Dove and a Hummingbird in the same tree, during the wind storm

The dove nest is very basic almost fragile, but it's built on a thick branch that doesn't move.  The hummingbird nest looks really strong and well formed on the end of a small branch that is tossed around by the wind.  I suppose they are used to orienting themselves in erratic movements, probably learned or passed along from the nest.

Santa Ana winds with a vengeance

For some strange reason ,now, these winds seem to be vengeful, not just a result of atmospheric conditions. The wind has been blowing strong since yesterday.  I can smell and taste the dirt particles.  I'm feeling a slight headache.  My eyes feel itchy.  The dusty air feels warm.  I saw small trees knocked over yesterday.  Not giant trees but small little trees.  When the wind blows over a large tree it makes the wind look strong and powerful, when the wind  knocks down a small tree it makes the wind look like a bully. 

tail light message, ball with a strange message, on this wind blown day

The ultimate seize up aka (psychosis) (psychotic break)

Getting into that comfort zone and touching the central theme of ideology.

fog in the field

Dairy Queen closed

I'm not wondering why it closed, I'm wondering how it stayed in business.  Years ago there was a guy that would stand at this intersection.  He wore a pith helmet and had a large overstuffed backpack.  I was told he was waiting there for the mother-ship to come back and pick him up.  He had a tent he slept in a field south of this intersection.  However all day everyday he would stand here and wait.  He never held up a sign asking for money.  If he wasn't walking, or stretching his muscles, he was reading a book.  That much determination made me wonder.  Whatever he experienced at this intersection was extremely powerful.  Maybe the energy vortex built this Dairy Queen and kept it in business several years.  Because it wasn't the customer service, or the product.  I won't be surprised if one day they find an altar in a secret chamber under this building that created the illusion of a Dairy Queen.  There are many stories about 'other worldly forces' in this valley.  This just happens to be a crossroads where one man brought attention, by his unwavering belief that something, had in fact, happened here.  

 While I know that my bad experience at this Dairy Queen is not proof the devil sells ice cream (because everyone knows it would melt).  I'm genuinely surprised a mob of angry citizens didn't run this business out of town, and it just left quietly in the night.

gas loving spider (yellow sac spider)

the morning sky

Fingernail moon

retail reality

I watched a TV segment about recreational marijuana stores in Colorado.  They showed a highly interactive store where you could find out specific information about different types of marijuana before purchasing. The only product this store has for sale is marijuana.  Now compare this to real world retail.  Let's use milk for an example.  Imagine a store that sold milk only.  You could find if it was cow milk, you could learn the name of the cow, what the cow eats on a daily basis, what type of weather conditions the cow lives in, who milked the cow...I think you get my point.  The same could be done for soy milk, almond milk, goat milk etc...  Now imagine each item you could ever purchase being marketed in this manner.  Imagine the absolute feeling of control over ever segment of your life.

Why is it that ONLY marijuana is able to be presented in such an elaborate manner.  Who has decided for the masses the way retailers set up their sales operations for everyday household, or food items? Who is paying for this extravagant marijuana sales presentation?  How long before the retail reality settles in for marijuana marketing (like it has for tobacco)?

Too much hype in recreational drug use, caused by too much hype in journalism.



Pogs:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs

not to be confused with POGs:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planogram

Do people ever think about the pre UPC world of retail.

 

Raven posing for a picture today

red with black spots, black with red spots

This tiny lady bug landed on the arm while I was loading groceries into my car.

 While sitting at the red light at Warren Rd.  A Bicolored Blackbird sits on a water sprinkler along Hwy 74.  They fly up 12 inches, you see the red dots on their wings, then disappear into the tall crops.  From this angle it looks like they are watering weeds.  More things that will be missed when they start major construction at this intersection.

Dove in our tree "self" on the gas pump

 The word "self" on the gas pump 

makes me wonder: 

Where in the world does a gas station have full service gas pumping?  It used to be standard but it hasn't been that way since the 1990's.

This large branch fell unprovoked yesterday

I'm searching for the tree name.  I see them growing mostly in abandoned places.  There is an old cistern nearby.  It is not uncommon to see people sitting in this area drinking, smoking, and doing whatever.  Over the years I've noticed it draws people to gather here.  It's a semi-hidden place in a high traffic area, and near the Hwy.  I've been told there was a home but it burned down.  The story of this place reminded me of the beginning of a horror movie, where a tortured childhood created a demented adult.  Someone burned down the house to break the cycle of evil.  It is strange I've noticed that fire is used by people that are long time residents in this valley.  To break curses or "gettin' witched".  Not sure where this originated but it is a very common theme.

This truck has been sitting here over 24 hours

"caught with a flat, well, how 'bout that"

Knowing you are dust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cormon,_Fernand_-_Cain_flying_before_Jehovah%27s_Curse.jpg

A new form a terrorism?

Pregnant Woman Dies After Horrifying Medical Mixup

By Newser | Parenting – 17 hours ago
https://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/pregnant-woman-dies-horrifying-medical-mixup-200700512.html

Mr. Al-Abed removed what he clearly believed to be the appendix. He thought he found it, removed it,

This is not a mix-up this is murder.  They will probably find out he just showed up at the hospital one day pretending to be a doctor, and has been there ever since, and no one knows who he really is.

moon rising before the lunar eclipse

consider the soul

The crucifix as artwork
How do you crucify an octopus 3-3-2
playing Frisbee is tossing a flat ball back and forth.

I'll speak your language only if I can mutilate then eat it

no parking ornamental grass zone