The Coffee Shop: A place to relax and hang out.
Roy Wilson wrote: Construction is a lot of fun. When I was younger I had built a number of homes over the years. Some of the best times!
Construction delivers a lot of solid gratification. Especially building something from the ground up ... where there was nothing ... now is a building that will last a year or two.
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Meanwhile, Gary has managed to plant a few tomatoes and peppers. Sadly, Gary has had to remove a ton of grape vines which surrounded the house and patio. Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Thompson were all severely reduced/chopped up or removed completely.
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Usually Gary plants anywhere from 15 to 20 different varieties, mostly heirlooms.Brody Kross wrote: Tomatoes are great fresh, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?
A few from last year:
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The Mark Taper Forum is a small, round theatre in LA’s Music Center complex. We are subscribers and we arrive early for each performance, which allows time to wine & dine by the Forum’s moat.
BTW- Lackawanna Blues, was simply superb. A one man show with a guitarist was minimal in production value but 100%+ in story telling. Ruben Santiago-Hudson was amazing in his portrayal of every role from Nana to Bill (about 20 different roles). If the show makes it way to a theatre near you ... a must see ... a definite threat.
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iPhone Shots:
Maggie spotted this newly emerged Monarch on our front yard retaining wall.
Maggie wanted to play with this beautiful horse on our morning walk. Maggie thinks that horses are just big dogs.
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Juan Anthony wrote: How big is that thing?
This Monarch caterpillar was a young one ... only about an inch and a half (1.5" = 4cm). The caterpillars can get to about 3" long and as thick as your little finger. Monarch caterpillars only eat Milkweed plants. We have planted Milkweed in the front and back yards, consequently, we have Monarch butterflies and caterpillars all year-round.
Not the best images:
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Monarch setting up to start its chrysalis and metamorphosis.
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Monarch splitting/shedding its out skin exposing the chrysalis.
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3) During this time the Monarch undulates and rotates its body/chrysalis rather violently as it sheds the old skin.
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The very beginning of metamorphosis.
There are photographs everywhere. It is the call of photographers to see and capture those images.
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Last night Mary Lou and Gary hit the Segrestrom Center in Orange County for the Havana Cuba All Stars. They’re a jazz group complete with dancers. They were quite good and very entertaining. But, we felt they could have delivered more ... this didn’t seem to be their best night. And they talked too much. All that being said, Gary would be happy to see them again.
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