Dia de los Muertos

50th Anniversary

July 24, 1959

My parents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 24th. We (my parents, my sister, myself and our families) spent the weekend visiting Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz and Capitola.

My Mom ( Catalina Dolores) on the corner of Dolores and Ocean in beautiful Carmel

My Dad at a restaurant in Monterey.

Happy Anniversary!

Dahlias

My Uncle Raul and Aunt Hope brought this back from Mexico when I was a little girl. It has my name written on the front and I use it often as a vase. My Uncle (my Mother's first cousin) passed away this afternoon.

Last week of July

From the veggie/herb garden. We've been enjoying using what we grow in new recipes. We have lots of squash and we've made: Squash Soup, Summer Squash Bread, Squash filled omelets, etc. Any good squash recipes out there?

Besides working in the garden, I've been doing a little painting. I'm hoping to start listing again soon, not sure if on Ebay, Etsy or both.

I'm happy to report that this little girl is doing much better. About a week and a half ago she stopped eating and was very lethargic. After x-rays, blood work, and mucho dinero; they still weren't sure what the problem was. They found a mass in her left lung and guessed that it might be pneumonia or possibly a tumor. We decided to treat it as if it were pneumonia and crossed our fingers. After a number of days on antibiotics and lots of TLC, she's been back to her old self for about four days now. She'll have a follow up appointment soon and we're hoping that the lung will show up clear.

Sadie Blu

Coldplay

What an amazing show! Great music and the evening weather was perfect for the outdoor venue.

The only decent shot of Chris despite all the photos I took.

Butterfly confetti during "Lover's in Japan"

After the show, everyone received a free CD (live album)

Mexico Mosaic

La iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Downtown Puerto Vallarta

Things to remember: downtown Puerto Vallarta, trip to Sayulita and surfing lessons, canopy zip-line, sea turtle laying eggs on the beach near our hotel, evening thunderstorms, celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary, beach combing, feeding the kitten at our hotel every morning, reading poolside (my sister's keeper), beach and pool volleyball, art galleries, evening entertainment at our hotel, the food, the music, the colors and all the inspiration

Click on mosaic to enlarge

I've Still Got Sand in my Shoes - Dido

Back from Puerto Vallarta but not quite able to get back into the swing of things.

Happy First Day of June

Oh my, I can't believe I haven't posted for over a month. Now that the weather is so nice I've been spending more time out in the garden, I get lost out there for hours. We've also been busy with end of the school year activities. My daughter will be graduating from middle school this week and my son will be finished with the fourth grade next week- where did the school year go?

Where the Wild Things Are

Make sure to pause my playlist before viewing. I can't wait to see this.

Published

Received my copy of Somerset Studio a couple of days ago and there I am at the bottom of page 109. It's a fun issue and for those of you familiar with sweet La Donna Welter, there's a special feature on her her gorgeous art on pages 22-24.