Thursday, February 20, 2014

ANTICIPATING GOOD...

"rain-drenched leaf on the hood of my car"

:: A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-N-G ::
a weather change in "my neck of the woods coast"
{rumors are "a period of rain" is coming next week}

some time to read listen to my book today
{The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd}

seeing Hamlet at PCPA ~ the Sunday matinee
{Lauren, JPE & I}

 taking a deep breath without coughing up a lung
{day three - antibiotics + different inhaler; day nine for coughing}

a brief return to work
{hopefully, tomorrow - to check in} 


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

GOOD.RANDOM.FUN. {WEEK 7}

 wineries "dot" the California coastal region
it's GOOD we had a "tad" of rain, but we need more!

RANDOM pics... playing with my camera settings

camera FUN.
it's time for me to be feeling better! Bronchitis g-o  a-w-a-y!

Posting HERE!

Tamar @ Random-osity shared her recipe for a warm, tasty soup...
check her blog to see why she made soup.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY + SONG-OGRAPHY 2.16.14

SHS 2.16.14
this week's SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY words are:
CAMOUFLAGED, NUTTY, OLD STYLE, HAPHAZARD & MONOCHROMATIC

can you see the hummer? this guy is CAMOUFLAGED by the foliage of the trees.

 looks like a piece of corn, but let's pretend he's eating a NUT!

horseshoes ~ an OLD STYLE game!

this cactus is very HAPHAZARD!

lucky me! I caught a MONOCHROMATIC sunrise...

 
And, I'm stopping by YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, for SONG-OGRAPHY.
Like many of you buried in snow, Kathy needs some sunshine & blue skies...
This week's song is by Meatloaf, "I'd Do Anything for LOVE"

Oh, I'd fly to the MOON? 
{ummm, after seeing the movie, GRAVITY, I don't know}

I'd hop a plane & travel to places that stretch our minds & bodies
{even, humid locations, like the Amazon River}

I can't really think of anything I WOULDN'T DO for JPE!!!

Friday, February 14, 2014

HAPPY HEART'S DAY...

Enjoying a l-o-n-g weekend of quiet!
JPE is in OHIO visiting this dad & trudging around in the snow!

Playing with my camera!
Rearranging!
Watching some HGTV!
Reading some blogs!
Eating some juicy, sweet "cuties"
(tangerines)

another three days off!
 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

GOOD.RANDOM.FUN. {WEEK 6}

2.7.14
outside our lunchroom door

2.6.14
leaves caught in a lovely web!

2.9.14
we drove through Cal-Poly & found the new "babies"

posting with Tamar @ Random-osity


Tuesday, February 4, 2014

PHOTO-HEART CONNECTION {January 2014}


Packing up holiday decorations is bittersweet! We always enjoy having our home decorated with holiday treasures... it was especially exciting this year because Katie & my Mom came for a visit over my birthday weekend... they both oohed & aahed over the tree, ornaments, lights, and miniature houses!

Even though the majority of our decorations are my Santa collection & JPE's holiday-lit houses... we always display these two items as remembrances of my dad and JPE's mom.

Before my dad moved to an Alzheimer's care facility, he would spend an occasional day at care facility while my mom ran errands. This snowflake ornament is a treasured memory from one of his craft-days! 

The basket of ornaments were created by JPE's mom. Although I knew her for only five years before she passed, I quickly learned how much she loved decorating for the holidays. Her grown children & grandkids meant the world to her, and it pleases me to have her hand-crafted ornaments to put out at Christmas.

A few weeks ago, we had some friends over for dinner! they'd never been to our house, so we  gave them a "peek" at condo living. At the end of a fabulous dinner (created by JPE), Cindy said, "your house is filled with treasures that have stories or memories attached to them. It creates such a cozy feeling!"

What a nice reflection! we don't keep much that is NOT MEANINGFUL to us. Living small, we have to rotate our treasures... but, we never grow tired of seeing them from a new perspective each time they appear in our decor.

visit her blog to learn about Photo-Heart Connections.


Monday, February 3, 2014

GOOD.RANDOM.FUN. {WEEK 5}

:: GOOD ::
Yesterday, we
FINALLY had a touch of rain!

:: RANDOM ::
a bit of bird-watching - out the kitchen window!
{same hummingbird putting on a show}


:: FUN ::
pillow created by my mom & given to Allie, her granddaughter.
Allie created the paper quilt on a painted canvas
{hanging over the bed}
lucky to have such talented ladies in my family!

posting w/Tamar at Random-osity!



Sunday, February 2, 2014

SONG-OGRAPHY + SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 2.214

Chinatown, San Francisco

talked to SLE this afternoon as she was walking home from yoga... the snow was melting into puddles...
our phone conversation reminded me of my last trip to Washington DC!
Katie, Mom & I spent five days exploring... Katie probably felt like she
WALKED A THOUSAND MILES!

sharing this photo with
Kathy at You'll Shoot Your Eye Out
also stopped by Ashley's for
this week's words:
BEVERAGE, SNUGGLE, THICK, BEHIND THE LENS & WHERE WERE YOU?
BEVERAGE of choice... coffee w/a splash of non-fat milk!

elephant seals in a SNUGGLE... the "pups" are molting!


JPE's compost is THICK with worms...


nothing like traveling... to put me BEHIND THE LENS!


wondering WHERE I WAS?
in Sacramento... bleary-eyed = reading grants!

see ya tomorrow! 
at Tamar's for
GOOD. RANDOM. FUN.

 

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