Tumbleweed Cluster
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in Strange World | 3 Comments »Tumbleweeds tend to collect along roadsides and fences in Orange County, dropping their seeds for the next year. This can lead to some spectacular clusters of car-sized puffballs of plant. SR-55 off-ramp at Edinger In a few weeks*, these will dry ...
What people look for
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 Posted in Strange World | No Comments »It's always interesting to see what people are searching for when they find this site. It's even more interesting to look at the bottom of the list, the long tail full of one-off searches, some of which... can be ...
Mail-order Tumbleweeds!
Friday, March 18th, 2005 Posted in Strange World | No Comments »Just what I always needed! Proving that "you can sell anything on the Internet," it's Prairie Tumbleweed Farm, purveyor of "organically grown," "100% Y2K-compliant" tumbleweeds. It wouldn't be much use here in Orange County, where all you have to do ...
Blustery Night, Blustery Day
Monday, January 6th, 2003 Posted in General | No Comments »The Santa Ana winds are back. I spent a considerable amount of time last night wondering just how strong the glass is in our windows, particularly the big sliding door onto the balcony. We had several brief power ...
Fallen Trees and Tumbleweeds
Sunday, December 8th, 2002 Posted in Strange World | 3 Comments »Despite what you might believe, tumbleweeds are actually quite common in suburban Southern California. They often grow by the side of the freeway, occasionally getting picked up by the wind and bouncing across cars. Never is this more noticeable than ...
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