Things You May Not Be Expecting Are On The Menu

Healthy and whole foods will be served that include art, history, photography, gardening, and the occasional home or life tip. This may be My yoga--sharing great pictures from great trips and whatever else I want to share any particular day, depending on what's in season. And nothing will be grown with pesticides. I want to keep my thoughts uncontaminated, like my foods.

Whisper: foods are a blessing.



This is one of the first items that I was going to put on this blog, but here I am re-visiting it after it was saved as a draft for 8 years (infinity!), but now I am posting it. Not because it's great or going to change anyone's life--just because it shows meaning as a time of meal sharing, family, generosity, gratefulness, remembering the good things in life--including both worn and vivid memories that have shaped us and made us into the great people God wants us to be. And don't forget: we're lucky to have plenty of food, clean water, and sanitation! Please don't take those things for granted. Many places in the world don't have them.

Now, here, is an animal that needs our help and protection, the tiger. Please don't allow this animal to go extinct.

This girl has some big ideas!

Going back to school is the newest one. What a round-about way to get things done!
This picture was taken at the Borax Museum in Boron, CA about 2006 when my sister and I took at trip to Las Vegas for the Antiques Road Show and to visit with our aunties (No, we did not end up having anything worth thousands of dollars!). Borax mining is a big deal and do you know why? Borax is not just for killing cockroaches! Borax is an ingredient in almost every household product made that people use on a daily basis. It's even in surfboards!

Great Sayings from Harris' Farmer's Almanac 2008

Spend your time preparing and preventing rather that repairing and repenting.


A chip on the shoulder indicates there is wood higher up.


The biggest block to many a man's [person's] success is his [her] head.


There's a fine line between courage and foolishness. Too bad it's not a fence.


The only reason that some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory.


When all is said and done, more is said than done.

It's a bit froggy outside today.

Picture taken in Malibu Creek State Park with LG camera-phone so resolution is not the best, but try to find the little frog who is well-camoflauged in its leaf-litter surroundings.

(Design, Divine, or Clementine?)

Adamson Home in Malibu

Green man appears to be quite happy here and, as legend would have it be, he has protected the beautiful property so that it is preserved for all to visually enjoy for a long time to come. Apparently the inhabitants washed their dogs in the outdoor bathtub. What a life it would have been for dog, human, and plant living here!

The Purples and Yellows of the Santa Monica Mountains

Purple is a color on the cool side of the spectrum. In auras and in history purple is a color of royalty. Yellow is a color on the warm side of the spectrum.

In auras it represents happiness and joy. It is the original color of the "happy face". Notice how the California state flower of the poppy is spearing itself. We were hiking at the Upper Zuma Canyon trail--part of the Backbone Trail--and went to the waterfalls which is where we saw flowers one and four. The first photo is a blue larkspur of the genus delphinium. The species is unidentified as of yet. Second photo is Collarless California Poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa). Third photo is Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi). Fourth photo is Creek Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatas).

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