Another trip there recently as it's a nice place to hang out and watch the koi.
I'll only put a few photos up for now of the Kimberly Crest mansion. It's in the historical district of Redlands among all the beautiful old and large houses. I love walking through the area.
We were up at Big Bear Lake and then headed down the 18 towards Baldwin Lake Ecological Preserve. (altitude about 6800 feet - they get all seasons there). Before going into the Preserve we decided since we had taken the jeep this time to discover more of the area. We took off on dirt roads and I was so surprised to see many more houses and cabins that you don't even know exist out there unless you travel these roads.
This first picture we saw after taking a dirt road and this opened up before us. I immediately wanted to move into that blue house. I kept imagining what the night sky must look like out there. Most properties seems to be on several acres and I can just imagine the peaceful feeling in this particular area. Oh...and the fresh air smell was amazing.
I knew this was my kind of place when i saw the skeleton lounging against the rock. (photos toward the bottom) I figured there is a kind of strangeness here I could live with.
There are quite a few dirt roads to explore and we didn't get to all of them. Some were really really bumpy but this particular road was easy to drive on. I know there is more to explore but we will save it for another trip up - probably next week. There should be more blooms happening at Pebble Plain than we have seen so far so we will check that out next time.
I have so many photos of places we've been lately but just not inspired yet to post them. I did come across a few of my favorite bird photos. This was a young bird and it's common that they get these little feather horns. So here's something quick and light to look at if you happen to stop by. If I remember, this is a young "house finch." I had never seen this before because I was fairly new at paying attention to what birds would show up in the yard when putting feeders out.
I took this photo up in San Luis Obispo when we were walking through downtown years ago. i always thought this was cleverly creative the way they did this scene in the window.
Every once in awhile I post it again because it's so colorful and creative.
Over at FB there is a man, named k. Vale who posted these awhile back from his drone photos over our towns. Some of these were on the day that the clouds looked like an ocean, level with the altitude of the towns. The last several are views of Lake Arrowhead and the buildings you see with red roofs is called the Village at Lake Arrowhead. I am only leaving these up for a few days and will take them down. I didn't ask his permission, but whenever anybody asks if they can share them he always says yes. But still, I'll take them down eventually. They are just so beautiful I couldn't resist sharing them.
the last one is a view of Rim High School - where students from four different communities up here attend school.
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