Goya Blog – Page 113 – The life and times of a true knucklehead

Oakland Museum

Every first Sunday of the month, general admission to the Oakland Museum is free, so we thought we would take this opportunity to check it out. We only viewed 1 of the 3 levels. We are saving the rest for when our visitors show up.

Mac & Cheese

In preparation for the upcoming holiday visitors. We needed to get some menu items in order. So tonight I tried a Langostino Mac & Cheese dish.

It was suppose to be Lobster M&C but that’s too good for our guests. I wonder if I can get artificial lobster meat? Probably next to the cheese whiz, aisle 7.

LED Lights

I have 31 landscape lights in the backyard and while they are 12VDC they still consume some power. In an effort to use less power I tried 10watt bulbs, but they didn’t seem to last very long. I also tried 5 watt CFL bulbs but quality control was spotty (some bright some very dim). I tried multiple LED bulbs but they were not bright enough. I even tried high priced 5 watt LED bulb but they cast a blue color. Now after many attempts I found a 60 SMD LED bulb that cast a warm light and consumes only 4 watts rather than the 20 watt incandescent ones. Pretty geeky eh? But going from a total of 620 watts to 124 watts is pretty ding dang cool.

Sleepless in Redding

Got stuck in Redding, nothing to do… went to the Sundial Bridge at night.

On the drive back I stopped to photograph some Pronghorn thingies. I wished I had my big cam. No compact camera I’ve ever had does well at that end of the optical range.

Battered

Had a call in Sonora today and while driving through Oakdale I spotted this sign. I don’t what kind of business they run, but I was intrigued. Perhaps next time.