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My Music Video: eARThsong - about Growing Our Own Food in Chico, Living With Horses...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERVWVZUNyw

This Song was written at a time that we were living in Chico, California and were surrounded by a corral with 4 horses. We were also growing many plants including Morning Glory Flowers that eventually got so tall that they climbed up to the roof of the little house. The tomato plants produced an abundance of food... quite a miracle... especially to eat them hot off the vine... the earth in Chico is dark black and fertile... 

(lyrics) Bm A D G Planting, planting, planting seeds D A D May our garden grow... Bm A D G May God bless the earth and rain D A D And sprout the seeds I sow D A D And sprout the seeds I sow CHORUS: G Bm We've been tilling soil since the dawn of time A E The fertile loam of home is nature most divine G Bm The lady with the hand upon the plow A E is identical, then and now Weeding, weeding, weeding weeds feed 'em to the horses may God bless the new-born foal and teach it natures forces and teach it natures forces Riding, riding, riding steeds just like long ago May God bless the hay they eat and set their eyes aglow and set their eyes aglow

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another Video: White Rabbit
performed by the Dirty Cello Band...

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Question from 2021:

I Wonder Why Fresh Water from The Sacramento River Flows into the Ocean? Why Not Use It To Water Crops? After All, The Colorado River is Pumped Dry... and That's a BIG River... It Dug the Grand Canyon... 

We are Having a Drought Here in California... This Water COULD be used to Grow Crops, Water Livestock, Take Showers or Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks... But NO... It Flows Out into The Ocean at San Francisco... 

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Many People say we Need to Provide a Lot of Cool Water for the Salmon to Swim in... I Wonder... What if We Cared More about Human Life than Fish? What if the Salmon All Died in the Sacramento River... They Still Have The Klamath and Columbia Rivers to Swim in... What if We Just Pumped the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers Dry and Spread all that water over Farmland in the Central Valley... A LOT Would Evaporate and Fall as Rain When It Reached the Sierra Nevada... In Effect RECYCLING The Water... and Allowing the Hydroelectric Power Plants to Generate Electricity... In My Area, SMUD Generates all Electricity Using Power Plants on the American River... But They Create NO Electricity Without Rain... 

 

closeup of golden bear at the Klamath River Bridge - Yurok Reservation

Sadly... The Klamath is a River is Having a Water Crisis too... It is Home to The YUROK and HOOPA Tribes. When I worked at the Welfare office in Eureka I Had a LOT Of Contact With People from those Tribes... They REALLY Understand The Salmon as They Have been Living in Harmony for a Thousand Years... The Fish have a FIVE Year Cycle and If One Year (like 2021) has a Massive Kill then The Total Population is Reduced by 20%... The Four Years of Salmon living in the Ocean are not Affected... 

We Had a Massive Kill During the Presidency of George Bush the Son... Same Problem... The Potato Farmers in Oregon wanted the Water for crops but the Fishermen wanted to Keep the Fish Alive... My Brother in Law is a Tourist Fly Fisherman who came out here from Delaware on Vacation specifically to Fish the Klamath and Trinity River... 

What Finally Happened was there was a Huge Loss of Money for the Motel Owners, Tour Guides and Restaurants who depend on the Salmon to Attract Tourists... about ten times the Increase in profit of the Potato Farmers... 

Photo of the Yurok Golden Bear at the Klamath River Bridge

Photo of the Golden Bear on the Klamath River Bridge... This is where Highway 101 Crosses the River... It's the Location of the Tribal Headquarters... and I Always stopped there to Buy Gas (no California Taxes on a Reservation) and Get a big bottle of Coke...  

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Vote for Jessica Morse - US House CA03 - A Democrat Seeking to Beat Republican Kevin Kiley - The CA03 District is from Mount Lassen to Lake Tahoe to Death Valley... and the Sacramento Suburbs near Folsom Prison. Let's Make the US HOUSE BLUE!

The Primary resulted with Kiley getting 55.1% and Morse Getting 42.9%... With 47% of the Votes Counted... SO... They Both are in the Runoff Election November 5th... GO GO GO!

CandidatePartyVotes
Kevin Kiley *Rep.69,067
Jessica Morse Dem.53,842

Remember that Kevin Kiley was part of the Idiotic GOP Failure to Recall Governor Gavin Newsom... 
The turning point for the campaign, according to Newsom’s strategists, came in the governor’s adoption of aggressive mask and vaccine mandates — both widely popular in California — and in Newsom’s avalanche of spending depicting his top Republican opponent, Larry Elder, as an anti-science clone of former President Donald Trump.

Headline: Who is Kevin Kiley and what would he do as governor? He's an Anti-Vax Freak!

Jessica Morse US House CA03 - A Democrat Seeking to Beat Kevin Kiley


Jessica Morse announced on Tuesday that she’ll run in Eastern California — in an attempt to unseat Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley in District 3.



Five years ago, shortly after the #CampFire decimated the town of Paradise, I went up to help. I filmed this video thinking I was going to help for a few days but ended up on the ground through the next month working side-by-side with local heroes who, with resilience, strength, and courage rebuilt their community. https://www.facebook.com/jessica.morse.336/videos/10215833174875001
I met a paradise school board member who had lost her home in the fire, but was going shelter by shelter to track down each of her students to ensure they were safe.
Emulating their resolve, I spent the next four years working every day to prevent wildfires like the Camp Fire. I didn't relent until we had a state-wide strategy and resources to actively mitigate these fires. We now have tools and resources to meet the fire crisis head on so other communities don't need to test their courage and grit like the people of Paradise. #ParadiseStrong #CAWildfire


When Jessica Morse sees a problem, she runs toward it and wants to help solve it. In Congress, she will do what she always does when facing a problem: listen and learn, find common ground to build a coalition of support, and put forth the best ideas to solve it. Jessica needs your support to protect what’s important – our homes from wildfire, our paychecks, our healthcare, and abortion rights.


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Email Kevin and tell him what you think!


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KEEP RAINWATER IN CALIFORNIA... Sites Reservoir: Don't Let it Flow into the Ocean - Simply Pump the Sacramento River Onto Crop Land! Grow Food!

Sites Reservoir: Water for Dry Years... 
Sites Reservoir is an environmentally beneficial, off-river reservoir that will capture excess water from major storms and save it for drier periods, helping California’s farms, businesses and cities continue to supply reliable water when other sources are low.
map of the Proposed Sites Reservoir Northern California
Map of Where Sites Reservoir will be... 
Google Map of Where Sites Reservoir will be... Northern CaliforniaHalfway between Clear Lake and Chico. 

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Photos of The River near Chico, CA 
Scotty's Bar and Boat Launch - Swimming... 
It's an EPIC River for Inner Tubing... 
Sacramento River - Near Chico
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Scotty's Bar on the Sacramento River - Near Chico
Scotty's is a legendary Bar 
and has a stage out back for live music.

Scotty's Bar on the Sacramento River - Near Chico
Boat Launch and Swimming.

Scotty's Bar on the Sacramento River - Near Chico
Looking Downstream towards San Francisco

Scotty's Bar on the Sacramento River - Near Chico
Scotty's Sign

Rest Area on Highway 5... My Home on the days I didn't want to stay at a Motel. That's my Ford Windstar Van with the Mattress in the Back.
Rest Area on Highway 5...
My Home on the days I didn't want to stay at a Motel.
That's my Ford Windstar Van with the Mattress in the Back. 

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Shredded Rainbow Spiral Art for sale as Business Cards on Zazzle gregvan

Link to Spiral Art Painted on Bling: 

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On a Related Subject... 
a Post of Mine Was Deleted from This Blog
because I Dared to Ask the FORBIDDEN QUESTION:
"Why do we allow fresh water from the 
Sacramento River to flow into the Ocean?"

after all... 
We Pump the Colorado River Dry before it Gets to the Ocean in Mexico... and No One Complains About THAT!

all the water from the Colorado River is used to Drink, Water Crops, Fill Swimming Pools, Shower, Water Animals and Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks Beverage... 

SO... Someone Reported My Question to Google
and That Post was Deleted... 
WE MUST ALLOW NO QUESTIONS!
OBEY THE ECOLOGY NUTS!
NO THINKING!
Sat Image of Sacramento River
Sacramento River Satellite Photo Google Maps - Delta - 2021 ~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~ and another response:
I say leave Nature ALONE but cut down on human reproduction to reach for a better, more equitable, balance. Humans have already altered, disrupted and destroyed far too much on the planet!  So much in fact, we’re causing thousands of species of animals, plants and insects to go extinct by the day! Enough is enough!  This Central Valley used to be home to deer, antelope, bear, and thousands of other species of both animals and plants.  Now they are crowed out by humans for growing endless mono-crops for human a cattle feed and housing.  Its selfish, greedy and insane. And not just here, the whole Earth is  being similarly destroy for human USE and its  the only home we have in the Universe!  All  because of not having the foresight to control our own  f’g numbers!

Of course, power hungry world and church leaders with politicians leading the way, like more and  more people to fill their coffers!!
back to the story now in progress: California Rice Farmers Pump Water from The Thermalito Afterbay Downstream from the Oroville Dam to Water Their Crops. This Year the Oroville Dam is at Historic Record Low Water Levels. So Low that the Hydro Electric Power Generating Station was TURNED OFF...

Thermalito Afterbay Downstream from Oroville CA


What IF? Would Pumping all that water out of the River and Into Fields that are Growing Crops Change the Climate of California's Central Valley? In the Summer, all that water would evaporate and then fall as rain when those clouds meet the Sierra Nevada Mountains... In General, the Wind Flows from West to East... WE NEED RAIN...

The Objection to Pumping the Sacramento River Dry is That Salmon Need the Water to Survive... and They Would Go Extinct... In That One River... Other Rivers, Like The Klamath and The Columbia and Rivers in Canada and Alaska would NOT Be Changed... and The Salmon Would Continue to Survive There...

and... What IF Salmon Became Extinct? The Drought is The Western USA Is Putting Salmon in the Klamath River in Danger Right Now... Even With The Dams being Removed...
It's Entirely Possible That Salmon are Not Important...



Kapow-Un-Dam-the-Klamath-River-All-Species-Parade-Arcata-CA
Protest Sign Says:
Kapow! Un Dam the Klamath River
in the All Species Parade: Arcata CA

Golden Bear Portrait Klamath River
Golden Bear Sculpture on The Klamath River Bridge.
Highway 101 - Northern California

The San Francisco Bay would Become Salt Water flowing In under the Golden Gate Bridge... Currently it has a Mixture of Salt Water and Fresh Water...

salt flat san jose
That's Surprising because there are Salt Harvesting Businesses Near San Jose... They Just Let the Bay water Evaporate and Collect the Remaining Salt...

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My Gift to the World: A Free Coloring Book: Print as Many Copies as You Like and Share With Friends. Color with Felt Pens or Pencils... ALL FOR FUN! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/04/peace-and-love-free-coloring-book-art.html

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Here is a Post on that same subject that was NOT Deleted on Facebook... "I Wonder Why Fresh Water from The Sacramento River Flows into the Ocean? After All, The Colorado River is Pumped Dry.
We are Having a Drought Here in California... This Water COULD be used to Grow Crops, Water Livestock, Take Showers or Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks... But NO... It Flows Out into The Ocean at San Francisco... "

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Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near Downtown - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE - and - Sonya Sophia: Tapping Into Divine Purpose Seminar - and - Photos of the Tower Bridge

The new Sacramento Intake Structure had two main functional requirements—to supply water at a capacity of 160 million gallons per day and to ensure the associated fish screens would meet current regulatory agency requirements. The design team created a structure that engaged the community and gave Sacramento a new river landmark. The structure, an iconic symbol that represents Sacramento’s relationship with its rivers, has won numerous design awards.


Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE
Sacramento River Water Intake

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

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Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA
Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

A Christian Man I Knew Said: "You Can't Find What You're Looking for by Climbing a Mountain or Taking Drugs. The Only Way is Jesus." What he Failed to Consider was Climbing a Mountain AND taking Drugs at the Same Time! I went to Yosemite and Took LSD and Marijuana and I'm Glad I Did... We Hiked to the Top of Yosemite Falls and Up There... The Entire Mountain Was Dancing... Big Fun!

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