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I'm Back!

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Josh found a new way of uploading photos to blogger... so assuming this works, I'll start using this blog again.

Rain in the Topa Topa Mountains

the rain always starts in the mountains first.

Fire in Green Valley Lake

There is a fire in Green Valley Lake, and Josh has found pictures of cabins near the beer rock burning down. There aren't enough resources to stop this fire. I don't know if it burned the cabin down but if it did, I will let you all know. Then I'll go get drunk and cry. (but not while at the plant conference.)

Hi

Hello from Ventura!

Things are going well here, although they are quite busy. Sara is living with me now, and will soon be spending much of her time on the Channel Islands. Work is good, but busy, and I am getting a chance to do some vegetation mapping.

I haven't been posting many photos in this blog, because there is something wrong with the uploader, and it doesn't work very well. However, if anyone reading this has interest in weather, they can visit my occasionally-updated weather blog at

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Inyo/show.html

I also have some pictures up at that site.

a hotel for white ladies only? racist!

This area of southern Ireland reminded me of Georgia.

One branch of the river that flows through Cork.

"Street Love" in Cork

St. Patrick's Street in downtown Cork, Ireland

This is the little road I could walk down every day to get a pint or go to the internet cafe or get on a bus to go to other cities.

The city of Cork from up on a hill

This would be considered a major highway in Ireland.

Ireland is a mix of old and new things... once a rather poor country, the 21st century is bringing economic expansion. The entire island basically is skipping from the early 1800s to the 2000s in a decade... which is a good thing.

Of course... some things are the same

It's on the wrong side!

Over the next few days (weeks?), I will be posting pictures of my trip to Ireland.

I will start them off with this... a car with the steering wheel on the right side.

Of course, it is not the 'wrong' side in Ireland... but it is a little symbol of how different other parts of the world are.

Me as a developer! (scary)

This is my neighborhood!

This is my neighborhood!

An oak in Ojai