Corralitas Drive: Apocalyptic Dawn, Christmas Day

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 25, 2017, 6:15 AM.  In case you missed it, it was ether a spectacular sunrise on Christmas Day or the dawning of Armageddon.

Corralitas Drive: Spectacular Sunset

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 10, 2017.  Particulate matter in the air from six fires burning around Southern California, created a breathtaking sunset.  

Corralitas Drive: Maybe He Was Just Looking For A Better View Of The Creek Fire

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 5, 2017.  A neighbor followed the source of a small concentrated pile of leaves falling from the Jacaranda tree.  Who was way up in the tree?

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 5, 2017.  The cat who likes to climb trees was way out on a narrow branch.  (No need to worry, he came down without incident.  He climbs trees, because he can.)

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 5, 2017.  Maybe he was just trying to get a better view of the Creek Fire in Sylmar.  

Corralitas Drive: Pink Clouds, Power Lines, Palm Trees, Plane

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 17, 2017.  The title pretty much says it all. 

Stay calm, however you travel over Thanksgiving weekend.

Corralitas Drive: Scenic Sunrise

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 16, 2017.  Damn power line.  Enough said.

Corralitas Drive: Creepy Sky

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, November 3, 2017, 11:08 PM.  Tiki god, skulls or Iron Man in the clouds? Corralitas Drive.

Corralitas Drive: Fog Swallows Eastside

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, October 29, 2017.  Fog consumed everything east of the LA River. 

Corralitas Drive: Storm Clouds Threatening

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, September 3, 2017.  It finally cooled off when the weather  changed dramatically late yesterday. 

Corralitas Drive: Sunrise Courtesy La Tuna Fire

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, September 2, 2017.  The nearby La Tuna Fire gave us a spectacular sunrise.

Corralitas Drive: Sunset Over Silver Ridge

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, August 2, 2017.

Red Car Property: "Today's Nature Walk, From Tinderbox To Rain Forest!"

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 2, 2017.  Another Red Car Property Neighbor had a prettier view of the depressingly dry conditions on the Corralitas end of the Red Car Property. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 2, 2017.  Who was guarding the trees in Red Car Canyon? Summer is a great time of year to watch lizards in Red Car Canyon. The dappled light and cooler temps in the canyon attract lizards  and their insect prey. 

The LA County Natural History Museum wants your neighborhood photos of Lizards taken June 1 through July 31, 2017.

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 2, 2017.  Mourning Doves tend to be nervous visitors to the shade of Red Car Canyon.  Cooper's Hawks tend to hunt birds and likely nest in the canyon too.  We've witnessed a number of Cooper's Hawk vs Great Horned Owl smackdowns in the canyon through the years.

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 2, 2017.  Cooper's Hawks prefer the dense trees in Red Car Canyon.  They have  keen eyesight good maneuvering ability to catch prey by surprise in the high contrast lighting conditions in the Canyon.  It's hard to believe this scene is a few 100' from the first photo in the series.

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 2, 2017.  And yes, the neighbor saw the No Trespassing signs on the ground.  

As always, we are grateful for the contributions of photos from our many Red Car Property neighbors.

Lake View Ave: Fog Forecast

Photo: Gary Macheel, April 2017.  After hot and dry conditions for days, it's hard to believe fog is forecast for Thursday morning and possible rain for Saturday.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Dramatic Sky Over The Eastside

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, February 22, 2017.  Note to developers: the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is at the junction of the 2 and 134 Freeways  - Glendale.

Corralitas Drive: Rainfall Totals

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, January 23, 2017.  Peruvian Pepper Trees are messy but well suited to our drought/deluge Hillside environment, storing large amounts of water in their deep root systems.

We're tracking rainfall totals in the Corralitas Drive gauge:

February 10 - 11, 2017: 0.7"
Rain year to date: 20.7"

Corralitas Drive: Moonrise Eastside

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, February 9, 2017.  Super bright moon rising over the Eastside added to an already scenic sunset.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Corralitas Drive: Rainfall Totals

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, January 23, 2017.  Taylor Yard is still there.  City Council's Arts Parks and LA River Committee has Taylor Yard on its agenda tomorrow.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

We're tracking rainfall totals in the Corralitas Drive rain gauge:
(Storm #3 of 3 started late Saturday night and scattered showers are continuing as we post .)

January 21 - 23, 2017: 2.5"
Rain year to date: 17.85" 
3 storm total since Thursday: 5.2"
Since January 1, 2017: 10.25"

Downtown Los Angeles (USC) was at 14" for the rain year. 

Send us your Red Car Property neighborhood weather, mudwatch and wildlife related photos: redcarproperty@gmail.com

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Red Car Property: Forget Your Mud Boots, Bring Your Figure Skates!*

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, December 24, 2016.  With overnight frost warnings, we're thinking of expanded recreational opportunities on the Red Car Property vernal pools.  This one is close to Rose Scharlin Nursery School. Those future Olympians have to start somewhere.  Lace up your skates and practice those double axles!*  Of course you might have a muddy landing.  Watch out for the dog poop.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Happy Holidays!

*In light of fake news stories causing harm, we'd like to make it perfectly clear, the skating rink proposal is a joke.  However, the photo is real and the Red Car Property is a natural catch basin for stormwater. The Red Car Property is not a park, it just looks like one.

Corralitas Drive: Eyeball Searing Brightness

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, December 24, 2016.   It's been a wild weather day.  Frost warnings for Xmas Eve.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)
 

Corralitas Drive: Fog or Armageddon?

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 10, 2016.  Don't horror movies start this way?  Fog swallowed everything east of the 5 Freeway this morning.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Election Day 2016: VOTE TODAY!

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, November 7, 2016.  Is it the last sunrise before the decline of Western Civilization?  (Seen from the Red Car Property and India Street.) Certainly that's what the pundits on the losing side of today's never ending presidential smackdown election will be spewing for years to come.

If you haven't already done so, enjoy the sunrise and VOTE TODAY!  

Not sure where your polling place is? LA County Registrar of Voters website has all the information you could possibly ever need regarding voting today: LAVote.Net

Polls are open 7AM to 8PM.  If you are in line by 8PM you will be allowed to vote.  Allesandro Elementary School Auditorium poll is an easy walk, if you live in the neighborhood.