Went over to Lake Arrowhead one day recently before every day became windy up here. It was nice getting out.
I was happy to see "The Prophet" as I passed by this little book library. I took it with me and next time I go over I'll replace it with another book.
I came upon what I thought was a dead bird as I was going up these steps and it heard me and pulled itself together and hobbled a bit and then flew away.
Our colors are still going strong. We've been out quite a bit lately, up to Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, our area, and tomorrow we will probably go to Wrightwood where we use to live before moving to these mountains and see what it is looking like over there.
This is from yesterday over at Lake Arrowhead. It is amazing right now.
As we walked along the shoreline I was taking photos and finally I told Mike, don't wait for me go on ahead if you want. He did and found a perfect spot to sit which I did , as I came around the bend and saw him sitting there in the chair. The weather was chilly to start out which I had a jacket with me but by half way through I had to take it off and enjoy the warm weather. It's only chilly when the breezes come across the water. If I go out again today to find somewhere to walk I'll leave that jacket at home - it's a pain to walk around carrying a jacket and a camera.
This time last year - we had our first snow on November 7, and it stayed on the ground, at least in my yard, for a good week. It was only a few inches but this time of year since I am on the shady side of the lake and town, we get very little sun.
So, just putting up a scene I saw over at Lake Arrowhead today when walking around the lake. I would love this patio and would totally enjoy sitting there at the table feeling the cool summer breeze that always happens in the afternoon over there. The rest of the mountain can be hot but by the water in the afternoon, the breezes cool everything down.
We went out yesterday driving up the mountain past Lake Arrowhead on up to a town called Running Springs. There is an area that i like, a flat area that reminds me more of being on a country road than mountain roads. We made sure to drive by this one house where they have horses. Every time we go by the horses are out by the fence but this time I could only see them from a distance. The snow has melted quite a bit and it seems we have about 10 more days (10 day weather outlook if they are correct) of no snow.
I feel for the people in Texas and Oklahoma who are dealing with power outages with extreme temps and no heat. Hopefully that will all get sorted out soon for them.
On the way back we did some shopping at Lake Arrowhead Village and on home. Felt so good getting out and about.
Also Sky Park /Santa's Village is in one of the photos . They were closed for the day but usually the parking lot is packed . There are lots of fun things to do there from outside ice skating in winter and roller skating in summer, bike paths that go for miles, a huge campground that was just created across the highway from the Skypark - where people can camp in their RV's overlooking the valley below. There are zip lines, things for small kids to do, restaurants, shops. I've only been there twice since it opened in 2015 but would love to go again. But, it's WAY too expensive if all you want to do would be walk around and stop in a restaurant to eat.
Hope all is well in your world. It's pretty darn good in mine right now since the snow has melted quite a bit.
a little windy also. The temp was about 45, wind chill made it somewhat colder - but the wind wasn't bad, heavy breezes. It felt refreshing after being inside for a couple of days.
I have been busy doing things around the house and talking with Mike and my sister at different times. Living alone gets boring but when i get too bored I find something to do.
Our son is healing well and getting motion with his knee after knee reconstruction surgery, but still isn't allowed to weightbear for several weeks. Sounds like they are enjoying life as roommates (husband and son) and Mike is learning so many techniques from our chef son. He should come home with new ways to cook dinners. He also has been spending good time with our grandson, who is at his dad's part time and his mom's house the rest of the time. They all have good conversations. I'm actually happy they are having this time making memories that will last forever.
I keep thinking I'll go down to take a turn at helping but there is always a reason to keep me home - weather related mostly. I was thinking of going down in a few days but then the weather reports say the beginning of real winter weather starting this weekend with the first of many snow events lining up so I'm not going to drive on mountain roads here or going down the mountain.
Just a few from yesterday's walk. I have collected so many from walks in the past month when I get out that I'll never get posted. One can only take so many lake walk photos without constantly repeating the same areas - but at least in different seasons. These are from the shortest of the shoreline trails - round trip is probably about 35 to 40 minutes at the most. This is closest to the village and Staters where I go grocery shopping and makes for a quick walk before going into the store. There were only a couple people on the trail.
There weren't that many people and the air was crisp but not cold, just chilly and it was a gorgeous day. I took my time and thoroughly enjoyed being away from the house. These days are so short - and where i live because of the hills on all sides of the property I can never see a sunset and it starts getting darker here like at 4:30 - not dark but you know it is coming - whereas at the lake where they get full sun I can look out my window towards the lake and still see the sun shining somewhat.
Here are a few photos I took on my day out yesterday. The people sitting on the docks have a membership to the Lake Association which allows them to go through the gate and out on the docks where usually boats are anchored in the summer.
There are six geese that are permanent residents at the lake - they are there every season , all season. I figured it wouldn't be crowded as all the tourists for the most part it seems have gone home. It was crazy in the mountains after the snow during the holidays - so many people coming up to enjoy the snow and leave all their trash when done. That's a problem here just like it is at the beach or elsewhere, that draws a lot of crowds. I can't figure out why people think its' okay to trash a place and leave.
The first two are photos taken by someone else of our lake. I posted them elsewhere but I want them on this blog. It's not often i see our local lake from this angle so I really appreciated this perrson posting these. She was on her deck when they were taken.
The rest are just some random ones I chose for today. It's' still chilly and when the wind blows the wind chill makes it fairly cold. But, we are up in the 50's which is nice. I thought we were going to make it through to the end of November without snow and one of the latest reports I saw was a potential for winter storms during the week of Thanksgiving. I hope their wrong.
