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My Home: Orangevale, California - New Roof, Front Yard and Back Deck - In the Distance a Field and a Daycare Center... Our Creek and an Abandoned Vineyard... Palm Trees Out Front...


My Home in Orangevale, CA - Door on the Left is My Room
Door on the Left is My Room.

New roof on my House


New Roof on my House under Construction
New Roof on my House under 
Construction today 3/22/2022

Giant Truck with Crane to put Shingles on the Roof EffortlesslyGiant Truck with a Crane for putting the Shingles on the NEW ROOF Effortlessly... Observe the Shadow of the Arm That's holding a Pallet full of Shingles... No need for a Construction worker climbing a ladder with a bag of shingles on his shoulder... Like they did in the olden days... there is a man wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt... standing near the rear of the truck... he looks tiny!


A View of the Front of the House thru the Palm Trees
A View of the Front of the House
thru the Palm Trees

Inside my Room Looking Out at the World.
Inside My Room Looking Out at
the Parking Lot and The House Next door...
and Our Palm Trees, The Redwoods...

I spend Most of My Life Observing this View
Because I Rest the Laptop Computer on the 
Chair in the Foreground of this Picture.
I'm on the Computer a LOT... and
I Like to Listen to New Age Music on the TV. 
It Plays 24 Hours a Day and Blocks the Noise
from the Rest of the House...
TV Sets Blaring, Employees Talking on
their Phones... Etc, Etc, Etc

one step out my door - trees, lawn
One Step Out My Door - Trees, Lawn
In the Summer, there are Roses 
and a Crepe Myrtle tree in Bloom.

Our Creek. Stagnant Water & The Abandoned Vineyard
Our Creek. Stagnant Water & 
The Abandoned Vineyard...

It hasn't rained for two months but 
the water is still there... 
Breeding Mosquitoes... 
I Squirted Some Liquid Hand Soap 
on the water. That's supposed to prevent 
Mosquito Larva from Hatching... 
We Shall SEE!

Lawnmower Man:
Here He Comes... 
Lawnmower Man - 1

Lawnmower Man 2

Lawnmower Man 3
There He Goes!

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Back Deck: I spend a lot of time observing nature here... That's one of the Great Advantages of Retirement... I Can sit here in the Sunshine and Listen to the Little Birds and the Children Playing far away... Not Reading a Book, Not Writing a Blog Post... Just Observing the Wonders of Nature... 

Deck - Looking Left
Looking All the Way Left

Deck - Looking Middle Left
Looking Middle Left

Deck - Looking Middle Right
Looking Middle Right

Deck - Looking Right
Looking All the Way Right

Today I saw Seven Turkeys Walking across that Field.

We have a Creek & Abandoned Vineyard
Vineyard and Creek Left
Creek: All the Way Left

Vineyard and Creek Middle Left
Creek: Middle Left

Vineyard and Creek Middle Right
Creek: Middle Right

Vineyard and Creek Right
Creek: All the Way Right

The Neighbor's Yard - With Table and Chairs.
The Neighbor's Back Yard
With Table and Chairs

Our Back Deck with Tables and Chairs and Shadows

Our Back Deck with Tables 
and Chairs and Shadows.
Photos taken on March 4th
When the Trees have No Leaves.

Palm Tree Out Front - Leaves All Year Round
Palm Tree Out Front - Leaves All Year Round

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Remember: The GOP's Fake "Voter Fraud" is all about preventing Democrats from Voting... Because the Majority of Voters are Young, Women, Minorities or College Graduates and ALL Those Groups Vote Democratic.

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DEFUND tRUMP's SPACE FARCE. It's Really Unlikely that we will be Invaded by Aliens in Flying Saucers... and if we do, we ought to be friendly... because they would have better technology... better weapons! It's Obvious that tRUMP Started the Space Farce because he believed that Little Green Men from Uranus were Likely to Attack Him... Clinically, That's Paranoid Schizophrenia... Police Code 5150... 

Putin's Puppet - Mad King Donald the Loser
Putin's Puppet - Mad King Donald the Loser

and then I read on Faceborg:
Thank you my friend Fred Hamill 👏
Moscow Mitch had a plan on a takeover of the U S Senate and House in the 2022 midterm elections just 8 months from now.
It was a simple plan and definitely the smartest route to take.
His plan was to say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the Republican radical right agenda once the Republicans actually seized power.
But now his plan has been completely sabotaged by Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida.
Last week Rick Scott laid out a frightening, Orwellian 11 point agenda once Republicans regain power.
It is a comprehensive right wing wish list for a theocratic, kleptocratic, plutocratic, apartheid based United States where the poor are further impoverished and power and resources are concentrated even further into the hands of corporate elites.
The Rick Scott, Republican agenda proposes the following:
The total phase out of Social Security retirement benefits for ALL Americans!!
A declaration of war on the transgender community by claiming there are JUST two genders. This will enable Republicans to impose harsh punishments against transgender people.
Eliminating the federal Department of Education while introducing prayer in public schools. This has been a longtime desire by the theocratic right.
The mandatory phase out of ALL federal programs including every environmental protection law unless specifically reauthorized by a Republican controlled government.
A massive gutting of federal workers including regulators who protect our health, environment, food safety, and IRS workers so the richest non paying plutocrats and corporate criminals pay nothing in taxes.
And while the Rick Scott agenda says noting about the rich paying their fair share of taxes he goes out of his way to impose new taxes on the poorest people in this country. Or as Rick Scott phrased it "everyone should have skin in the game"
It does not matter to Rick Scott and Republicans how impoverished Americans are. They must pay taxes to allow billionaires and corporate criminals to pay none!
The Scott/Republican agenda calls for draconian nationwide voter ID laws to suppress minority and student voters and to lock in permanent Republican advantages in all elections.
The Scott/Republican agenda will spend billions of dollars to build the fantasy wall envisioned by Trump and to even name the wall after the TWICE impeached Trump.
The Scott/Republican agenda calls for a FIFTY STATE BAN on abortions. This plan would not just make abortion a state by state decision but would impose a national ban on abortions.
In some respects Democrats owe Rick Scott a huge thank you.
He has exposed the Republican agenda for the anti democratic, fascist roadmap that it is.
It is a plan that economist Paul Krugman has called "zombie economics".


Pictures of My Home in Orangevale, CA - The Cactus Plant with White Flowers, Trees, Clouds, The Garden, and the Farm Next Door.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
 Cactus With White Flowers.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
 Another View of the Cactus With White Flowers.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
MY Tree in Winter.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
MY Tree in Summer.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
The Vegetable Garden - Fallow During the Winter.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
The Farm Next Door... 
a Field that attracts Geese.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
A Cloudy Day

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Palm Trees and The Sun

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
My Bench in the Sunshine...
I sit here a Lot and Absorb Vitamin D.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Grape Plants Up Close...

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Grape Vines Climbing UP a Tree.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Vineyard Goes Back to Nature.
Notice the Tall Onion Plants.




SONG: I Like Trees, Big Old Trees by Gregory Vanderlaan

[Chorus] I Like Trees, Big Old Trees [G, A]
They seem like members of my family. [D, G] [Repeat]

Years Ago, When I Lived in Eureka, California. [G, A]
I Sat on a Tree in the Back Yard. almost Every Day... [D, G]

It was Just a Log... But It was MY Log... [G, A]
I sat there and Smoked Tobacco... almost Every Day... [D, G]

Like the Native Americans,  I Have Always Smoked the Holy Places. [G, A]
To Celebrate their Eternal Wisdom... [D,  G]

[CHORUS #2] It was MY Tree... It was MY Tree... [G, A]
Not because I Bought the Land...  But Because I sat on it...  [Repeat] [D, G]

Of Course, I Had to Share My Tree with Meadow the Cat. [G, A]
She Like that Tree TOO... It was OUR Tree... [D, G]

In the Redwood Forest... of Eureka, California [G, A]
I always found time for a smoke... Even When it was Raining... [D, G] 
[Repeat Chorus #2]



It's Good to UNPLUG and Go Sit Quietly in the Warm California Sunshine. Listening to the Geese at the Farm next door... and the Frogs... and the Guys Chainsawing Firewood...

This is Called "ME TIME." Observing the Vineyards, the Trees, The Little Chirping Birds... And Everyone Loves The Sound of a Harley in the Distance... 

It's all Just Grist for the Mill. At First, I was Angered about having to Listen to The Annoying Sound of an Internal Combustion Engine but then... I remembered days when I was Chainsawing Firewood for My Own Wood Burning Stove in My Own House in Virginia. While Tripping on Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Seeds... We went out to Mountains near the EPIC Shenandoah Valley... and Stopped at Luray Caverns... and took a Rubber Life Raft Ride down the Shenandoah River past Harper's Ferry and Continuing Down the Potomac... We say a Couple of Men Fishing in a Homemade Boat coustructed out of a single sheet of plywood. Saw Off a foot on each side, turn them up and nail 'em in place, Caulk and You Have a Boat... Harper's Ferry is Where John Brown Had a Civil War Battle. It had a Factory that MADE RIFLES. The North was able to Shoot Farther with Rifles than the South could using Muskets. A Northern Soldier could stand OUT of Range and Kill the Enemy. Technology Helped the North Win the Civil War.

As I Walked Down Stream past the Vineyards, I Noticed an Orange Tree, Fully Loaded with Ripe Fruit. We Eat Oranges Every Day Here... After all, They are Very Cheap at the Farmers Market. On the TV I Noticed that "Those People Over There Were Behaving Crazy" so I Changed the Channel... to Classic Rock Music Choice... It's True that What Trump and His Band of Flying Monkeys Have Almost No Effect on My Life... Unless they Bankrupt The US Economy and Cause Global Collapse... Personally, I'm on Medicare (65 Years Old) and so If The rest of the Country Embraces Improved Obamacare or Medicare For All, I'm Not Effected. Certainly TrumpCare Would be a Disaster... Millions of People Dying Young... I DO Care that Social Security and Medicare are Under Attack by Trump's Evil Minions. I DO Care that They are Destroying the Environment and Drinking Water Could Become Poisonous... One of My Care Givers Lives Near McClellan Air Force Base and Everyone is Told to NOT DRINK THE WATER that comes out of the Tap... However, they still Shower in Toxic Waste... and That's Horrible... I DO Care that Trump is ANTI-Choice and Plans to Overturn Roe v Wade and Force Women to Give Birth to Unwanted Babies... "It's Back to The Coat Hanger" with Evil Brat Kava Kava Noogie and the Just-Us of the SCOTUS.

Digital Lotus Card for sale... 

Two Sided Card... Unfold and Thumbtack it to Your Wall for an Instant Visual Mantra... Just Look at it and You are Blessed With Bliss!
Click on the Picture to see the Back Side Art!

Digital Lotus Card
Digital Lotus Card
by gregvan

Original Art For Sale...
and there is a different picture on the back of the Greeting Card... a Rainbow Spiral...

I'm really getting into NOTICING REALITY... On My Morning Walk Today I went Downstream Past the Vineyards... Observations on 5/1/2020

The Grape Vines have Sprouted with Incredibly Tiny Grapes... each one is about a Twentieth of an Inch in Diameter... Bright Green... and Since I am the only person that walks this Path... It has become overgrown with weeds... Some are Over Six Feet Tall! It has Been a Week since I Have gone in this direction and... The Vegetable Garden is returning to Nature... The Former Landlord had a Hobby of Growing Onions and Squash but now... it looks like a Post Apocalypse Science Fiction Movie... I also noticed two Cats... Since No People Have walked that path, the Cats Like it... also at the Bench at the End of the Path is in a Shady Spot! I used to enjoy Sunbathing on that Bench but NOW... The Sun Has MOVED due to the Seasons... and It's Behind a Tall Tree... Today there were very few Geese in the Field Next door... Sometimes I Have Seen a Dozen... But NOT TODAY...
Photo of My Creek in Orangevale, CA - Near Sacramento
This is what the Creek Path Looked Like
a Couple of Months Ago...
Now it is Overgrown With Weeds...
NO PATH EXISTS!
But Since I Know Where I'm Going I Just
FORGE A TRAIL!

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*"Conspiracy Theories" that are ACTUALLY TRUE. MKULTRA, Cointelpro, CIA-Contra-Cocaine, Donald Rumsfeld Selling Weapons to Saddam Hussein, UFOs are Real... Sometimes people dismiss Truth as "Just a Conspiracy Theory" because they Don't LIKE THE TRUTH.

1967: The Summer of Love... San Francisco, Hippies, Flower Power, Peace, The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...The culture of the United States was radically different After the 1960's...



*American History: "The Thunder Machine" was a Giant Sheet Metal Sculpture that you Got Inside and Played like a Drum. Made by Ron Boise and used at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

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My Biff Rose Trip: Driving To a Cabin in the Woods - down The Coast of California from Arcata thru Ft Bragg to Mendocino... An Excellent Adventure!

How To Remove Smoke from Indoor Air. Tape a Filter to a Box Fan. During Wildfire Season the Air Indoors is Bad to Breathe...


Pretty Soon the Filter Turns Brown
from Smoke, Pollen and Dust.

Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert...


Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
Peace Sign Pie Chart
History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics