Learning to land

This is a short video of me learning to land my drone. Landing in the wild was so much fun!
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Trail Canyon Falls

Trail Canyon Falls
Trail Canyon Falls is our go to falls in the north San Fernando Valley. This time I took my drone to get some footage. When it is raining, this falls is fantastic.
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Napa Valley

Napa Valley
On one of our trips up to beautiful Napa Valley, I took my drone and got this amazing footage. We would go every year to stay at our time share, The Vino Bella, and taste some GEAT wine!
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Flying over Newberry Park

Flying over Newberry Park
I took my drone over to my friends house to show him how it performs. We took it up very high to get a look at the channel Island, then I gave him the controls, and was lucky to get her back in one piece! He wanted to check out his...
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Home sweet home!

Home sweet home!
This was one of my first drone flights over our home in Bell Canyon Ca. This little drone takes great photos and is easy to fly.
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Katara

Katara
Our precious Katara was a Bengal cat, her grandmother was an Asian Leopard.  Bengal's have to be five generations from the Asian Leopard to participate in shows, so only being three generations, she was ineligible to show. When we got her home as a kitten, she was WILD and started beating up our...
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Marlowe

Marlowe
We found sweet little Marlowe in the parking lot of the Vino Bello Resort. She came up to us and would not rest until we took her into our 3rd floor room. We feed her eggs, because that is all we had. Afterwards we put her back outside, but she kept...
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Joseph C. Dilucido - War years

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                                                                      War Years Joe got a letter in the mail telling him the day to show up...
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Joseph C. Dilucido - Childhood

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                                                 Childhood The first house that Joe can remember was his parents house. It had two stories where Joe's family lived in the top floor and rent out...
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The life and times of Joseph C. Dilucido

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Carradino Joseph DiLucido lived a long and amazing life indeed. He passed away at 97 on December 16th 2014. Joe was born in Pawtucket Rhode Island on Feb 1st 1917. He was born at home on Water Street, to Joseph and Candida-Chulli DiLucido. Dino-Joe moved to 19 Cleveland St, North Providence, R. I....
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Forestation in Brazil

Forestation in Brazil
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Forestation in Brazil   The photo credits used in this chronicle are unknown but were copied from Facebook.  My apology for taking the easy way out in re-telling a story about forestation in Brazil.  Some...
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EPSILON ALPHA RHO

EPSILON ALPHA RHO
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   EAP (Epsilon Alpha Rho)   Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters would likely know that EAP can be sounded out as “Epsilon Alpha Rho” in the Greek language and signify the name of a campus fraternity...
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On Deceptions

On Deceptions
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   On Deceptions   Many of the games and puzzles one finds on the Internet are enticing time wasters.  And they are usually rife with hidden hacks, deceptions, and subterfuges that promote in us a sense...
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On Smiles

On Smiles
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    On Smiles   If you are curious about where you might look to personally see almost everybody smiling, you might try a Catholic church, just after the priest says, “Let us show one another a...
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What I hope my children do when I am no longer around.

A few thoughts about what I hope you as my children will do to continue your relationship when I’m no longer around. First and foremost, and I don’t think I worry about this at all because I see that you do it now and it is part of each one of...
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What television programs did you watch as a kid?

2 stories in one WHAT TELEVISION PROGRAMS DID I WATCH AS A CHILD For most of my childhood years, we did not have a television so therefore I did not watch programs. However, we had friends who lived across the street and there were times that we went across the street...
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What things do you think you cannot live without?

What things do I think I cannot live without? Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Basic NeedsPhysiological, Food, Water, Warmth, Rest Safety, Security, Safety Psychological NeedsLove And Belonging, Intimate Relationships, Friends      Esteem And Prestige And Feeling Of Accomplishment Self-Fulfillment NeedsSelf-Actualization Achieving Ones Full Potential Including Creative Activities I’ve climbed that pyramid from...
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What has made your faith stronger?

What has made my faith stronger? Section 46 of the document covenants describes different gifts of the spirit and tells us that each one of us is given a different gift. Doctrine & Covenants 46: 13 & 14 13 To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that...
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Has anyone ever rescued you, figuratively or literally?

Has anyone ever rescued me, figuratively or literally? I don’t know if I can put a name or face on someone who’s rescued me, but perhaps one event was when I was probably eight years old, and we went to the beach or down to the ocean someplace with one of...
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What have you changed your mind about over the years?

What have you changed your mind about over the years? [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mr.postman.storyworth.com_c_eJx0kMFuhCAQhp8Gb2xgANGDhyaNr2EGZiymrmwR1-2DzbN-2DuxSW9z-2DOb-5F-5Fvw0RGxtw4NuO60NKOObNNAMpgvkI-5FlgozdtQAeOKHqEVjvdLENrjVWolA3oOna-2DRx3QdzBZHd08KVSkkFqJzvXSMoBETVEaBHBd77XprLDqkfd6x-2D2211xeZy413WK-2DN-2DuQan3swnwIGAWM53n-2DQQSMx85FwMhyxbPwFlmGkuO3gPFC328Jq0z4ZPnKh4wJty-2Dm913kfdlIYshHlfnJRdbE8sVYdmGu4GkhYT5b6Gm25DV2-5FRxVwDCraDQ2ZeA1CKsu44pnnucl8tX9kk8L-5FbtQU4efg-5Fe65O03AAD-5F-5FzLiehg&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=pZQAXmjYvJICTPHW_ydc6P_iYUzAjN35Id-RE1X4Eqc&m=wLHaDq2JqrtlTx8PPkva0e7Z9fekZGxUHaLT6ukimKI&s=F-RGpbRoW_XA7W05p3y-fGfunddl66ESbA-F4Mmc-_c&e =]      Very little, major and important things have I changed my mind about over the years.      In high school I decided to be an attorney that meant I would go to college, then law school took the...
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