBC4)