The statue of the running boy seems suspended in the air at the fountain in Westlake Village’s Promenade Mall. I was sitting at a nearby table late this afternoon, enjoying the cooling mist coming from the fountain. It suddenly occurred to me how beautiful the water display was, with the sun shining through and lighting it up. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Green'
Dashing Through the Flow
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Green, Meditations, Outdoors, Westlake Village
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A Little Bit of Paradise, Conejo Valley Style
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks resident, Ben Pankratz writes, “This beautiful year-round falls plunges seventy feet, down a volcanic rock wall in Wildwood Park. The park is located in Thousand Oaks, at the west end of Avenida de los Arboles. The round-trip hike on Moonridge Trail is about three miles.” Ben says he took this photo in January, [...]
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Thank You to Young Community Volunteers too!
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Oak Park, Outdoors
I just posted on Sunday, about the great work adult volunteers are doing in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County, and today I am highlighting the volunteer efforts of some kids in the Conejo. Harry tells me that almost 20 children, aged three through eight, took a clean-up hike along Medea Creek in Oak Park and picked up trash [...]
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Ventura Regional Sanitation District Wins Award for Biosolids Treatment
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues
Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) won a technical innovation and achievement award from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), August 19 in Monterey. Congratulations to VRSD! A number of other sanitation districts were competing for the recognition. VRSD won for their new biosolids (sludge) treatment project at the Toland Landfill off of Highway 23 [...]
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A Farmer’s Market on the Honor System
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Green, Meditations, Outdoors, Ventura County
Yesterday, Ventura and Ojai beckoned my granddaughter and I. We headed for Ventura’s harbor first, to fill up on Andrea’s best-in-the world fish and chips. I feel like such an insider at Andrea’s, because I know that if I order 1 piece of fish, they will give me three! While that can be a meal for [...]
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Going Solar
August 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economy, Green, Meditations
I am investing in the latest solar technology…for flashlights, that is! I am so pleased with my new little flashlight, which is 4 inches at the longest point, by 1-1/2 inches. In the photo, it is facing off against the old technology light, which is heavier and larger. What I did not notice when I [...]
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State Water Project and Postponed Water Bonds
August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Development, Green, Water Issues
When I fly north out of either LAX or BUR, I look out my plane window for the State Water Project canal, bringing Sacramento Delta water to thirsty SoCal. I finally realized I could take a photo from the airplane, and here it is! The air intake for the jet is on the right, and the canal [...]
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Parrots at Malibou Lake
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Meditations, Outdoors
I’m sitting on my porch watching parrots…wild parrots…. eating acorns off my oak trees and dates off my palm tree. Just curious, has anyone else had noticed the wild parrots of the Conejo Valley? ( technically the flock I’m looking at are black headed parakeets) For more info, go to: http://www.californiaparrotproject.org/index.html or http://scottsla.com/articles-parrots-wild-in-pasadena.htm Posted by Ted. Editor [...]
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Summit in Calabasas III
August 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Conejo Valley, Development, Education, Green, Las Virgenes
In this case, the developer went out of his way to appease the community. They had three different outreach meeting with the public to discuss the design and needs of the community. The overall concensus from those who attended (shame on you if you are complaining and didn’t voice your opinion) was that they didn’t [...]
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Economic and Environmental Treatment of Wastewater Sludge
August 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues, Westlake Village
It is interesting how there is a trend to sanitize words. Sewage treatment has become wastewater treatment, or we talk about sanitation. That has led folks to ask me, when I say that I serve on the Triunfo Sanitation District (TSD) Board, where it is that we pick up garbage, and the question makes sense to me, [...]
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