Santa Ysabel CA
Our Neighbor is finally caught. He caused a lot of trouble out here.
According to court documents obtained by News8, 62-year-old Patrick Pawlicki, a businessman from Santa Ysabel, changed his appearance as part of his escape plan. Investigators say Pawlicki had lost about 50 pounds, and had dyed his gray hair, eyebrows and mustache brown, when he was tracked down in Jonesboro, Georgia…
Another storm on Sunday, but we did get some work done. We fixed the water leak in the back which had been a bit of a mystery to figure out. We actually had it fixed on Saturday, but we woke up Sunday morning with it leaking badly from a different spot. Seems to be working now. Then we cleaned up the fire damage on the Guesthouse shower. We’ll rebuild it better and are thankful it didn’t cause more damage.
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Power is back on after SDG&E replaced a powerpole on the supply lines to our house. This morning woke up to Ginger barking out the front door at two coyotes eating manzanita berries out front. What next? The Locust.
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SDG&E had given notice that the power may be out for 8 hours today. When we went to the Guesthouse to take a shower with the generator to run the hot water, Bob was shocked when he turned the corner and the outside shower was burned down! We had to come to town for work, but it looks like when we had strong winds last week the mirror on the shower wall blew away enough for the sun to catch it this week and magnify it to heat up the top railing. The other day we noticed water coming up by some pipes in the cement by the front door. It looked like it was coming from the water pipe. We could hear the pressure tank running, but after we chipped out the cement we discovered the water was draining from an electrical pipe. We think that was coming from the back where a hose bib was leaking. Today the pressure tank was still running, and now we know why. The outside shower at the Guesthouse was running hot and cold water for days. The place is falling apart! No power today, so some pictures tomorrow.
Next week the new record from Peter and the Wolf/Redding Hunter comes out. He’s remastered his original demo album from 2006. Here are some songs to get in the mood for the new album “Easy Mountain”.
Bob is working the show “Come Fly Away”, a show with the music of Frank Sinatra. On his way out of the building he has to walk through the Occupy San Diego that has been moved over to the side of the theater. The people seem different than those during “Hair”. The encampment is more like a homeless camp, but even the regular homeless people who are downtown don’t hang out with them. The Theater Managers say the people have been trying to sneak into the building and they are more hostile than before. Around the corner there are some political people still, but a much smaller crowd. They come twice a day for an Assembly and if the the Media is around. It is really depressing how many homeless there are downtown. More than Bob ever remembers.
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We drove to Huntington Beach to have dinner and breakfast with Dennis’ sister Marilyn and Matt. They were staying at the Hyatt there which was really nice. We ate dinner at the restaurant in the Resort. Dennis and Bob stayed at the nearby Westin which allowed go Ginger. Sunday morning we tried to take Ginger to the beach, but it started to rain. Then it really rained on us at breakfast. Not California dreaming.
Mike came up for a visit Thursday night and stayed until Saturday. Friday was a very rainy day. Almost an inch in one day. That’s a lot for October. We made a short rib stew with pumpkin squash and cranberries for dinner. On Saturday we hiked Warner Springs.
Friday night Bob met Dennis in Borrego after he worked to check out Night Fall, a star gazing party for amateur astronomers. We got there early and walked to Red Ocotillo Restaurant with Ginger. They have a pet menu there, so we took Ginger out to dinner. When we walked back there were lots of stars and they were setting up the telescopes. These were serious telescopes. One was big enough that you needed a ladder to look into it. Everyone was so busy setting them up they didn’t seem to want other people to look into them, and we were afraid of doing something wrong with them, so we left early.
Saturday night David, Erik, and their dogs, Bosco, Blu, and Butters came for the night. We had good stars and saw Andromeda and the moons of Jupiter through the binoculars. Bosco is getting old so it’s hard for him to travel, and we were glad he made it out.
Sunday, Dennis planted some native agave by the Guesthouse and Bob finished painting the outside of the shower wall. Then, we went down to Ed and Linda’s to have dinner. What a beautiful sunset from their back porch overlooking Pauma Valley.
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