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Ed Montague
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Initially Posted - 04/09/2003 : 14:28:39

All of this talk of snow, sleet and ice. I thought I would share April on Lake Don Pedro in the Sierra foothills of Central California with you.
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2db24b3127cce9df01952f72d0000003610" border=0>
This photo was taken last spring as my wife and I ghosted along on a very calm evening. The sun was just about ready to dip below the hills and all good lighting would be lost. The camera was at the bottom of my bag, of course. I knew that if I started the motor the deer would bolt for the tree line so this is the end result.

I'm hoping Spring will find the rest of you soon.

Ed Montague on 'Yahoo'
1978 #765 SK, Stnd, Dinette ~_/)~

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jm
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 15:27:18

Speaking of deer, er, I mean fishing, check this site out..

http://users3.ev1.net/~jtclay/fishin.htm

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 21:46:42

Spring? Isn't that a coiling metal thing? Spring, we've started next winter already.

Don Peet
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The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 21:49:20

My favorite cove on Folsom Lake looks just like Ed's picture from Lake Don Pedro. I plan to overnight there this weekend if all goes well with cleaning up the boat and launching her Friday afternoon.

Larry Charlot
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Sacramento, CA

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 22:18:28

Deer? Hoofed rats.....I've got a whole gang come's through my yard every day, they eat everything.....(unless I spray it with liquid fence, a sort of bottled gorilla dung...) If I wasn't a vegetarian I'd nuke 'em and put them in the freezer.....maybe catch a touch of brain wasting disease......like I can get any worse <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
You're right though, we're missing it here on the other coast....early spring,quakes, mudslides, brushfires......you're making us jealous<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle> (just kidding)

Oscar
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frankr
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 22:25:17

What's that green stuff on the tree limbs. All I have is shiney ice all over my trees.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/09/2003 : 22:35:34

Up here in Michigan, Spring was last Thursday from noon to 1:30 then back to winter. I hear that we might have Indian Summer tomorrow from 4:00 to 6:00pm. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 12:32:27

Since we are over here on the other side of the pond Don, we might have to wait until 4:30 for that indian summer.

Unbelieveable 72 degrees one day - accumulating snow the next.

dw

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 14:10:22

ed
on the picture what is the purple ground bushes?
i have traveled several times from santa rosa west to the coast and down to the gate bridge as you start to get close to the coast there is this great smell of juniper, i guess.
is this the plant or can you tell me what plant i am talking about.
thanks
dave holtgrave
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16 days to sailing on carlyle lake in southern illinois

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 15:07:29

Here in the Texas Hill Country we know when it's Spring - the cacti bloom!
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Then our State flower (the bluebonnet) arrives
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Next come the red ones (Indian Paint Brush, Verbena, etc.)
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and shortly the highway medians look like this
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What a beautiful place to live! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>
Derek

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 17:09:15

Lake Don Pedro? Mmmmm! Lake Don Peet? Is that my lake?

Took a lady for outpatient surgery today and we came out the temperature was 59. Maybe this year we get two springs, or is this indian summer Don?

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 17:11:41

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> on the picture what is the purple ground bushes?
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Years ago when we lived in Erie PA Pa used a purple plant, crown vetch, to cover the areas adjacent to their expressways. Could this be something like that?

Don Peet
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The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 17:48:49

"on the picture what is the purple ground bushes?"
Dave, that plant species is probably Lupine (Lupinus spp.), a member of the the Pea family (Fabaceae), a common perennial with over eighty-two species found in California. Next to the sunflower family this is one of the largest families of plants.
<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>. They also happen to produce a dangerous alkaloid in their fruits (small), probably eaten by deer which makes the deer meat taken by hunters caustic which prevents lots of people from eating deer meat which then prevents the extinction of deer.
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Gary & Susan Norgan
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ssteakley
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 22:16:59

Gary,
it does not matter what the deer eat here in Texas...We will eat them and just get Buff. If we do not kill them with our guns we run them down with our trucks, they taste just as good either way. Then we go and enjoy a sunset sail<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>,
Just remember that when traveling through Texas, Never, Never pick the bluebonnets..it is against our law and you could be shot!
later Dude,
Steve

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/10/2003 : 23:16:53

Texas Suisse? Which canton is that? Edelwise guys....<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Oscar
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In the driveway in Behtlehem, PA ready to go anytime.

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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 04/11/2003 : 00:03:53

Gary is correct. Lupine it is and if you look closely you will also see a purple wild sweet pea. I lived in Texas for two years in the mid 70's after graduating from college here in California. Deer in Texas multiply like rabbits. The first time I heard that a friend had bagged a six pointer I was floored. A six pointer in California would be a trophy. Then I found out that Texans count both sides of the rack. Here in California we count just one side. We see quite a few deer around the lake but very seldom a buck. I'm not a hunter so I just shoot them with my camera.

Ed Montague on 'Yahoo'
1978 #765 SK, Stnd, Dinette ~_/)~

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