Took this picture on Christmas Day 2022. Self had driven to Mendocino to de-stress. Mostly, she just walks around the Village, gets take-out from Patterson’s, and browses in Gallery Bookshop. The Corner Bakery makes the best tamales! You have to get there early: they might sell out.
Posting for Travel with Intent’s One Word Sunday.
The sign said “Open” but the bakery was closed in honor of Christmas. Whose bikes were those, then?
Had to go all the way back to last year’s Fourth of July parade in Redwood City, and to a sign at the Oxford Botanical Garden, which self visited last May. Guess I don’t take that many pictures with numbers, LOL
Posting for CBWC.
Main Street, Mendocino, the day after Christmas 2022 (Posted for Wordless Wednesday)
From Ceehttps://ceenphotography.com/2023/02/16/cbwc-arches-domes-half-circles-creative-cropping/:
Guest Room, Mendocino Hotel
Festival of Lights, Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden
For the second year in a row, self spent Christmas in Mendocino. She loves being in the tiny, picturesque village clinging to the headlands off US-1. Her favorite doors/haunts (L to R): Mendocino Chocolate Company on Main (the main store is in Fort Bragg); Corners of the Mouth organic grocery (in a re-purposed church, on Ukiah); a vintage store in downtown Fort Bragg; and the Garden Bakery, in an alley next to the Great Put-On clothing boutique on Albion.
Posting for No Facilities’ Thursday Doors.
He lost that job when he fell asleep and drove his truck off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Not completely off, as the cab dangled over the Little Tallahatchie River for many hours before he was rescued.
— The Trees, by Percival Everett
Self began reading this fantasy series in Mendocino (fitting setting; every time she drives up there, this line — which she so far hasn’t been able to put into any of her stories — pops into her head: “She chased daylight into a gloomy forest.”). She’s almost to the end of Book 2. Talk about pulse-pounding excitement! Many palace intrigues, shifting loyalties, unrequited love, MAJOR angst, and of course magic:
Thanks to Jez Braithwaite for hosting the Fan of . . . challenge.
Self loves sending out Christmas cards. This holiday season was a little hectic. Alas, she didn’t send out as many as she normally does. But she still loves getting them in the mail. She pastes them on a wall in her living room. Sometimes she even keeps them up all year.
Today the boxed sets of Christmas cards were 50% off at Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino. This beautiful set (Art by Trevor Waugh) is printed in England and says, “Wishing you all the joys of the season.” She can’t wait to send them out next Christmas!
Today, everything is closed (except for Patterson’s, the bar on Lansing, which is pretty lively!). Self took a walk around the village. In front of the McCallum house, there were these pretty flowers. Perfect for Cee’s Flower of the Day!
Kanlaon 