at the house and around town
Bloggy happenings and updates
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Around Town October Babes Ride Out
Photo credit: Ben Jackel
At The House Painter Nick Brown resides
Photo credit: Nick Brown
Around Town April
Springtime has arrived. The hunt for desert wildflowers begins
Around Town February
Perfect weather for the sky village swap meet in Yucca Valley. This is the place for great deals, checking out all the weird junk for sale, and spying the locals. A must see is Bob's Crystal Cave.
Around Town January 28. Volunteer day with the Mojave Desert Land Trust. A group of staff and volunteers begun the restoration of a newly acquired parcel of land called Long Canyon Peak, adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park. We started by cleaning up dumping sites and restoring damage from irresponsible off-road vehicle use. This 640-acre plot in the foothills north the of the Park is an important wildlife corridor to the higher elevations toward Big Bear and San Bernardino National Forest.
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November 18: First trip through the Integratron.
The Integratron is a structure designed George Van Tassel. Tassel claimed the Integratron was capable of rejuvenation, anti-gravity and time travel. He built the structure in Landers, California following instructions provided by visitors from Venus. The structure was erected in 1959, financed predominantly by donations, including funds from Howard Hughes. After Van Tassel's death in 1978, the building had a series of owners and was left in various states of disrepair before Joanne, Nancy, and Patty Karl bought it in the early 2000s. The sisters promote the Integratron as an acoustically perfect structure, give tours and offer sound baths where groups of people are exposed to harmonic sound frequencies produced by resonant quartz bowls.
At the House
January 2017: Cleaning out the studio in anticipation of our spring residents.
At the House
November: discovery of a miniature cactus nursery growing wild in the rock island
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October pomegranate harvest reaped about 15
Around Town October 2016: Cholla Garden, Joshua Tree National Park
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September 3 2016: Harrison House event Dominique Moody: tiny house nomad storytelling with Big Black singing the Blues
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May 12-15 & October 6-9 2016
The Joshua Tree Music Festivals are produced by a family of friends and funsters convinced that music is the soul of life, and that art enriches and saves lives.
That experience is enhanced when embraced in the great outdoors amongst fellow music lovers. Better still in an intimate setting, where the distinction between artist and audience is blurred, and a passionate performance can be truly relished in close proximity to the stage. Add FREE water to patrons, no service charges on reasonably priced tickets, and well ... let the games begin.
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April 23 & 24, 2016 Morongo Basin Conservation Association hosts Desert Wise Landscape Tour
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March 29, 2016 : New tile floor
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February 2016
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January 31, 2016 King of the Hammers
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January 2016
At the House
December 2015
This is beginning of our home renovations to Linda Lee. Removing old carpet, linoleum tile, and a new paint job will be needed to get rid of that old cigarette smell that pervades everything. Not a bad place to start, the structure of the house is in great shape.
