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September 25, 2026

Quote of the Day

What the mind has forgotten, the body remembers long after.

~ Lilian Folan

This Day in History

September 25, 1775: Ethan Allen is captured. After aborting a poorly planned and ill-timed attack on the British-controlled city of Montreal, Continental Army Colonel Ethan Allen is captured by the British on this day in 1775. After being identified as an officer of the Continental Army, Allen was taken prisoner and sent to England to be executed.

Although Allen ultimately escaped execution because the British government feared reprisals from the American colonies, he was imprisoned in England for more than two years until being returned to the United States on May 6, 1778, as part of a prisoner exchange. Allen then returned to Vermont and was given the rank of major general in the Vermont militia. In 1777, Vermonters had formally declared their independence from Britain and their fellow colonies when they created the Republic of Vermont. Forever loyal to the colony he founded, Allen spent the rest of his life petitioning the Continental Congress to grant statehood to Vermont.

After the war concluded, the independent Vermont could not join the new republic as a state, because New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut all claimed the territory as their own. In response, frustrated Vermonters, including Allen, went so far as to negotiate with the Canadian governor, Frederick Haldimand, about possibly rejoining the British empire.

Ethan Allen died on his farm along the Winooski River in the still independent Republic of Vermont on February 12, 1789, at the age of 51. Two years after his death, Vermont was officially admitted into the Union and declared the 14th state of the United States.

Ojai Weather

Mostly sunny – High 87 / Low 55

Total precipitation for the season – .04 inches

Lake Casitas water capacity – 95.4%

Friday, September 25, 2026

2:20 p.m.

There is one new listing on the market:

10812 Encino Drive – $2,898,000

Have a great weekend!

Pic of the Day

Frenchie rarely slept well, for she lived in constant fear of her Master’s amorousness

Thursday, September 24, 2026

10:00 a.m.

There are four new listings on the market:

1275 Mariano Drive – $1,200,000

505 S. Ventura Street – $1,450,000

909 Grandview Avenue – $1,349,000

2175 Maricopa Highway – $1,295,000

Pic of the Day

I doubt this sign is necessary

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

9:45 a.m.

No new listings have come to market since Friday, but a previously expired listing is back on the market:

501 W. Eucalyptus Street – $1,500,000 (this had expired on 8/31).

Pic of the Day

The Employee of the Year moves into their new office

Friday, September 18, 2026

9:30 a.m.

There are three new listings on the market:

800 Oak Grove Court – $2,495,000

711 Drown Avenue – $1,400,000

1885 Maricopa Highway #17 – $399,000

Pic of the Day

So you say the motorcycle comes *with* the house? Is that set in stone?

Thursday, September 17, 2026

9:45 a.m.

There are no new listings on the market, but a previously expired listing came back on the market:

757 McNell Road – $1,685,000 (this had recently expired on 8/31).

Pic of the Day

“My Momma always said life was like a box of….is it just me, or is it hot out here?”

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

9:45 a.m.

One new listing has come to the market since Friday:

2045 S. Rice Road – $1,639,000

Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”

12400 Ojai Santa Paula Road – $3,995,000. (This isn’t new, rather additional acreage was added to the listing that was previously separate.)

Pic of the Day

To sustain its high metabolism, the humminghorse must consume twice its body weight in calories each day.

(I realize this might be a donkey, but “hummingdonkey” didn’t have quite the same ring to it.)

Friday, September 11, 2026

11:15 a.m.

There are four new listings on the market:

479 W. Lomita Avenue – $979,000

601 Foothill Road – $6,200,000

1230 Foothill Road – $2,095,000

(This property was already in escrow when it was listed in the MLS)

Calle Moreno land parcel – $1,200,000

Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”

1225 Shippee Lane – $10,900,000 (this had recently been cancelled on 9/8). As of this writing, there are no photos for the current listing. Here’s a link to the old listing that has photos.