The Blue Marble photograph of Earth, taken by the Apollo 17 mission. The Arabian peninsula, Africa and Madagascar lie in the upper half of the disc, whereas Antarctica is at the bottom. Wikipedia Public domain. "When you live on a round planet, there's no choosing sides." ~ Wayne Dyer In an arg
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11/30/2020
Yesterday we popped into Westerlay Orchids in hopes of seeing their orchid Christmas tree. There was a lovely solo gal working there, and she had no idea if they were doing it this year. In the meantime, we spotted this lovely Christmas theme display, which we both admired. Happy Sunday and we
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11/29/2020
We both love the look and feel of Amaryllis flowers. We associate them with the holidays. I found this box on sale for $5.95 at our local Ace. The kit comes with a bulb, pot, soil and detailed easy to understand instructions. Pictured above is the first stage, where the bulb is rooting and gre
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11/29/2020
This past week, when we were picking out wines at Renegade in Santa Barbara, I noticed a couple of fun wine related pictures amid their partition walls. It reminded me of a photo of Grape Expectations that Endre Barath, Jr. had shared from the home of the listing he has.This one (pictured above)
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11/28/2020
The road to Santa Ynez Yesterday, we called a dear friend to wish him a Happy Thanksgiving. We had not seen him since his birthday party in Solvang on March 7th of this year given by the then Ms Right. We have stayed in touch (he lives in West Los Angeles), and knew Ms Right had broken up with h
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11/27/2020
The beach was beautiful yesterday. We are in the season when we have very low tides. Pictured above are several reefs popping out of the water. We usually do not see these reefs until fall/winter. Soon the time will be so low that the area covered with water will be sandy! If you look closely
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11/27/2020
https://www.dreamstime.com/hannator92_info" i It was my turn to host Thanksgiving when the majority of the family lived in Los Angeles. Twenty one people were coming, including my parents who flew in from Northern California. Two were vegetarians, and my father-in-law did not like turkey. Two
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11/26/2020
We were at Renegade Wines in Santa Barbara, yesterday morning, and asked Jenna, who owns this store with her husband Steve: " What wine should be serve with turkey?" She recommended a Beaujolais pictured above which we bought. Why, because this particular winery produces a "serious" Beaujolais p
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11/25/2020
This morning, we ventured out to try a new coffee and pastry place that had received rave reviews from national and local publications. We were unimpressed with the whole place including the proprietor. We gave the place the benefit of the doubt and ordered two cappuccinos and their claim to fa
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11/24/2020
Last year I read a book called, Save Me the Plums. by Ruth Reichl. It was her memoirs of her time of employment at Gourmet Magazine in New York. I have followed her career since she was the food editor at the Los Angeles Times. One of the most poignant moments for me while reading the book was
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11/24/2020
