Notices by mizblueprint (mizblueprint@mastodon.online)

@c_merriweather @ai6yr
Very true. It pains me to see folks spend large amounts of money on cosmetic "improvements", but not do seismic retrofitting. Fortunately, CA requires Unreinforced Masonry buildings (URMs) to be retrofitted. There has not been a statewide push for fire resistance retrofitting, landscaping, water storage, and egress.

@blogdiva
Lawsuits against electric utility companies has made them re-think their maintenance and operations after sparking quite a few major conflagrations. (Camp Fire in Paradise, Tubbs Fire, etc)

@blogdiva
When you burn down a whole town (Paradise),another one in Hawaii - Maui, and a big chunk of Santa Rosa, CA, you start clearing around your old transmission lines, and you start shutting down power to zones getting hit by high winds. Now they send shut down notices and turn off power to keep the lines from starting fires.

@RickiTarr
We played "pretend" all the time. Pirates, hurricanes, wagon train, prison, submarines (we literally dug a grave, put plywood over it, and used a cardboard golf viewer as a conning tower), ball games, bicycle tricks, roller skates (knocked out my neighbor's front teeth when I was bike towing him on skates & he tripped on a rock), flood (built a dam), witches and fairies (witches bad, fairies good), starvation (making food from mud and acorns)...endless list...

@RickiTarr
My mom was old school. When she had had it, she'd put the six of us out of the house, lock the door, and say, "don't come home till dark."

@evan
No. Do not let the Fascists re-write the constitution. They have written down exactly what they plan to do if they have the opportunity. Do not go there.

A happy double yellow #RioSamba #Rose with edges blushed with red for Day 18 of the #FlowerAdventCalendar. This picture was taken on October 9, 2024.
#GardenAdventCalendar
#BloomScrolling
#Gardening

An April 13, 2024 #Tulip for Day 20 of the #FlowerAdventCalendar
#GardenAdventCalendar
#Gardening

The Berner Mind Meld is working. Yes, Josie, we'll go for a walk.
#BerneseMountainDog
#DogsOfMastodon
#DogWalking

Laughing #Tulips photographed on April 23, 2024 for Day 21 of the #FlowerAdventCalendar
#GardenAdventCalendar
#Gardening

Blooming into fall, this #Hollyhock photo was taken on September 21, 2024
#FlowerAdventCalendar
#GardenAdventCalendar
#BloomScrolling
#Gardening

We went to visit the grave at the Benton cemetery of the Wells Fargo agent killed by the escaped convicts.

#SilentSunday
#Gardening

October 23, 2023, #ConvictLake
#FootpathFriday

@dalias @DannyStaley
In a word, "Yes."

"Good walk today! So many pets from the University students!" say Winnie and Josie.
#BerneseMountainDog
#GoldenRetriever
#BerneseMountainDog
#DogWalking

"No lions here," say Josie and Winnie.
#DogsOfMastodon
#BerneseMountainDog
#GoldenRetriever
#Halloween

There are exemplary #JapaneseMaple, #AcerPalmatum trees in other Oregon cities. This is #SalemOregon
#FallColor

#FallColor of #HydrangeaPetioralis, #ClimbingHydrangea, which is one of the great features of this climber that does not damage walls or masonry.
#Gardening

#FallColor #AcerPalmatum