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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 29, 2018 - 06:54pm PT
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View from the TV couch at about 6:30 PM tonight, during a TV political debate.
I was diverted by the alpenglow coming through our north windows.
And the old Republican was not as pretty as the outside view.
Harley (the cat) was hanging with me, but was bored with the debate.
Impress me with better couch views.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:00pm PT
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Being an out of work Basque tree graffitiest , i could write some obscenities on your Aspens for a nominal fee while improving your view...?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2018 - 07:06pm PT
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RJ, thank you for your kind offer, but it's a weeping birch.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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I didn't think you would notice...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:17pm PT
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All I can say is that you've lost the battle.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:25pm PT
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Contractor... Basque sheepherders aren't particular about tree species...
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:25pm PT
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A dead tree by any other name is still a dead tree
-The Beetles
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:27pm PT
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BrownZ.. I thought that was a Reagan quote..?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:35pm PT
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 07:39pm PT
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ZeeBrown...It's dark here and midget porn is lighting up my life...
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2018 - 07:56pm PT
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I'm waiting to be awed by the Sierra, Cascades, Or Rockies views from your couch!
Post up!
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:04pm PT
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Well I could have shown you a more fantastic view from the ridge above Ridgway g(Mt Sneffels) but I never bought the lot and built the place.
I wonder if it's still up for sale
I'll sub this in while I look for my photos
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:12pm PT
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Fritz; spoiler alert, old white guy beats eloquent native American woman.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:13pm PT
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Just a local view with the neighbor's sheep trespassing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:17pm PT
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The couch
The view
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2018 - 08:23pm PT
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Damn you Donini! The view from your Bivy cottage in Patagonia, is one I wasn't thinking about in my challenge.
Best ever view, & I would be humbled, if you only had TV there.
Inside the Donini Bivy cottage.
Sunset on the highest peak in Patagonia from the Donini Bivy cabin porch.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:24pm PT
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Not a bad view...at all...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 29, 2018 - 08:28pm PT
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Wine too....who needs TV!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
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Oct 29, 2018 - 09:39pm PT
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Donini for the win!
Never had a TV but I have a saying from my favorite chair at my cabin, I call the view out 3 different windows from that seat, "North Fork TV". The larch needles are falling right now but my favorite program is all the swirling snow, some windows have mountain backgrounds and another just towering trees. But, I need a photo!
Arne
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 29, 2018 - 09:51pm PT
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It’s cheaper to rent, that way the view changes.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
Ridgway CO
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Oct 29, 2018 - 10:10pm PT
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My Ouray view
The couch in Colona
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DonC
climber
CA
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Oct 29, 2018 - 10:26pm PT
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from my easy chair, nice view of Mt Humphreys above Bishop
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Oct 30, 2018 - 06:04am PT
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The lost battle I'm referring to is the knickknack battle. That's part of your view, right? How do you dust or do you just wipe around the edges?
It's actually a sign of a full life. A curio here and a souvenir there, brought home and displayed to capture a memory.
Nonetheless, it's a battle. Ive done the math for my wife:
1.7 knickknacks per trip x 2.1 trips per year x 30 years of trips = 107.1 knickknacks!
I've fought to keep my spaces simple and spartan but my wife is slowly overwhelming me. The curios, family photos and trinkets are slowly amassing. My dream of an austere Japanese style interior is slowly morphing into a Turkish bazaar.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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Oct 30, 2018 - 06:25am PT
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Sunrise at the coffee farm! Never gets old!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2018 - 07:02am PT
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Great photos folks! Views to envy, for sure!
Contractor! Re your mention:
The lost battle I'm referring to is the knickknack battle. That's part of your view, right? How do you dust or do you just wipe around the edges?
Sigh. Yeah, about 10 years back, after a lifetime of collecting antiques & mineral specimens aka rocks, my wife & I decided it was time to start letting go, before we became defined as hoarders.
We rented a 8' x 8' display case in a Boise antique mall & started selling on EBay. Unfortunately I did so well selling higher end pre-1900 bottles, I bought more, lots more, on line during the bargain times of the 2008-09 recession. Then my bottle sales tanked, but mineral sales picked up & I started buying minerals to sell online & at the Tucson Gem & Mineral show.
Meanwhile Heidi had sold most of my mother's hoarde of costume jewelery, but kept collecting & selling antique purses & compacts, until the bottom fell out of that market.
We did two outside antique sales in the Boise Antique mall parking lot this summer, which helped substantially reduce the several hundred low-interest pre-1900 bottles I had retained from childhood bottle digs, & also got rid of a bunch of other stuff at bargain prices for the public.
So------the end is in sight! Another 10 or so years of selling the stuff will likely see most all of it gone. I just need to quit bringing home mineral specimens.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 30, 2018 - 07:12am PT
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I haven't a television but if I had, The View would be on every day. I love those gals.
Warbler feels different, but hey, different strokes, right?
Pet Rocks are more my thing, Fritz.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
Ridgway CO
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Oct 30, 2018 - 07:41am PT
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Well, so much for “take nothing but pictures”...
So everywhere you go, you strip the earth of it’s interesting rocks?
Yeah, they are so much more interesting in your living room than in situ in nature.
But this way, everyone gets to enjoy them...
Put them back where you got them, or just admit you are a selfish person who doesn’t really care about other people’s experience on this planet.
I have noticed you are quick to post opinions of moral certitude, but lack the sauce to back it up. By your own admission, you make a practice out of making the world a less beautiful and interesting place.
Stop it.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Oct 30, 2018 - 07:44am PT
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Well Fritz, your knickknacks are in good taste and each a little prism to another time and another place.
Our hand carved, condiment bowl set from Costa Rica often reminds me of how my wife completely blew me off in that curio shop near San Jose. I may have even recited my knickknack formula to no avail.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2018 - 07:51am PT
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ECF! My, my my.
Most all of my mineral collecting is at obscure old mines, where the crystallized specimens I like, were not of interest to the miners.
I haven't noted eco-tourists wandering those mines admiring the admittedly hard to find specimens I cruelly steal from the American people.
Just as soon as I see them, I'll give my specimens to them.
By the way, people that think like you, are a major source of amusement to geologists.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Oct 30, 2018 - 08:43am PT
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From my couch just now:
(OK I lied - standing up from the couch)
The trees below those in the foreground are of Muir Woods; the ridge line just behind the big tree on the right is Pantoll Ranger Station / Mt Tam
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Aeriq
Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
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Oct 30, 2018 - 05:07pm PT
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OK, I will just lie.
But it does tell a story about finding home:
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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^^^
Dude! Get with the program! That picture needs a cocktail, STAT!!!
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Out my front door-
Out the dining area window
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I have a home theater, no windows.
But outside I can see the Tushers.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Here’s mine...
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Our LR w/couch is a weird shape so I have to swivel my head a bit. And, I can relate to all the knickknack shite too couchdude.
Not too exciting out those sliding doors unless you squint really hard. Then you can see Nanda Devi over the tree tops :-)
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Does the view from bed count? From this morning:
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Through the living room window right now on a Friday afternoon...
Not too shabby from the urban 'burbs...
Edit to add dusk view from back deck tonight:
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2018 - 08:52am PT
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Thanks folks, for your fine photos.
And to keep the spirit of this thread going, a photo from our south-facing sunroom this morning.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Must every thread be tarnished politically?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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My goodness...How did she get Stormy Daniels to pose with her...?
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otisdog
Social climber
Sierra Madre, Ca.
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Well, Fritz....it's supposed to be a thread about the view out of your window...
Was she outside of your window?
There seems to be plenty of political threads here to post your political news...
And some of us open these "non political" threads because we don't want to hear about politics....
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2018 - 09:24pm PT
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Fine.
I yield to the old, white male pundits.
All my mention of the articulate Idaho Native American woman: Paulette Jordan, who is a politician, is removed.
Are you happy now?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Are you happy now?
I’m beyond happy about the removal of multiple irrelevant photos and commentary that had nothing whatsoever to do with the title of this thread.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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So far, Fet for the win: I'm thinking that is from the Jimmy Stewart movie, Rear Window?
Wouldn't mind seeing Delhi D's Nanda Devi view ...
Yesterday, and sunrise this morning:
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Our view from the room we’d use if we had a TV.....we call the window view birdavision.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Donini, what kind of floor is that? Cut slate? I love the look of it. The view’s OK too.
Walleye-you’re priceless..
Limpingcrab-OUCH!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Just thought I'd clear up a couple of things here.
Yeah, Wallye wants us to think he's an audiophile and stuff, with this finely crafted but somewhat deceptive offering:
... but perception is decidedly not reality.
Our spies reveal, from a discretely embedded position behind Walter's couch, this, to be the true shape of things over at Chez Walleye:
And speaking of perception, given that Fritz is all about the view from the couch,
We got all curious and stuff, and decided to see what the outside condition of Fritz and Heidi's little hideaway there at Choss Creek really looks like,
So we loaded up the spy cam …
… And by the crack of noon we rolled the mothballed Hughes XF-11 out from the 'ole tin shed and headed out Idaho-way for a look see.
Just a second, please, I'm having trouble with the confabulater's throw out bearing ...
It's all quite puzzling ...
Okay ... as it turns out, them two honeymooners have been holding out, because, as you see below, what we've uncovered is that ...
Choss Creek ain't so chossy after all:
 Click the photo to make it big for full effect, after all, the tale is larger-than-life!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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I live at about 3 o’clock (from the top of the hill)in this photo,up above Canadice Lake.
Cheers
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2018 - 05:15pm PT
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My my Tar! Thank you for the fine photos of our ranchette, even if the Idaho reality is somewhat less magical.
It still ain't bad, for Choss Creek.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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That frontal shot with the curved walkway leading to the mountain hideaway is pretty sweet, Fritz!
Who are those stoned dudes?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Mmmm, grouse for dinner.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2018 - 06:19pm PT
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Tar! Per your question: Who are those stoned dudes?
The Inukshuks!
Inspired by one in the Royal BC museum in Victoria, that impressed me in the early 1970's, I shared in the construction of one during a 1976 visit to Mt. Deborah & nearby mountains.
When Heidi & I moved here in 1991, we had lots of nice basalt & a small cliff for a stage. Although I confess to having zero inclination for art, I can stack stones, & over the next 3 years I built the inukshuks, which except for a dowel that holds the cat tail erect on windy days, are all free-standing.
From left to right: Herman, Brunhelda, Franz, & Katz.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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I don't much watch TV so no set place there, but my backyard has this view. Pretty much same view I get out the bedroom window too.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say, wanyno... wow, i love that bird!
sweet view...
my area for tv, etc, is not with a window... and, i don't watch tv,
but, i do have a little tv (old fashioned) for video stuff...
:)
actually, too, a friend gave me a plug in portable dvd player, so then,
i could show the window view, from that point... :)
i will find one-- i see squirrels, and my fish pond... :)... and
little birds... none like that one of yours...
i can find a 'front room' view, though, as to the tv...
without window...
happy good eve, to all...
going to see the other pics, now...
edit:
wow, say, spider savage... wow... now THAT'S a vew...
i want to cut out a BACK window, to see my yard, from my
computer room... would be neat...
but, wow, not as vast as yours...
though, i bet my dog would love the BETTER squirrel view...
more in the back, than on the side of house... :))
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Lieutenant Uhura, open up a hailing frequency with the Inukshuks.
Sulu, arm the photon torpedoes with military grade THC, those buggers look pretty stoned already!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Tarbuster is on fire tonight!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2018 - 04:40pm PT
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There is a history of the inukshuks attracting UFO's.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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This was it a few days ago.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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We have deer looking in at us all the time.
It's creepy.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Well it's night now and you can't see squat, but I looked at the photos I've already loaded and there are some I took from the back porch which give essentially the same view as the living room windows.
From the hallway between the living room and the bedrooms
The living room and TV before we had LED and Netflix
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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The cat is reading aloud to Cici? Or what ...
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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I'm never quite sure what that cat is thinking, Tarbuster, but reading out loud (in English or Spanish) is not one of her talents.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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The big lie, w/o alien embellishment.
Thanky, Miss514.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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here's a couple more for ya, Neebs.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Not so sure about this whole moose reintroduction program?
For sure, I get the whole thing about keystone predators, restoring wildlife pathways and etc.
But I think I preferred my moose on television:
As opposed to grazing our aspens!
I guess we could always move back to the city and oggle wildlife in the bouldering gym?
... Nahhhh.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2018 - 09:55am PT
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Great photos folks! Thanks for taking the time to share them.
Tar! I'll agree that cow moose is too-close for comfort. I like my moose about 1/4 mile away, or not at all. Ain't any here in Choss Creek, yet, but they are now a common urban & rural fact of life in the Ketchum/Hailey area.
No Idaho moose-stompings yet, but I fear it's only a matter of time.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Moose Butt / Moose leaving steamers by the wintering Ass-Pens?
Moose droppings and more than a little aggresive as well?
An the intrepid drooler
(a city-dwelling Moose, & from That debouched city as well)
drooling over said butt, coveting from a-far?
oh... thats just wrong in so many ways!
now the view from the big screen & couche & your average visitor
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Mahatma likes to hang out in the carport where it is cooler. This was in July. I saw him a few days ago and he survived the hunting season. He wondered why I have these two giant dogs that keep barking at him.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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So you are a dharma brat, phylp?
Ha ha. Just kidding. (Had to trot that out. It's the go to designation for rich, errant white kids that get sent to the Sangha to clean up.)
I like that presentation with the graduated platform tables!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Moose
Although I've been asked by many, if not all, to curb my rudeness that seems to always fall beyond pail... missing the mark?
no, that's wrong,
I went & looked it up
what is acceptable
Beyond the pale. ... The phrase is properly "beyond the pale".
It means an action that's regarded as outside the limits of acceptable behaviour, one that's objectionable or improper.She's always coming by with her brood, so rude of her, ruining the mood,
insensitive A libido killer, & runs away
so leaving me to face off with a sharp taloned Tom.
so we have not had the chance to make an acquaintance. . .
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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July, and no lie, just one of the neighbors.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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So you are a dharma brat, phylp?
Taken as you meant it, with affection, as is mutual...
I'm kind of pantheistic/nontheistic/non-duality/duality/human/universalenergy etc. recognizing there is no me speaking ;-)
My husband has made three trips to Nepal and each trip he brings back a beautiful Buddha and leaves money in the country as an exchange. But after this last trip, I told him, honey please leave money, but no more Buddhas!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Ha ha!
I'm agnostic. Maybe Gnostic, but only during certain hours of the day.
I attend the church of Jimi Hendrix with ritualistic fervor!
I totally got a kick out of the road signs you posted up-thread, phylp.
Though not quite sure who those three "I" characters were who just wrote the prior sentences, he's giggling incessantly right now over much of the content being shared in this thread!
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Nov 10, 2018 - 07:50am PT
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The view out my kitchen window is mostly blocked by the foliage of my massive Syrah vines, now in their fall colors. I planted them in 1999 and the biggest one is now about 130 ft. in length and 3" in diameter 50 ft. from the base of the trunk. This year they (only 6 vines) yielded enough wine to fill a typical wine barrel, so in a year or so I'll be bottling about 25 cases.
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Aeriq
Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
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Nov 10, 2018 - 09:22am PT
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We have deer looking in at us all the time.
It's creepy.
I think I just saw my first Lurky deer - I didn't think that was possible.
It's the ears...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 10, 2018 - 02:28pm PT
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kpinwalla2,
Anyone growing their own Syrah vines, at home, and squashing that goodness into wine gets two thumbs up from me!
And doing it in Washington state, we are talking decent acidity levels!
How would you describe the soil?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2018 - 04:17pm PT
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Kpinwalla2! Your City of Rocks Cuvee was much appreciated too!
I'll give the whole presentation 3 thumbs up!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 10, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
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Out on the porch in the dark at halftime in the Warriors/Nets game, from the front porch, through the window, off the couch, and into the ring, an impossible call since the screen's up and the window's shut.
Halftime H-O-R-S-E contest.
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Enty
Big Wall climber
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Nov 11, 2018 - 12:12am PT
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Jim Clipper
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Nov 11, 2018 - 01:23am PT
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Brow furrowed to perhaps see a for a moment, the views of others. My view, at most just a small part, best that way. Through a lens, from the couch to the screen, which flickers away. Goodnight
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Loyd
Big Wall climber
Roseburg, OR
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Nov 11, 2018 - 10:18am PT
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In years past
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 11, 2018 - 10:19am PT
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The view from my couch last night. OK, it wasn’t my couch. But it was a couch!
It was the first time I’ve seen and/or heard a $125,000 sound system, too!
There were also some components in a rack to my left.
It sounded gud! OK, DAMN GUD! 🤡
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Nov 11, 2018 - 10:42am PT
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Susan
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Nov 11, 2018 - 07:04pm PT
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Tarbuster - my backyard soils are basalt cobblestone gravels mixed with stream-reworked loess. The vines get all the water they want from my lawn sprinklers so have grown to mammoth size - like kudzu in the the southeast US. This year I harvested 800 labs at 23.5 Brix, which is pretty amazing. My friends at Rotie Cellars are making the wine this year. It's currently finished malolactic fermentation and is ageing in a neutral French oak barrel at the winery. The big question is: What do I do with 25 cases of wine?
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Nov 11, 2018 - 07:40pm PT
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Well, KP, keep me in mind for helping out with your dilemma! I recall sampling some product at a house in Albion a few years back...pretty nice!
Wind Dance...I hear good things! Amazing...
Cheers!
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Tarbuster
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Nov 11, 2018 - 11:11pm PT
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kpinwalla2!
Man, I love a meaty, loamy Syrah.
23.5 Brix: with my limited means, I'm translating that to mean good ripeness and a fairly decent extraction. Aging in that French oak probably isn't exactly slumming it, either, ha!
I might have tasting notes from a Domaine de Vallouit Côte-Rôtie.
All those northern Rhône Syrah really spin my platter; probably tasted more Crozes-Hermitage (being more affordable), one of the more memorable being an unfiltered Domaine du Pavillon Mercurol, as well as some Cornas (certainly the more muscular of the Syrah I've had the pleasure to nuzzle up to), a sprinkling of Saint-Joseph, and a couple Vacqueyras (one of the latter showed burnt rubber on the nose; maybe the Montirius).
One of the more memorable and well-structured domestic Syrah I recall was a Neyers, Napa Valley, Hudson Vineyards.
Also, speaking again of California, Novy & Siduri do great stuff with that varietal, if a little on the hedonistic tilt.
It blows my mind that you get a 25 case yield out of some monster backyard vine collection. Growing "like kudzu" ... Very funny.
What could you possibly do with all those cases of wine?
Sounds like a real dilemma. Though I know you aren't exactly kidding about that kind of volume laying around, still, my heart goes out to you!
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Tarbuster
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Nov 11, 2018 - 11:28pm PT
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Nice job, Sewellymon, on representing for the California Transverse Ranges.
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fredbill222
Trad climber
GJ, CO
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Nov 12, 2018 - 03:35am PT
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My name is Frederick but I've been called Fritz since birth and sign checks that way. Real name, no gimmicks. Baller. It's dark out ritenow but the view from my house in GJ is of a voluptuous trailer park maven smoking a blunt and drinking Rolling Rock from a red plastic cup.
sendersgamepodcast.com
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Nov 12, 2018 - 06:14am PT
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Loyd, your posting passed right over most of these people’s flat heads. House on the meadow for Curry management? Nice.
Valley employees thought Curry was so evil until Delaware North took over. Delaware North helped people realize how good they had it with Curry.
Now, with Aramark, it’s even worse. Aramark has set new nadiers in employer behavior.
I was at a party at Falkenstein’s in Foresta a couple evenings ago. Some of the long-term valley employees were telling Aramark horror stories. It sounded particularly bad for the mid level management types.
Oh, for the good old halcyon days with Boomer and the rest of the rat-pack that actually looked out for the employees (mostly).
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Tarbuster
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Nov 12, 2018 - 10:24am PT
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Flat heads. Flat Heads?
Now I'm hurt, Don. Real hurt! Don't you know we're supposed to be creating safe spaces for each other?
When I saw Lloyd's view, after first relishing the rarity of it, my next thought was: hmmm. Orchid, Poinsettia, and other thoughtfully positioned flowers, candles, and thriving house plants.
Aside from it being a Christmas scene, must be a woman in the house!
I also wonder, Lloyd, how did you get that shot so clean, with all of the variable lighting conditions inside and out. Nothing is overexposed, except maybe the snow is a little hot.
It almost looks like a poster strapped to the wall! But with the retracted venetian blinds added in to complete the trompe l'oeil effect. Not bad for a snapshot!
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Nov 12, 2018 - 11:32am PT
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Tarbuster - I'm also a big fan of Croze-Hermitage and Cornas, that's one reason I planted Syrah. You should try to get your hands on a Syrah from the Rocks District of Milton-Freewater, some of the most assertive and distinctive terroir on the planet.http://www.rocksdistrict.com Brian in SLC - I was going to name the COR route "Last Dance" and my wife talked me out of it. I don't think I'm going to be doing much more choreography in that neck of the woods. It was super windy on the day of the FA and I put it up with the assistance of Jay Goodwin, who also helped with Rain Dance 20+ years ago, so "Wind Dance" it was... Maybe I'll bring some of that vino to Fritz's get-together next summer...
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Tarbuster
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Nov 12, 2018 - 11:45am PT
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Okay, KPWalla, I just looked up that AVA:
It is named for the city of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and a unique alluvial fan resulting in rocky soils with "baseball sized" basalt cobbles[6] covering the earth,[4] and is notable as being "the only AVA in the United States whose boundaries are defined by the soil type"
Immediately reminds me of the galets for which Châteauneuf-du-Pape is known:
The characteristic terroir of Châteauneuf-du-Pape comes from a layer of stones called galets ("pebbles"). The rocks are typically quartzite and remnants of Alpine glaciers that have been smoothed over millennia by the Rhône. The stone retains heat during the day and releases it at night which can have an effect of hastening the ripening of grapes. The stones can also serve as a protective layer to help retain moisture in the soil during the dry summer months https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocks_District_of_Milton-Freewater_AVA#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKimbel2014-7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-du-Pape_AOC
Looks like Rotie Cellars has plots within that AVA. Next, I might give Tertulia a look see ...
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Nov 12, 2018 - 02:32pm PT
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Tarbuster - Good call. The recent plantings in the Rocks District were largely prompted by the similarities of its rocky soils to those of Chateauneuf. However, the rocky soils of the Rocks District are much deeper and rockier than those of Chateauneuf and the cobblestones are made of dark basalt rather than light-colored quartzite.
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Tarbuster
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Nov 12, 2018 - 02:40pm PT
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10 four!
I've got a call into my local wine shop to see about sourcing some of those Rocks District Syrah for Thanksgiving.
Fairly boutique I suspect, (those producers from the looks of things), and some sell direct, though maybe not using distributors just yet. We'll see: thanks much for the nudge!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2018 - 09:08pm PT
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Great photos & stories folks.
Kpinwalla2! I'm looking forward to sipping your latest vintage.
Since we are now moving off the couch, here's Heidi & the sunset on our front porch on Oct. 2. I predicted it would be our best October sunset & it was.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 13, 2018 - 12:26am PT
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hey there say, ... say, here i come...
:)
ooops is too cluttered, as, i have an EASEL up right now...
usually is not there...
and, cat has his favorite box, on my chair...
and-- christmas tree is there... :))
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A pre-Thanksgiving wine tasting party, at Chez Tarbousier, sans couch!
L-R:
Lisa Goldsmith – My wife & national + internationally renowned champion mountain runner
Grace – Tarbuster ex-girlfriend & climbing partner + mother of the two young women on the right
Sarah – Recent nationally-ranked surfer
Aaron – Afghanistan veteran + trad climber & Cassin Ridge hopeful
Claire – CU Boulder astrophysics student & dedicated climber
Tarbuster a.k.a. Roy McClenahan – Internet sh#t talker & former Yosemite Mountain School guide
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aeriq
Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
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Not bad - seeing the sunrise on Basin & Tom every morning...
Especially pretty after some snowfall:
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 14, 2018 - 04:53pm PT
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Pretty glorious tonight!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2018 - 05:05pm PT
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Great views folks! Thanks for sharing them.
Harley (the cat) enjoying his morning sun-room view yesterday.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 14, 2018 - 05:20pm PT
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Damn, looks like Harley needs to cut back on the carbs!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 14, 2018 - 07:46pm PT
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Looks like Reilly already sent Harley a greeting card on the previous page!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 14, 2018 - 09:07pm PT
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We don't have a TV (and the couch won't arrive until we do the full U-Haul move), but this is a view from the back door when one of our neighbors came by to see who had just moved in...
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2018 - 09:34pm PT
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nutagain & Tar! Re Harley "the cat" being a little chubby. He is very active outdoors & has learned to suck his gut up for photos, like any aware old guy.
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Tarbuster
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Dec 14, 2018 - 10:11pm PT
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Yeah, not cool to be dissing on your cat.
Especially because he can't sit at your computer and lash back at us!
There he was, minding the view from the couch, and his own business.
Besides, I'm sure that wasn't his most flattering pose in the cat couch.
Berg heil, Harley!
https://www.catster.com/cats-101/orange-tabby-cat-facts
https://www.thepurringtonpost.com/orange-tabby-cats-fun-facts/
Fun Fact #7. Orange tabby cats love to eat. Fun Fact #8. They tend to be low-energy.
On the one hand, this laid-back “cattitude” can make them excellent lap buddies and snugglers. On the other hand, it’s just another precaution to remember, since it may make them more at risk for becoming overweight and obese. A quote from Jim Davis (creator of Garfield) comes to mind ~ “In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange.”
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Dec 18, 2018 - 04:02pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 18, 2018 - 05:19pm PT
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Hugo has his winter weight on. There was a squirl right outside the door a few days ago nibbling on a slice of bread. I snuck the door open and tossed Hugo at the squirl. Now that certainly should have been an unfair advantage yet the squirl took off like a shot out of a cannon with Hugo lumbering after him. Hugo got burned worse than a linebacker trying to cover Jerry Rice . Absolutely pathetic performance on his part. I am quite certain that he slept the entire day today while I was at work. No doubt dreaming about catching that squirl…
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 18, 2018 - 09:14pm PT
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This is the view to the left of the TV, since we erected the lovely everlasting plastic tree last week.
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Aeriq
Sport climber
100-year Visitor
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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One more:
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:54am PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Dec 26, 2018 - 09:37am PT
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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View from where I’m washing dishes right now:
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2019 - 08:41pm PT
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Harley (the cat) is still preferring an inside view, as our snow comes & goes.
Front porch & decision time. An inside cat-nap was the decision.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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"Thing about getting a place with a great view...is, after you move in and looked at the great view for a few days, you get used to it and it ain't a great view anymore. It's just what you look at out your window."
--Hawk/"Chance" by Robert B. Parker
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2019 - 01:46pm PT
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Back porch cocktail hour view on Sunday, after a long day of killing weeds, burning, & my first lawn mow of the year. Harley (the cat) was digging it.
Heidi hunting semi-wild asparagus we planted along the spring creek about 26 years back.
Note the asparagus stalks. They add up & need to be picked daily this time of year.
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