Comments on: December skies — wind and shooting stars

By: sweetsuzee

sweetsuzee — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:21:50 +0000

Last night a friend of mine and I made a jaunt from Monrovia to Woodland Hills viewing the various Christmas lights that have been publicized as “the best”. Wonderful trek. The wind gusts hot gotten quite heavy and although we didn’t feel them, the streets were just littered with frawns. After dropping her off at her home in La Crescenta, I was driving westerly and saw a beautiful shooting star followed seconds later by another. I turned south to the freeway and once on the freeway I saw enough stars to cause me to drive away from home rather than towards. I pulled off the road and just watched. After an hour of watching I came home to learn I had just been watching the Geminid meteor shower which, by all reports, was not supposed to be viewable because of the very full moon. Well, I enjoyed it. Can’t wait for tonight.

By: Reenie

Reenie — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:08:42 +0000

This was a beautiful post. For a nanosecond, I was a bit weepy for Southern California, but the gusts magically dried up my tears.

Speaking of lucky, we are lucky to have your keen sense of observation. I always enjoy your posts â€“ the attention to details makes everything so very real and remembered. xoxo

By: Georganna Hancock

Georganna Hancock — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:45:16 +0000

Barbara, I think those little “dates” are palm tree fruits. Supposedly they have a sweet skin or outer layer, but I’m not certain it’s safe to eat. That’s just the way I saw it described, sweet. Anyway, they are mostly pit or seed. I have a fig tree in my yard, but unfortunately it’s an ornamental fig that produces little hard, orange balls! Oh, for a real fig or date tree in my yard. Couldn’t see shooting stars for the lights and close houses in Tierrasanta.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:10:57 +0000

The winds have died down, but it is still dry, dry, dry and even drier than that. Every time I pet a cat the static electricity crackles and the cat jumps away. I’ve tried a rain dance–think it will work?

By: violetismycolor

violetismycolor — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:57:08 +0000

We have a wind-alley where we live…so many times in the winter it keeps us awake. So, I sympathize completely.

By: Beverly Jackson

Beverly Jackson — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:20:42 +0000

What a lovely post…makes me a little nostalgic for California…
If I wasn’t so in love with Asheville, that is. Great to hear from
you. xo
Bev

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:05:35 +0000

Hi Reenie … Good to hear from you!

Everyone, please feel free to use my Contact link. See the Navigation menu at the top left of the page. You must type in the not-so-secret word for the contact form to work, to prove you’re human and not a s-word-bot. Also, if you include your email address when you comment — in the comment form, not the body of the comment — I can see it, but no one else can.

By: Reenie

Reenie — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:35:41 +0000

Barbara: I would like to contact you via email. Is that possible? Best, Reenie

By: Bruce Black

Bruce Black — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:25:55 +0000

Lucky, too, to have found your blog… and your sensitive observations on life and books. Maybe blogs are like shooting stars, containing words that speed across the screen in front of us like stars across the sky, vanishing when we look (or click) away, images that illuminate our imaginations long after they’re gone… and we’re in bed, listening to the wind?

By: Eric Mayer

Eric Mayer — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:47:46 +0000

I love the thought of the meteor looking windblown. And you grow your own figs! Sounds exotic to a northeasterner. You’re the second blogger in a row who mentioned those gusts as unsettling. The wind scares our cat. I hate it because the power tends to go out.