Alameda County: June 2005 Archives

Driving up by Ohlone College in Fremont today, I met one of the institution's students, a wild Turkey.

Update: That was one big bird. A good 20 pounder, maybe more. She was strutting at the edge of the the very large Mission Peak regional park, near an academic building at Ohlone College. The question we must now ask ourselves is, what does a turkey major in? My money's on business. Or maybe culinary arts, and her thesis will be a stuffed human with honey glaze.

After almost two years, it's time for me to say goodbye to my current city of residence, Fremont, California. A job transfer takes me to Minneapolis later this month. So let's take a moment to consider the gloriously clear and beautiful evening we had here last night, and to consider that if Fremont were in Minnesota, it would probably be a major ski resort. As a native Northern Californian, it will be quite a big change.

The hills (those would be "mountains" to midwesterners) have turned from green to gold--finally, after a rather wet and cold spring.

The lone remaining farm in my neighborhood is starting its yearly corn harvest.

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