Today I attended the Los Altos Classic Car Show. The most unusual car was the “Tarta” T600 1951 (white car with a fin on the rear) from Czechoslovakia.
The Santa Cruz / Loma Prieta fires are about 25 minutes from my house. We know people that live down that way and pray for them and for their belongings/pets. In the last photo you know things are bad when even the rats are leaving.
To compound matters we have had a heatwave with temperatures as high as 100-degress (for three days) and the poor Firefighters also have to wear long pants, long sleeves, jackets, boots and helmets as they fight the fires.
September 26, 2016 Celebrities Birthdays:
Serena Williams 1981
Olivia Newton-John 1948
George Gershwin 1898
Sir Barnes Wallis 1887
T.S Eliot 1888
Ann Robinson 1944
Bryan Ferry 1945
Linda Hamilton 1957
Tracy Thorn 1962
After 22-years of having professional landscaping for my house I finally terminated the crew and purchased a Kobalt cordless lawn mower. It forces me to get away from the computer and exercise. It is a cordless electric dual battery design, no pollution, quite, instant start and fun.
For my earthquake emergency kit and being a bit of a geek I purchased this compact dual-port foldable solar panel portable charger and 8000mAh power bank battery backup in case we lose electricity. The plan is to keep the iPhones up and running.
The Bikini, even though it was already known in Roman times (as shown by this mosaic of villa del casale, in Sicily) was reinstated in the modern era officially on July 5, 1946 thanks to the French Tailor French Louis Réard.