tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post115761135853481477..comments2023-10-25T01:47:18.141-07:00Comments on Janice's Home (my main blog): Lady Jan answers the Question, "Where the Heck Is Madera?"Janice Seagraveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post-1157769728644962052006-09-08T19:42:00.000-07:002006-09-08T19:42:00.000-07:00Oops, sorry.I forgot to add, your Lady Jan~Oops, sorry.<BR/><BR/>I forgot to add, your Lady Jan~Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post-1157769675432078862006-09-08T19:41:00.000-07:002006-09-08T19:41:00.000-07:00Hi Merel,Those days continue I'm afraid. That ssss...Hi Merel,<BR/><BR/>Those days continue I'm afraid. That ssss, then pop! I heard was the radiator exploiding, and the cost of fixing the hood and the radiator replacement, is going to be $850.+ yikes! But it's supose to be fixed by Monday.<BR/><BR/>I hope that new blog of your's is working out well.<BR/><BR/>Take care.<BR/><BR/>Hi Ann,<BR/><BR/>I think you should do one on Merced, becasue after all it is your adopted home town, and also Merced has a very long and distingished history.<BR/><BR/>The Madera Ranchos is on the oposite side of Madera from me( several miles out in fact), and it is very interesting about that Hollywood connect that I didn't know about either--so it was a new one on me and I grew up here. <BR/><BR/>I do know that one of the cast members from The Wizard of Oz, I think it was the Scare Crow, (but I don't remember) lived his last few remaining years in the Ranchos. <BR/><BR/>The name of Madera means wood, and is named from the lumber company that used the flume to trainsport lumber to our city. At one time there were three big lumber company's here, and it was a big buiness. I still remember trucks transporting big huge logs of giant red woods dripping with water, and with moss still on them through Madera, when I was a child.<BR/><BR/>We do have serveral wineries here in Madera, the one my husband works at is the old Mission Bell winery and I'm not sure how old it is but it does really date back. We have so many wineries here that there is a wine tasting street sign set up to direct tourist to them.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure the resturant is very nice, but I'm sorry I have never been there.<BR/><BR/>Hi Turtle Guy,<BR/><BR/>And your welcome!Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post-1157697381505907322006-09-07T23:36:00.000-07:002006-09-07T23:36:00.000-07:00Thanks for the history... and the geography lesson...Thanks for the history... and the geography lesson!Turtle Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867461015503674899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post-1157695460228327462006-09-07T23:04:00.000-07:002006-09-07T23:04:00.000-07:00I should do one of those about Merced one of these...I should do one of those about Merced one of these days. Of course, I'm not a native.<BR/><BR/>Very nice. When I think of the word Madera I think of wine. Maybe the wine is named after the casks it's aged in? I should look it up.<BR/><BR/>I drive through Madera Ranchos often on the way to Valley Children's but never knew about the celebrity connection. There's a fun restaurant there with old jukeboxes and pics from the rock and roll era.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826632.post-1157633767230326762006-09-07T05:56:00.000-07:002006-09-07T05:56:00.000-07:00Hi Janice ~~ Thank you for yourcomments. I hope ...Hi Janice ~~ Thank you for your<BR/>comments. I hope you got your car fixed OK and that there ARE NO no more of THOSE days. Take care, my friend, Merle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com