The Days Of Wyrd

So far, it has hailed here in Coos Bay everyday for what seems a week.  At least the last 4 days straight, and then some before that, broken by an occasional nice day.  Yesterday: cold.  Today, some sun but bits of icy wind and more cold.

Of note:  a 5.2 earthquake in Northern California.   Important because Northern California is connected to us (us as in, Oregonians).  Connected to, and much like, Oregon.  So much so infact, that we should just STEAL Northern California and call it SOUTHESTOFALL OREGON. 

Anyway.

All of this bad weather and talk of earthquakes makes me ponder the many historical infrastructures of the Oregon Coast.   Such as Newport's beautiful bridge shown in the above picture.  Or any of the bridges.  Or the roads.  Of which there are not many that lead out of our little coastal towns.  Coos Bay has been isolated many times during my life span so far.  Didn't take much of a disaster either.  Little flooding here, little landslide there.  Easy shmeezy.

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Speed gardening is what happens when you get 2 nice days in a whole month instead of the 10-20 that are typical of the month of April on the Oregon coast.  After weeks of cold and windy and snowy and hailing weather we were blessed with a few warm and wonderful days.

Mr. Wyrd and I weeded and composted and moved around the many plant beings that inhabit our yard.  I transplanted Heinz tomatoes and night blooming jasmine and dwarf snapdragons and Siam basil and marigolds, about 300 plants in all.  My greenhouse, once stuffed full, is now an echoey mess of dirt and containers. 

Which means, of course, I have to start more stuff.

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So the call I got last night was true.  Ex-president Clinton really IS coming to the Coos Bay / North Bend zone.  I hope he takes note of the wild beauty of our area.  I hope he falls in love with the ocean, and the beaches, and the forest, like many of us have. 

I hope he also sees the clear cut areas.  And all the areas set aside for strip mining.  I hope he notices the potential for our area, and how it has been overlooked in favor of Casino's, and LNG, and ASC, and everyone else who comes here to take advantage of the desperate plight of our citizens, then leaves the area in more of a shit hole than it was before said activities took place. 

Maybe he will see our lush vegetation and abundant wildlife.  Or maybe, like every other politician that comes here from somewhere else, he is just looking to line his own pockets or further his own position in life. 

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Two more earthquakes so far today, one is a 4.0.  It seems to me that whenever Nevada starts having earthquakes, we are in the mix there somewhere. This one was about 100 miles directly west of me. 

It doesnt hurt to review your survival preparedness list here folks. 

Number 1, make sure there is some drinking water stashed, even if its just a bucket in the tub and a pitcher in the fridge.  Couldn't hurt, right?

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That's the message the telemarketer just left on my phone.  Friday, infact.  I wonder, will he be coming in person or show up via TV.  I'm thinking of going so I can march around with a "No LNG" sign. 

He must be desperate to get his wife some leverage.  Or maybe he just likes Oregon girls.

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I prefer to gaze at this pretty red lilly in my window, and pretend like it's not almost freezing outside.  Pretend like the snow level isn't dropping like the stock market.   Pretend like the weather channel didn't just show me a week straight of rain.  Dammit.

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A perfect, warm summer's day.  In the middle of winter weather.  Only it isn't summer, and it isn't winter.  I blame it on the ever continuing earthquakes.  We made the news!  Hundreds of earthquakes off the Oregon coast, indicative of volcanic activity.  Only there is no volcano.  Or so they say.  But there probably is molten lava movement.  On the off shore fault.  Whee?

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According to this web site the peace sign is 50 years old today.  One day and one year older than your's truly.  But that's for another entry.  I was delighted to find this MGx blog, because it discusses so many local issues that are important to me.  Usually I don't like to blah, blah about political blogs, but I deemed this one as worth blahing about.  Because after all, it's all about me.

Here's a little wiki blah about the peace sign.  I did not know it was symbolic of the broken rifle, did you?  FASCINATING.

So Happy Birthday Peace Sign!! 

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4.0 off the coast of Oregon.

I've been watching the earthquake site for a few years now.  I don't remember ever having this many earthquakes for this many days before.  

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It's still freezing here at night.  The days have been sunny all week, but a ice cold wind starts up every afternoon.  There is about a three hour period where it is actually comfortable to be outside.  I clean the garden and weed during those precious three hours.  And I stare at the plants.  The rest of the time I bounce between the cuddly, warm house and the cuddly warm greenhouse.  And I stare at the plants.  This one is my newest hoya.  Thank you mommy!

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