When the sun took a peak this morning after a cloudy and rainy evening and night, we decided to take a jaunt to Ojai. Although Ojai is 17 miles from our home, it takes a least a half hour to get there. The road runs in circles through the mountains where citrus and avocado ranches thrive. At som
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02/28/2019
Last Sunday, on our detour route to the wine country, we stopped in Buellton for lunch. We revisited one of our favorite places for lunch, or casual dining Industrial Eats. The menu changes with the season, and every thing is locally sourced. As you can see it is written on butcher paper to mak
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02/27/2019
Our stone fruit farmers often bring their pruned branches to sell for floral arrangements, at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. Pictured above are peach blossoms. Nothing goes to waste that way. We liked this short poem by Chinese romantic poet Li Bai (701-760AD) and his reference to peach bloss
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02/27/2019
As a luxury or any category of real estate marketing professional, one of the best ways to maximize your real estate website's power of attraction is to study the window dressing of fine retail establishments. A luxury retail store is designed to attract its customers and maximize sales. Pictur
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02/26/2019
We had planned our Sunday. After our mastermind call, we looked at each other and realized we needed to get away! The heck with the weeding and others chores that needed to get done! It was a gorgeous day, perfect for a quick getaway! The mustard is in bloom adding color to the pristine scene
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02/25/2019
“Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” – Edwin Curran “Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.
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02/24/2019
Sunflowers symbolize summer to most of us. Our flower greenhouses are the first with these yellow beauties, and they were part of the floral displays at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market today. We are certain that in the dedicated flowering fields they have already planted sunflower seedlings,
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02/23/2019
We are enjoying another cool sunny day in Santa Barbara. All types of lettuces were on display today. We also enjoyed this lettuce display pictured above.There was an abundance of radicchio on display today. We really appreciate the artistry of presentation. Mother Nature is as usual a great s
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02/23/2019
This is one of our favorite little trees that shows up around this time of the year. It heralds spring with its lovely rosy pink urned shaped flowers. It is an edible fruit, which our birds love. Personally, we are enchanted by its color and shape. Wishing you a great and wonderful weekend
02/22/2019
One of my most delightful retail store deals in Beverly Hills was with a Japanese lady. She wanted a small store where she could introduce Japanese Art by new artists. This would include stationary and other sundry items. Since her English was not all that fluent, she had hired an attorney wh
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02/22/2019
