FRONT PORCH - UPLAND

RAVENS, PACIFIC SUNSET - SAN BERNARDINO AND A DAILY FRONT PORCH FROM UPLAND, CA

Since San Bernardino has been so much in the news I'll show you a view from up top the mountain.

Yesterday we were driving along the 18 hwy ...rim highway as the locals call it - ...and I could see the ocean again.  It usually happens this time of year when the sun is setting directly over the ocean so it lights up the water.  We pulled off and two ravens were sharing what looks like a banana.  I was getting photos and at some point another car drove up and they flew off.

I think these birds call this area their territory - always when we round a curve and come up near this turnout - the ravens are flying overhead.  A lot of people stop at the turnouts to take photos and probably leave food for them (or they just leave their trash).  I think they are  ravens vs crows because they are really big.  I couldn't get a close enough look at their face to tell for sure.

Below this area is Waterman Avenue - the 18 takes you down to Waterman and San Bernardino is this area below.

And a front porch from Upland, California  - a few cities over from this area.

UPLAND FOOTHILLS

I use to love to walk in the foothills of Upland when we lived down the mountain.  There were a lot of hills to walk up and it was always good exercise.  This particular street we would walk on - was the hwy we would take to go up to Mt. Baldy (which we did at least once a month).

I always loved the mountains so it's no surprise I ended up living in them.  Mr. Baldy is a small mountain community (very small) but we enjoyed hiking behind the old ice house and then a visit to the Lodge for lunch or dinner.

When hiking up at Mt Baldy I use to like to go to the top as far as we could drive (one could go to a higher elevation only by ski lift)...  which use to be the area for the Zen Center and some old cabins but what I loved most was the scenery.  I made a few visits just to see this tree.

We would then stop in at Baldy Lodge where we always sat where that couple up at the bar is sitting on the right side of the photo.  Almost always I got a turkey melt and a drink (we needed refreshment after hiking)...

(I neglected and want to say - these two Mt Baldy photos aren't mine but what I found on the net.  I have basically these sames scenes but didn't want to go searching for them in my files).  From what I remember it was a "Bob G" who took these photos.)

What was so nice about Mt. Baldy was it was only 20 minutes from our house.

SATURDAY'S FRONT PORCH - UPLAND CALIFORNIA

Another pretty fall scene (source unknown -found on Tumbler)

SUNSET LAST NIGHT AND DAILY FRONT PORCH

This time of year I usually go over to "Playground" area to get sunset photos. (The name of the street is Playground ...  this isn't a park just a wide open space)   This area, you can see from a few photos down, is an area where the hang-gliders take off from and often we can see them floating in the sky as we are coming home back up the mountain from being down in the valley.

I keep wanting to get there on a day when conditions are right and they are taking off  so I can get pics.

Sunset was gorgeous but I got there pretty late - just got the end of it.

They take off from here and glide down the mountains and I've seen their landing point but never got a photo of it.  It's somewhere down there.

This is a house in Upland we pass, when we do our walk in this area.  I've seen bottle trees before but this is one of the few times I got photographs.

MORE UPLAND, CA - ALONG PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL - DAILY FRONT PORCH - AND CATS SEEN ALONG THE WAY

I always take photos of any cat I come across while out walking - ...the day these photographs were these were the cats in the neighborhood.  I added several front porches because I have hundreds of photos of front porches and I'll never get them all posted - let alone any new photos I take.  I like the gold on the siding and the red framed windows - but to me - that tree with the white blossoms - is perfection.  Love it.

I like this brown house.

What a palm tree - and hmmm an interesting house - what's behind those blue windows I wonder.

These two below had been yakking at each other in their cat voices - very loud - like they were having a disagreement and then the black one walked off.  This black one looks just like the kitten of the stray mother cat we have been feeding ....but I haven't seen the kid cat in several days now.

FRONT PORCH DAILY, UPLAND AND MORE TEMECULA PHOTOS

I love this front porch - there is something....magical to me when I see it.  I'm not satisfied with just  the front view - I need to see more - inside - outside.   I imagine in the back yard a lot of yard art and a secret garden.  I want to go by here again some day in the near future next time I'm in Upland.  These photos were taken about four years ago.  I want to see what it looks like now.

I also need to find some photos I took as recent as six months ago - when we did this walk - Maybe I have some more recent ones and don't realize it.

A few views of the area in Temecula where lofts were built and they have their business on the main street and live upstairs.  I believe it was these that one of my sons helped frame five or six years ago - maybe more.

We use to visit Temecula quite a bit in the 80's and 90's - I can't believe how much it has grown since then.   This place is becoming a go to spot for people looking for wine tasting.  We didn't make it out to the wineries on this visit (we did a month ago when it was raining but I didn't get many pics).  I hope to see it again maybe in the fall.

A CAT WHO OWNS A HOUSE - DAILY FRONT PORCH

This is one of my favorite areas to walk in - ....Upland, California - along the Pacific Electric Trail - .This is a trail that runs through several areas from I believe as far as Claremont, California and the east to Etiwanda area (maybe further)...probably about a 10 mile stretch.  We have walked several miles on it before.  One of the areas you pass through is an older neighborhood with a variety of houses - from Victorians to bungalows.  

This cat is the proud owner of this cute house with an enclosed porch.  I am assuming the pink teddy bear is his and when he is not guarding his house he plays with the bear.   He's so cute he deserves many photos.

Our most recent walk through here was a few months back and now the house has been painted grey and I believe the door was blue.  I have pics but it's not important enough to go find them.  I prefer the color that is on the house in these photos.

I came across a really cute video recently and enjoyed it - you may have seen it before but if not i think you'll find it cute.