To the generous neighbor who left this by the sidewalk where I walk the dog — thank you! I’m sure your lemon trees are probably providing you with more citrus than you know what to do with, and I might have taken more than just one if I hadn’t had my hands full already. I spent the rest of my […]
California’s giant redwoods are a treasure — beautiful and amazing in so many ways. We can be grateful to the historic Semper Virens Club for their determination and vision in preserving the coastal redwoods in this area of Santa Cruz County… and in the process providing a basis for the state park system in California. Huell has a great time […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Colors that start with the Letter S. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge. Have fun with this week’s challenge.
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Needs to start with the letter R and have at least six letters. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge. Have fun with this week’s challenge.
Here is an event, held in late January, I’d love to experience for myself some day. I’m lucky to live along the Pacific flyway, a major migration route for all sorts of bird species, and although we do get our fair share of many types of waterfowl at Lake Natoma, it’s nothing compared to the birds to be seen in […]
Washington D.C., 1957 — Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House and I Love Lucy was in its final season on TV when my mom and dad along with my eldest sister visited the nation’s capital in 1957. They were undertaking a pretty epic road trip that began with my mom and sister taking the train from California to […]
This is a fun yet informative episode that I’d never seen until I stumbled upon it today, as I was going through the very long list of shows Huell Howser did around California. It makes clear what an important role Sutter’s Fort played in the development of the Sacramento valley during the Gold Rush and long after — not only […]
Believe it or not, it’s been a full year since I began this series; you can find my first Memory Monday post here, sharing a family trip through Minnesota, South Dakota, and the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. Just as I was beginning to run out of steam and thinking about retiring the series, my mom managed to dig up a […]
If I could tell you about red i would sing to you of fire sweet like cherries burning like cinnamon smelling like a rose in the sun — Dixie Dawn Miller Goode