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is still burning and has grown to approximately 120 000 acres mostly uncontained it is burning roughly between san luis obispo a coastal city and bakersfield in the central valley of california both about 00 miles north of santa barbara there is no telling how long this fire will burn it is very hot and dry in the area and the land is mostly either mountainous or agricultural with only a few small towns there have been few evacuations relative to previous fires mostly small agricultural hamlets as of this morning it had destroyed one home and one other building unfortunately this is not the only fire burning in the united states and canada there are numerous fires burning across canada with smoke blowing across the east coast and there are numerous fires which broke out as thunderstorms rolled through colorado in the last day or two we are all hoping for rain and cooler temperatures in california that won t be likely until sometime in october though in other areas it could happen sooner we are fortunate that the winds have not been strong in southern california at this point although that could happen at any time 48 comments july 18 2025 the getty those who have followed my posts know that i drove from south orange county to santa barbara quite frequently over the last several years along the way i often followed the freeway north or south along the westerns edge of los angeles the 405 about halfway i went past the campus of ucla university of california at los angeles across the freeway from ucla is the getty museum i would often think that i should stop and visit the getty museum but that would delay progress in a trip that already took 3 4 hours and i wanted to get the rest of the trip completed one of the benefits of living in a retirement community is that they offer periodic excursions to museums concerts and other events a couple of weeks ago the getty museum was a destination for one of these excursions https www getty edu museum there are two getty museums in the general la area the older one is an italianate villa known as the getty villa this museum located in malibu exhibits antiquities owned by the j paul getty trust i had visited that museum many years ago it s an amazing collection and the building and grounds are quite spectacular across the street from the pacific ocean at malibu i hadn t visited the newer getty museum though even though i remember when it was built and it has a very positive reputation the collections at the getty museum include paintings of the impressionist era as well as many others and some traveling exhibits and the building and grounds are even more spectacular than the villa the building climbs a hill along the freeway with underground parking at the bottom of the building the top of the site s hillside topped by several floors of research buildings and two stories of galleries and other areas open to the public the grounds are outside the galleries and overlook parts of the city of los angeles ad down a canyon looking to the ocean several miles away our tour began with a 2 hour bus ride from our community to the getty with parking 2 floors below the parking entrance and a tram ride up the side of the hill to the gallery levels we had about 1 1 2 hours to explore the area and eat a quick lunch in a cafeteria then a tour of the gallery s impressionist paintings a docent led the tour talking about some monet and rembrandt paintings and finishing with van gogh s irises we then had a behind the scenes tour of the conservation labs the museum does not concentrate on conservation of the paintings i its own collections but analyses with chromatography samples of paint from paintings and other art works all over the world to determine what restoration methods would best be used for each sample they explained that what restores one type of painting could destroy another paint and museums etc come to them from all over to determine the proper restoration techniques at almost 10 hours including the bus rides it was a long day i was exhausted when we got home but it was too short to see everything there was to see i d go again in a minute 23 comments april 14 2025 earthquake if you have read my last 4 posts you know that my life has been ifke a perpetual earthquake for the last year with change more common than stability a year ago it began with a minor car accident followed by cancer surgery and then by a move to reata glen a retirement facility my house was listed for sale on february 5 and escrow closed with no glitches on march 27 i am still in the process of unpacking boxes at my new home but even that is taking shape ad soon the boxes will disappear i am beginning to feel more at home both in my own apartment and within the surrounding environment the people are very friendly and welcoming and i have already begun making new friends today i was working on a project of address changes a difficult project that should have been much easier and less time consuming than it has been suddenly my cell phone went crazy it does that if here should be an amber alert missing or abducted child when i looked to see what was going on there was an announcement that there was a 6 8 earthquake 60 miles away that s a big quake and i was tempted to follow the instructions to duck and cover i waited for about 30 seconds and then felt the shake of an earthquake it turned out that the magnitude was actually 5 2 rather than 6 8 and the epicenter as at julian there was no damage here and i have been busy since then so haven t heard about damage elsewhere julian is a small mountain village east of san diego and about 50 60 miles from here people go there shopping for arts and crafts and for apples or special breads as well as for the mountain atmosphere i sincerely hope there was only minimal damage from this quake the shake itself was definitely felt here but just as a shaking without particular direction it was reassuring that the cell phone was crazy the new shake alert app really does work it is designed to alert people of a feelable quake within certain magnitude and location parameters so we can protect ourselves against personal injury wnen possible i had been concerned about the increasing nuumber of 5 point quakes we were having and downloaded the app at about the time i moved this was the first time i was aware of it actually working 37 comments march 15 2025 a tale of two worlds part 4 first an update to part 3 of the 9 offers presented for my house see part 3 all were countered with a request for their last and best offer a couple backed out and the others all increased their offers by anywhere from 2 thousand to 18 thousand we have accepted the best offer and the house is now in escrow with an estimated closing date of 3 27 as i have adjusted to my new living arrangements it has been increasingly clear that a requirement is a working computer and it has also become increasingly clear that my computer was not happy with the move the tech assistant who set up the computer in its new home looked at it helped it out for a short time but recommended that i replace it sooner than later a couple of residents who have tech experience also looked at it and fixed it for a short time but weren t sure what they had done to make it work finally the head tech person for reata glen tried to fix it and couldn t he also recommended that i back up the data quickly and replace it as soon as possible after all that i still was not able to boot up the computer yesterday i shopped for a new computer but as is my habit i asked for a day to think about it that was ok because i was looking at a model that was on sale until tomorrow i asked a friend for some suggestions he sent links to several articles evaluating the best models to replace mine and last night as i was about to fall asleep i wondered if anybody had actually checked the power supply in their attempt to repair the computer this morning when i was awake and ready to get working i turned off the surge protector that everything is connected to let it sit for a few minutes and turned it on again the computer booted up as it should have and has been working well ever since i can once again use my computer at least for today this all happened while i had spent down my cash reserve with surprise moving and real estate costs and i really didn t want to spend money on a replacement for my computer i will heed the recommendation to shop for a new computer but now can delay that purchase until i can do so more comfortably hopefully there will not be more surprises but i m very happy that i am not an impulse shopper it has been a chilly month so far yesterday was the coldest ever march day and today is sunny but chilly as yet another rainstorm threatens to move through the area spring is here and the grassy fields are beautifully green right now but will soon turn brown and warmer and it s really nice to have light evenings once again 24 comments march 5 2025 a tale of two worlds part 3 a part of making the move to reata glen has involved selling my aliso viejo home of 32 years in order to fund the payment of an admission fee shortly before moving i contacted a couple of realtors one of whom has farmed the aliso viejo community for almost as long as i lived there he reviewed comps comparable prices of homes that had recently been sold there were only 2 sold in 2024 ad explained his process it was clear that the sale would be quicker and more effective than that of the other realtor who was more interested in obtaining a listing than in actually selling the house so i selected the first realtaor on moving day the realtor had a painter doing some prep work prior to painting the house the next weekend the painter also replaced doorknob2 s and a couple of light fixtures and was followed by a thorough cleaning and a professional cleaner finished that phase then came a new carpet and some staging furniture they used a sofa that i was doubtful about moving and a couple of other small pieces of furniture as well as a bed that was actualy a piece of cloth draped over a large cardboard box and the house was sparling ad ready to show the next step was photographing and advertising the house was lited on th multiple listing service with a notation saying coming soon last weekend the coming soon notation was removed and the realtors had a wine and cheese open house both on saturday and sunday the open house was attended by approximately 175 people some of whom came both days yesterday tuesday i had a call asking if i could go to the realtor s office to go over some offers i had been a little skeptical about the number of interested buyers there is very low inventory of homes for sale at this point but as the realtor had told me the number of people looking is also down the recent la fires will eventually have an effect but it s too soon for people to be buying new homes especially 50 miles from their destroyed homes additionally the current political situation doesn t seem conducive to the purchase of new homes so i was amazed when i learned that there were already 8 viable offers and a 9th arrived while i was in the realtor s office the offers all fell within a range of 52 above the list price one offer had to be discarded it was submitted on an incorrect form and became invalid we spent a couple of hours preparing counter offers for 7 others and will repeat that process for the 8th hopefully by the end of the week or the beginning of next week we will have the house in escrow for a sale by the end of this month stay tuned for part 4 20 comments march 3 2025 a tale of two worlds part 2 although i haven t yet said that i wish i had made this move sooner i have said many times that i m glad to have made the move now the benefits are may and it will be an easier place continue the journey of life it is not inexpensive to live in a retirement community but the costs cover many things first of course is the rental of an apartment that is now my home reata glen is a relatively new community having opened just before the pandemic this is the first time they can say that the building is full there are about 700 units and there are only one or two still to be filled my unit is one in which nobody has ever lived so i am experimenting with things that have not previously been used there are several types of retirement homes in the united states they range from skilled nursing or rehab facilities to memory care to assisted living and independent living the ultimate includes all these types and allows movement as appropriate between the levels of care i am considered to be in independent living and yet there are many benefits which could be called assistance these benefits include complete maintenance and landscaping but also full meal service we have 3 separate restaurants serving 20 meals a week plus a snack shop and meals to go light housekeeping light health services mostly triage and lots of planned and unplanned activities there are two additional benefits that led me to choose reata glee first the admission fees are partially refundable amortized down to 75 return when one leaves or to one s estate and full medical services short of hospitalization if you have been cancer free for a complete year i will become eligible for this benefit after i ve been here about 6 months an additional benefit of these organizations is the socialization that comes with group housing although we can live completely sedentary solitary lives there is strong encouragement to participate in group activities exercise classes interest groups excursions and so forth there is even a residents technical group that helps with technological issues i was in the twilight zone for a while with a computer and a cell phone that both crashed at the same time just after i moved in and am now able to use both with the help of the restech group i am free to come and go as i please but if i should stop driving there will be transportation available to take me to doctors grocery and pharmacy stores and so forth socialization is a huge part of elder health and it is very available here there is a large group of people involved in all the various activities allowing for a good mix and for meeting new people while doing one s daily activities the people are somewhat of a caricature of homes for the elderly some perfectly functional and others not so much i was confronted the other night by a lady i knew who was afraid to go to her apartment alone after a building wide fire alarm most however are very rational and functional and there are some excellent conversations available if one chooses to participate my overall impressions after a month are that i have moved to an apartment where i will have any assistance i may need need being the operational word in that sentence and can continue to live my normal life as i continue to grow older and now i need to get back to preparing my tax return and 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