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The Conejo Valley Guide® "Welcome" blog covers a wide range of topics, local information, local things to do, holiday event compilations, announcements and more.
Grab the tissues. Here's a touching story of a man named Fred, 96 years old, who responded to a singer/songwriter contest with lyrics to a song to his wife, Lorraine. Although his entry was not accepted because his lyrics were not sung by him, his lyrics are brought to life. Watch the video to see what happens, and his reaction.
The National Park Service estimated that some 70% of the 1,170 acre Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa area in Newbury Park was impacted by the Springs Fire this past May. The impact on wildlife was staggering. With so much of the landscape charred, wildlife is frequently seen foraging around for food...deer, coyotes, rabbits, etc. More on Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa and the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center (thankfully not impacted by the fire due to the efforts of firefighters) at THIS LINK.
Where's the bunny? (Click image for link to larger image in Pinterest)
Where's the coyote? (Click image for link to larger image in Pinterest)
No problems spotting this beautiful King Snake crossing the trail.
And below are some deer caught foraging for food next to the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center on a recent morning.
Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride looked the part yesterday at The Oaks Mall on the lawn adjacent to the Muvico theater as the crowd was serenaded with a wide range of Beatles classics. It was a perfect summer evening as the sun set behind us and we enjoyed both the great music and antics of this solid local tribute favorite. Enjoy a few snippets from their performance below.
Ticket to Ride is playing several more times this summer, including the Janss Marketplace Summer Concert Series and Concerts on the Green at Warner Park in Woodland Hills. CLICK THIS LINK for a compilation of free summer concerts in and around Ventura County.
On a visit to Conejo Creek Park in Thousand Oaks (one of our favorite local parks, next to the Thousand Oaks Library, Senior Center and Teen Center), a family was feeding the ducks. The sheer number of voracious ducks was both amusing and startling! But we survived.
This reminded me of a previous experience observing Turtles Going Wild at the beautiful Alice Keck Memorial Gardens in Santa Barbara.
This video was published in January 2011 and as of May 2013 has nearly 60 million views on YouTube (88.6 million views as of December 2016). There's a good reason for that. Micah, the baby who laughs hysterically at paper ripped in front of him, is extraordinarily cute. Posted here to bring a smile to your face today.
The tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma has been terrifying to see. This interview with an elderly woman who survived the tornado is touching in several respects. She is asked what it was like during the tornado; she says she was sitting on a stool with her dog in her arms in a small bathroom. Before she knew it she was lying in rubble. She called for her little dog and indicates the dog is missing and somewhere in the rubble.
The interviewer then asks "Are you able to comprehend yet what happened here?" and I love the woman's response, given with a grin "I know exactly what happened here. Exactly." Then "What do you think of all this, this is your neighborhood...I can't imagine.." and her reply "This is life in the big city." Literally a second later they discover the woman's dog, a little black terrier, alive in the rubble, to the joy of this woman and to all of us.
Nolan Keane was diagnosed at age 24 with stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer that grows very quickly. Nolan fought hard to beat the odds with four years of countless chemo and radiation treatments and eight brain surgeries.
Nolan's girlfriend and soon-to-be fiance Morgan was by his side the entire time and helped him through his treatments. Late last year, Nolan proposed to Morgan. Friends and family initiated a fundraising effort to enable the two to have a dream wedding. The wedding is captured in the video below. Grab your tissues.
A Love Uniquely Yours // Nolan + Morgan from Forward // Motion Production on Vimeo.
With great sadness, it was noted on a Facebook page set up to help raise funds for the wedding, that just passed away. Nolan and Morgan were married on March 9th.
Nolan was a fighter. Untreated survival time from diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme is typically 3 to 5 months. With treatment, 1 to 2 years is possible. Our thoughts are with Nolan, Morgan and their families.
Thanks to Keith & Tiffany of Forward//Motion Production for this video and story. Read full blog post at forwardmotionproduction.com/blog
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