BlueHeronDruid wrote:
 

Yup. We have a vacuum packer and a freezer in our storage shed. Money well-spent - especially now.

 Steely_D wrote:
 

I am a sale shopper. My upright garage freezer is an embarrassment of comestibles. Time to order a freezer?

Vacuum sealer. Making apocalypse living a lot more tolerable.

This evening I am grateful for neighbors. Not only did I get set up with eggs the other day when the store had not a single egg, but today when I couldn't get my mower started (even with a new spark plug AND air filter) a neighbor lent me their electric mower which did the front and side yards just fine. And THEN another neighbor came over and helped me get the carburetor on my mower un-gunked so it started and I was able to finish the Back 40 (which would have been really tough with the electric mower). And now, I drink!

 oldviolin wrote:
 

One of my closest friends is fortunate enough to be good friends with Arlo.  They get high in the bell tower when he plays the opera house which seems like a gratuitous remark ceptin you don't always get to say "get high in the bell tower" in a sentence.  Carpe diem as the kids say.   

 oldviolin wrote: 

the rising sun

 haresfur wrote:
 

Indeed

 oldviolin wrote:
 

and Woody

Arlo Guthrie

 Southern_Boy wrote:
 

Contrary to popular opinion, the grass is not greener on the other side

I try not to be ungrateful for anything therefore inversely I am grateful for everything. 

Each day waking up on the right side of the dirt.

For Thanksgiving memories.

Dead and Co was awesome at the Hollywood Bowl on the 4th.  They opened the show with the local high school jazz band and then rolled into Shakedown Street with the band members.  It was really cool.  The rest of the show was fantastic too and I loved every minute, rarely sitting down between songs.  The bummer was the venue.  I continue to be unimpressed with the lack of support from the city for these shows year after year.  We come to hear the band and do our thing and they should know by now what that means.  Hippies tailgating, sharing and meeting other elusive hippies is the norm.  We got there and were packed in like sardines.  No possible room around vehicles for taking out a chair let alone a damn cooler to drink some water.  It was disappointing once again and I don't think I am going to support the band at this venue again.  I much prefer the Irvine venue in the heart of OC of all places.  The venue was much more supporting and even the cops were chill.  Now that Irvine is no longer, I would really like to see them back at Chula Vista again.  I am not gonna do the Bowl or Dodger Stadium again.  Too much friggin drama.

Grateful to wake up to two warm, purring bodies on me, strong coffee & dinner plans with a dear friend tonight. 

 Antigone wrote: 

I am grateful for my trustworthy mechanic, and for my friends who are letting me use their vacation house in West Virginia this weekend (maybe there will be enough snow to xc ski on!). And for another spectacular sunset on our evening walk. 

I am grateful for the next 14 days off work. I am grateful for Weezie's daycare and for the beautiful sunset we saw on our evening walk.

 Manbird wrote: 

The end of a stifling, choking 2 weeks of the Camp Fire with our cars all gassed up but not really believing what was happening and all the animals, including the hawk, stuffed into our little house slowly going nuts. But suddenly it rained and washed the toxic ash of everything and Tessy got to go outside and breathe and we all got to go outside and feel the air and wind. But no sunshine so we're all little pale, shaky and anaemic looking. Just glad that it's over with. Still listen to al the updates because we just can't believe what happened. There are campers and caravans and trailers and RVs all around town making it even creepier than it normally is. We're so lucky and grateful that the lines held because we were the first neighborhood to go if they were to start evacuating Oroville. Some people down the road started a collection center in their front yard to drop off clothing and stuff. We didn't have much but we dropped off some stuff.

Our citrus trees are fruiting insanely - like OV on a Thursday night behind the Taco Bell over on 3rd street next to the Senior Center - I wish we could share the bounty with people. We'll have  a hundred pounds or more of fruit to share. I'll post some pics if I can remember how to. That's all we have to give. It's ironic to give a big box of lemons to people who just lost everything. They probably don't feel like making lemonade. I'm going to have to get a power squeezer. For the citrus. To make juice. 

Anywho, just glad its over. For us, anyway. I did design a fund raising t-shirt and posted it all over the local facebook groups but nobody bought any. I'm still a shit designer.  I just can't imagine the scale of the catastrophe - it still freaks me out. Millions of tons of toxic waste. One 13,000 homesteads burned down. That's so many people, I can't imagine it. 

If you want to donate, go to the tri counties bank and use their GoFundMe because every dollar will go to the victims. It's the best place place to donate.