Blogs from Moreno Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

(Victory Ranch) Yesterday I mentioned that it was supposed to rain. There’s a winter storm warning for this weekend~~in southern California that means RAIN!!! It started last night, and came in sheets throughout the night, and by this morning the creek, which I showed a couple weeks ago as having a hard-sand base, was gushing. Just from one night of rain! The heaviest rain occurs west of us, along the coast, but even a little rain (and this was more than a little) has such an impact. On our way to church the streets were running with water, and the fields were flooded, and rain was still coming. Yep, the FLOOD signs were everywhere! A few weeks ago I made fun of the fact that they had the signs so ready; now I understand why they ... read more

(Victory Ranch) Wow it’s been a long time since I’ve made an entry! We women are finished painting upstairs in the hotel, and the men are pretty much finished with their roofing, and swamp cooler work. Peter is still working on the carts, trucks, tractors…anything with a motor. The weather has been very nice, cool in the mornings, warm in the afternoon,. We’ve had bits of rain off and on, but no big deal. They didn’t even bother putting out the Flood signs! But here’s the high point to our week: Bob and I went to the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic golf tournament in Palm Desert. Our tickets allowed us to go all six days, but because we have this demanding work schedule (just joking!) we could only go on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is ... read more

(Victory Ranch) I don’t have a group picture to show you yet, but we are going to take one Sunday, so I’ll introduce everyone then. The women have been painting the upstairs of the office building, which is a hotel that was built in the 1880s. They don’t use the upstairs for guests, as it doesn’t meet code, but it is used for storage, and can be seen from the lobby where the guests enter. The wood work is gorgeous~~that old kind that has so much character. The paint really makes the woodwork stand out. The men are planting trees where some of them were blown down, as well as roofing…well they’re not really roofing yet, but they are prepared for the shingles to arrive. They stripped the old ones, and then tried to talk ... read more

How can it be December 1 already??? I'm very lax in writing lately, and it's not really because nothing's going on, but more like Santa stuff is going on! But now Mrs. Claus is ready to go home! This is the last week of our project; Dave and Wanda and Bob and I will be staying on for the month of January. Earl and Nancy are moving on to a project in Phoenix. We’ll all go our separate ways for December. Our tour last week was to a historic farm, where we were shown weaving, churning, blacksmithing, and had a lesson in a classroom, among other things. The instructors we in period dress, as well as their speech. It was very fun to do, and was what I expected our tour to Columbia (near Tuolumne) ... read more

...a thousand words, and much easier to read, so I'm going to just show a bunch of pictures, about a bunch of things, and let you enjoy them a bunch! I hope you all had a filling Thanksgiving. We had great food and wonderful company and gobs to be thankful about......Vicki... read more