plans for thanksgiving?

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Here's to wishing everyone a wonderful week! Hope that you all enjoy spending time with family and friends, whether travelling, cooking, eating, shopping, or prepping for the holidays.

Staying in town for the holidays and looking for something fun to do? Remember you can always find fun and exciting Special Events in Ventura and Santa Barbara:
Ventura Calendar of Events
Santa Barbara Calendar of Events

Cheers!!!

when you wish upon a star...

Location of the LeonidsFor Northern Hemisphere Observers

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Meteor Showers Online

Just a reminder for everyone who loves to make wishes on falling stars: the North Taurids and Leonids meteor showers are here, and the North Taurids are peaking TONIGHT, November 11th/12th, just after the midnight hour. So take a cat nap, bundle up, grab a blanket, a beach chair, and hot cocoa, and cross your fingers for clear skies tonight.

If you happened to miss the North Taurids because of cloud cover - or perhaps, because you simply did not make it to midnight - you have another week to prepare for the Leonids peaking on November 17th/18th. There are rumors flying around that 2009 will be a magnificent year for the Leonids, with a possibility of a 'meteor storm'...also, a wonderful opportunity for all of you photographers to document a (hopefully) spectacular event.

Good luck, and hope all of your wishes come true!

EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2009

Don't Forget...

Daylight Saving Time ends on November 1st, 2009. Move your clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. This also means, once again, adjusting your lighting and irrigation timers as needed!
Have a safe weekend, a Happy Halloween, and memorable Dia de los Muertos!!!

drenched

We are completely drenched and graciously welcoming the first rainfall of the season!

Just a reminder to adjust your irrigation timers as needed as the seasons change, and especially during rainfall. What's the point of over-watering your landscape when mother nature is doing it for you? You'll save money on your water bill, while conserving a natural resource that Californians have very little of.

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Rain: http://plantgurus.blogspot.com/search/label/rain

whole lot of shaking going on

Well, just heard of yet, another earthquake in Indonesia (third one this year). Couple that with yesterdays quake and tsunami activity in Samoa, along with some of the minor quakes we've had on the west coast, it looks like the Pacific Ring of Fire is definitely doing it's thing.

Scary thing, is that it always seems like us Californians are next on the list (well at least I, personally, always have that lingering thought in the back of my mind)...still waiting for the 'Big One'.

Anyhow, being the nerdy scientist and naturalist that I am (yes, I am an artist and an undercover science geek), here is an interesting article from Live Science . Check it out:
Earth Shakes Twice: Is the Planet on a Roll? by Andrea Thompson