Any other informatiin on this photo? It sort of looks like my dad back in the day, but he took his 335 Mercury to Daytona.
Hello, A sight of commonality in So Cal. The month of March is a time for that particular event to happen like clockwork. The annual Swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano was an event the drew thousands to the city. To watch the return of thousands of Swallows to their home. They would roost in the crevices of the local buildings centering around the Mission San Juan Capistrano. That was all good for the annual event. The city coffers made do with the flow of tourists to see the event, usually around March 17-19th . The tourists came, the birds arrived, their time pieces all saying it was March, and all was good. But as the years rolled on, the birds did not just go to the Mission, but they picked and chose where they wanted to roost and make their adobe style homes. So, from any tall buildings with covered overhangs, community homes with eaves that extended the roof line and of all places, the local large shopping mall with the huge architecture style building facades. Anything that would protect those clay colored homes was a good place to start the "mudding." The old lady in the photo was a standard way to enter and exit the shopping mall doors to those arches and nesting places. Despite the complaints to the mall management, the swallows were a protected bird and destroying the nests during the "annual return months" was a no no and fines would be issued. So, the local businesses had to endure the homes in the upper crevices and droppings on the door entry way below. One just could not hose them off or get on a ladder to knock them down. So, every time people entered and exited the mall doors, one looked down first to see if something was sitting on your dress, shirt or jacket during the months of March and April. The birds forgot to remember the dates and continued to nest/poop for months. If and when the nests were empty, then a removal process could be done and it is left to paint over the mess on the walls. Jnaki We are far enough away from the central location of the mass of arrivals, but birds do stray and if there is a storm, the birds find shelter in the closest homes available, not necessarily in San Juan Capistrano. So, with our neighbors we figured out that when the nests were empty, it was legal to get rid of them. But, before the onslaught during the season, if the nests were in the building stage or empty of the nesting families, then it was legal to remove them. So, every March/April, the standard thing is to prepare ourselves for the onslaught of the flock of swallows and to make sure they don’t create their community over your protected front door entrances. It is disheartening to see a drop of whatever, on your hot rod or cruiser when exiting the garage. Or, even during the arrival home from a daily drive to have to clean up before it wrecks the paint. As long as we did not drive into San Juan Capistrano during those months, we were OK with the newly detailed surface of our 327 powered sedan delivery. But, for those wandering birds, hills or mountains did not keep them from building communities above everyone’s head…we just had to be diligent… YRMV One thing that works, today, is a statue of a hawk or an owl sitting in the general area around the front door of our house. That scares the daylights out of those pesky swallows or little nesting birds.
wifey.."Does this swim suit make my behind look big?"....hubby..."only when your standing with skinny friends"
That woman probably ruined that young man for all other women that came along after for the rest of his life.
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