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Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
Friday, outside of work:
Halloween night: Action Bats V at Arwa's!
How has it been 14 years since the ladies of Mary Morse first met each other?? The Millsie ladies came to town for our (well, their) 10 year reunion, so there were official and unofficial events throughout the weekend. I took part in the unofficial stuff, which was way more fun anyway.
Claire was the first to arrive, and she stayed with us for a few days, so we saw the sights - we hiked the Dish at Stanford (after eating Mexican food, of course)
And the next day we went to have lunch with Mary Lou and check out her workplace
...which is conveniently located across from the Palace of Fine Arts, and it was such a gorgeous day in the city that we wandered over to check it out:
The next day, Miss Jane wanted to go for a hike that was a.) hilly and b.) near the ocean which was c.) not a problem, so we headed over to Pacifica to check out Mori Point, which was lovely and verrry windy:
So we went to El Metate, where I hadn't been for awhile, and we had the best agua frescas ever (and everything else was delicious, too, of course):
We then just wandered around a bit before heading home and onto the East Bay:
There is quite a bit of history there, some of which is pretty evident (like the WWII bunkers and where the guns were) but no signage about what any of it is, but I found this on the NPS website:
"Native Ohlone people inhabited the land we now call Milagra Ridge and Pacifica for thousands of years. Their lives probably included seasonal harvesting of seeds, greens and fruits and harvesting local animals.
In the late 1700s, the Spanish missions of San Francisco de Asis established farms in the area, and the hills of Pacifica became part of Rancho San Pedro. Livestock grazing began a agricultural era that lasted until the mid-1900s. Artichokes were grown atop Milagra Ridge until 1938, and the furrows can still be seen today.
In the late 1930s, the United States Army acquired Milagra Ridge as part of a project to defend the San Francisco Bay. In 1948, several 6-inch guns were mounted at Milagra Ridge, only to be removed between 1949 and 1950.
In 1956, Nike Missile Site SF-51 was established at Milagra Ridge. These surface-to-air missiles were protection against attacking aircraft during the Cold War. The site was converted to the nuclear-capable Nike-Hercules system in 1958. The entire area was fenced with barbed wire and patrolled by guards with trained dogs.
The National Guard managed the area from 1963 through 1974. The buildings were demolished, the launch elevators were buried, the asphalt was removed, and the site was given to the City of Pacifica as an open space park. In 1987, Milagra Ridge became a part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area."
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
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~ daisy
Chris & the kitties just had their birthdays this month. For Chris, I made him a 'cake' out of two Its Its and some Hershey's Shell:
And Nine & Ten got their own mail from Mary Lou & Dave!
And here he is cuddling with Chris on the couch:
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