Living in Nor Cal is a new experience. You can find yourself totally without anyone to talk to, or anything to do and then the next day you find that the next month is totally booked and you'll have to cancel a few things so that you can take a breath so you don't suffocate. This seems to be the way my life has been ordained.
We've had colds for the past 2 weeks. The kids finally ended their cold cycle with a raging fever. That was fun.
Gardening and Painting have also found ways of keeping us busy.
The California wild fires have had the entire state busy. Our friend has been fighting for the past month and hasn't seen his family. Right now helicopters with bucket of water dangling from them are racing back and forth from a water source to the out of control fire just 12 miles from us. I'm assuming the water is not coming from our river (South Fork of the Eel) because it's all but completely dried up.
The river, yes, our only water source. Living in a temperate rain forest means that it rains in the winter and doesn't in the summer. It didn't rain very much this past winter, so the river and springs didn't have a chance to build up enough water reserve for our summer needs. Lack of water is not an issue this time of year, come back in August and we'll talk about it then. Articles in the weekly newspapers highlight the water issue on the front page. We're going to lose too many of our endangered salmon as they try to make their way upstream to spawn.
Today 450 DEA federal agents showed up in Humboldt County handing out warrants and fulfilling the searches. They won't be done for a few days. Their target was commercial Pot growers. 215 is legal here. Legally, possessors of the card can grow a certain amount and use it. My suspicion is that the DEA is targeting the non 215 growers. (duh?) Our entire community is based on the commercial grower. Commercials for the local feed and garden stores highlight their ability to help you grow your pot the best.
If I had to pick an issue about illegal growing out here, it would be what it's doing to the local economy. Humboldt county is the most expensive place to live in Northern California. For being a country Podunk town prices on normal things have a mark up of 30-50% than that of 60 miles away. If you're not growing or trimming, you'll usually find it a bit hard to afford buying locally. Even with gas prices as high as they are, $4.80 here, you still come out ahead driving the 60 miles to Eureka to do all your shopping.
Enough of my tirade. We have a new family member. A kitten. She's so cute and friendly. Her name is Willow.
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