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Do you have a Dream?  I sure do!  I think even those who don't admit they have a dream, really do.  I mean, then what are we all working towards each day?  Some of us work each day with the dream of some day making it big.  Some, being recognized or making a large sum of money or just making a big difference in the world.  Would a large sum of money make us happy?&nbs...

Frozen Bear!Photo: Dawn P. 1/22/2010So if I don't see it say's the bear, then it isn't happening.  This is our porch, watch bear.  A bit under the weather this particular day.  The snow has not stopped all day.  The poor trees are at the mercy of the snow as well.  At least this bear has some porch roof coverage.  I thought the dog bowls did as well, but the winds hav...

Kindr N Stix Snow PlayPhoto by: Dawn P. 1/22/2010Well, it has been a very busy weather week out here in Southern California for a change.  Now we have snow up here on the mountain.  Boy, do we have snow!  It has not stopped much since it started.  It's the kind that makes for a bad work day indeed.  I work down in Hemet so it is not a snow day down there in the desert...

It snowed here a couple of times this season.  We have learned that Stix loves the snow!  He will stay out there in it till we have to call him in, worried that he will freeze his paws off.  Our kids love the snow as well, but we have found that Stix loves the snow more than anyone else in our family.Stix snow play 12/22/2009Photo by: Dawn Pollock He doesn't just run arou...

Well up here on the ole mountain we think about possibly loosing power.  On the Rim, we do get high winds that take out our power from time to time.  So when we have a storm coming in we make sure to have lanterns or candles at the ready.  It makes you hearken back to the good ole days of the pioneers.  We also think about loosing heat, so we have Dura flame logs on hand as wel...

We moved up to this mountain top for a few reasons and one was to have the joy of weather.  That is just what we get living up here on what we call, THE RIM!  We get crazy, wild winds that take off our neighbors roof in pieces and drop them into our littered yard.  We get rain that rains up and not always down?  Yep, the winds are coming up the canyon against the sides of the m...

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous)(Source: National Geographic)Did you know that there is a little songbird from New Guinea, with orange and black coloring in it's plumage that has a toxin on it's skin and feathers?  Yep, there is.  It's called the Hooded pitohui.  The toxin was found accidentally by a biologist named, Jack Dumbacker, back in 1989.  At the time he was on a bird ...