75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND A COUSIN’S BIRTHDAY
This past weekend I was in the San Francisco Bay area. Sunday was the 75th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge. Check out the picture on the right and this video of the fireworks taken this last Sunday May 29, 2012. Last week on PBS Evening News a reporter gave some history on the building […]
MEMORIAL DAY IS ALMOST HERE. FESTIVALES ESPAÑA STYLE!
Viva España! I just arrived home from Spain after visiting one of my daughters and her family. My son-in-law is Spanish Basque. They live in a delightful little country town about fifteen minutes outside of Pamplona in the Province of Navarre. I “Skype” from California to my family in Spain often, and I have seen […]
PROTECTING OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS IN THE GARDEN
The other morning while having tea with a friend I heard a thud thud thud. Oh no I protested! This friend is somewhat of a birder. Would you be so kind as to look with me and tell me if you are familiar with this adorable sort of bird? “Oh that is a Cassin’s Kingbird.” […]
A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
Last weekend I was invited to a friend’s 65th wedding anniversary party. It was also the friend’s 90th birthday. This particular friend looks 20 years younger and acts it also! I overheard her say the other day to her 27-year-old granddaughter, I love your tattoos. They are so beautiful. If I were a young woman […]
THE DALAI LAMA VISITS SAN DIEGO
I happened to be one of the fortunate people who heard the Dalai Lama speak in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. He spoke at UCSD, USD and SDSU. My brother-in-law, sister and mother and I went to see him at SDSU Dalai Lama Transcript of Speech. It was amazing to watch the throngs […]
BREAKFAST AT 7…4…7
Last weekend I had an impromptu party for some cousins who were visiting from England. Easy steps to entertain a crowd for breakfast. Please check out blog post March 21st, 2012. Being that I keep a clean table cloth with centerpiece ready for any occasion I just popped the pretty Trader Joes plants that I […]
RACCOONS? WHAT WILD ANIMAL IS UNSCREWING THE DOG FOOD CONTAINER?
Ok, I have just spent forty minutes on Google trying to figure out what animal is unscrewing a large container of dog food in the middle of the night, pushing it over and eating the very expensive dog food that I buy from my vet. My initial thought has been raccoons. They have hands and […]
CREATE YOUR OWN WALL SUCCULENT HANGING PLANTER
Here’s a project that is lots of fun. Making your own wall succulent planters will also save you money :) A friend’s husband made the boxes for our garden club, but directions for making a simple frame are available here: Sunset Magazine Article. How to make your own succulent frame: 1. For a 1-foot-square frame, […]
THE EASTER EGG HUNT
I started coloring Easter eggs with my children when they were two years old. My children are now grown and have little ones of their own. When they were growing up we colored eggs and the children would hunt for them in the garden.One of my earliest memories:I was three years old. My parents took me […]
IN FRONT OF THE CRACKLING FIRE
It’s Saturday night and I have a fire in the fireplace. It is supposed to rain cats and dogs tomorrow. I love a fire in the fireplace on a cold day or evening–who doesn’t? Hearth and home are as humanly comforting as a good bowl of hot chicken soup when we are sick or macaroni […]