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My sweet husband, Jerry and I decided to change things up a bit in our back yard this last Saturday. The grass under the large Mulberry tree on the left of our yard has been struggling to grow for some time now, so we decided to extend the gravel area that we laid down when [...]

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Our recent heat has taken it’s toll on our garden, mostly with the hydrangeas which are my favorite large tubular creamy blooms. The biggest is in our

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After an insomniac night I awoke to one of Roxy’s children giving off the sharp shrill notice for “Danger, Danger, Will Robinson” It sounded like this baby squirrel was tucked behind the air-conditioning unit that sits on our back patio beside our bedroom slider. I thought I could sleep through it, but after what seemed [...]

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This was the last evening Pauline would be here, so we had a few friends over to say hello, catch up on old times, and drink a little wine. Pauline knew Jill, lower left, when she lived here in Mission Viejo. Karen, lower right, was a new friend she met through us last year when [...]

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DON’T CLICK HERE IF SQUEAMISH For those of you who weren’t squeamish and decided on clicking on the link, your looking at a broken blood vessel in my left eye that happened Wednesday morning. Pauline and I were getting ourselves all beautiful before going out to do some shopping. I had stepped out of the [...]

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Despite a bad beginning and a busy day at Disneyland Pauline and I had a nice time on our outing to Disneyland. You can see here from the photo I took while we waited in line for the Haunted Mansion that Disneyland was really crowded. I hadn’t seen it like this for a long time [...]

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So a nice surprise yesterday. Jerry’s brother Hal, who lives in Indiana and commutes to work in San Francisco believe it or not, called to say he missed his flight home and could he come for an over night visit. Never one to turn away relatives and very few friends we said of course! My [...]

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Much fun has been had in the last few days with the arrival of my dearest friend Pauline and daughter Valerie both from the state of Illinois. Upon graduating from college Valerie got an internship at K & A Design in Studio City. Since Valerie would need a car to get around town here Pauline [...]

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The trip to Torrance to visit good friends Beth, Steve, and assorted family members was fun as always. While we had certain tasks we wanted to accomplish, most of them require purchases, and as always lots of laughter. There are many things I love about these long time friends: their generosity, their kindness, their compassion, [...]

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My good friend Terry and I had such a wonderful day Tuesday at Disneyland/California Adventure despite the fact that the park was really crowded. There were lines of school buses in the parking lot!

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