June 16, 2016 at 12:20 pm (destinations, Family, Lists, Places, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: Bletchley Park, Gardens, happiness, London, memories, New York, Philadelphia, summer, travel
Philadelphia: So glad that she was in the City of Brotherly love when Orlando happened. Because there is something comforting about being in the city where her older sister went to Biz School:
City of Brotherly Love: June 2016
New York: Chris, William, Mandy, Carmen, Judy, Luis
Living Room of Brother-in-Law’s Apartment, Manhattan, June 2016
The British Museum, because, because. Just because.
Classical Elegance: The British Museum, early June 2016
Dodo and Helen came from different parts: Cambridge and York, respectively. We met in London:
Everything is easier with friends: On the No. 10 bus, June 2016
And Bletchley Park:
Swan, Bletchley Park, June 2016
Bloomsbury Square and environs:
The Duke of Bedford’s Private Garden in Bloomsbury, June 2016
This is the first of a series of posts where self will keep looking back to 2016 Thus Far.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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March 10, 2016 at 11:14 pm (Flowers, postaday)
Tags: Gardens, Mendocino, Menlo Park, postaday, postaweek, seasons, Wordpress
Oh how beautiful is the season of spring!
These yellow daffodils are in the front garden of the MacCallum House in Mendocino Village.
Daffodils + Spring = Harmony!
More daffodils!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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March 8, 2016 at 4:27 pm (Places, postaday)
Tags: art, Gardens, Mendocino, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Still focusing on this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge: HARMONY.
This is a ceramic piece that hangs outside one of the metal-working sheds at the Mendocino Arts Center. Fish and sand and oceans.
Outdoor Art: Mendocino Art Center
Evening: Main Street, Mendocino, February 2016
Mendocino is # 1 for Whimsical Outdoor Art: Self spotted this on one of her walks.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 26, 2016 at 12:14 am (Flowers, Places, postaday, Weather)
Tags: elections, Gardens, Mendocino, politics, postaday, postaweek, seasons, Wordpress
It was an absolutely gorgeous day. Self went for a walk around the village.
Mendocino Village has many examples of whimsical garden art!
Spring is in the air! This table and chairs was in front of a local beauty salon.
And, for election season, Bernie Sanders would like to extend a warm welcome!
Every local person self has spoken to so far is a Bernie Sanders supporter. Clearly, Mendocino is HIS town.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 15, 2016 at 2:54 pm (Artists and Writers, Flowers, postaday)
Tags: art, Flowers, Gardens, Mondays, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Pansy: Hungtington Botanical Gardens, Pasadena
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January 7, 2016 at 5:46 pm (postaday, Publishers, Recommended, Women Writers)
Tags: Calyx Press, Gardens, memories, postaday, postaweek, praise, Wordpress
Self is still posting on this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, the first Photo Challenge of 2016:
CIRCLES
Calyx Press, based in Corvallis, OR, published self’s first book, Ginseng and Other Tales From Manila. The editors are self’s second family.
Santa Monica Wharf, after the Cirque du Soleil Show
Ripe Figs, Backyard: Self has three fig trees.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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July 13, 2015 at 11:47 am (Flowers, Links, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: Dublin, Gardens, inspirations, Ireland, Mondays, postaday, postaweek, summer, travel, Wordpress
The WordPress Photo Challenge this week is SYMBOL.
Today, self is taking a page from Susan Rushton, whose post shows a sweet little garden surrounded by a white picket fence in Colonial Williamsburg.
Gardens are little oases of serenity. A garden represents peace, calm, sanctuary. Here’s one:
This garden overlooks a canal: Dublin, July 2015
And here’s another symbol: the green green green of an Irish summer in Annaghmakerrig:
The Lake at Annaghmakerrig, July 2015
And because self is so in love with the green here, here’s a shot of the woods in Annaghmakerrig:
Woods, Annaghmakerrig, July 2015
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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June 29, 2015 at 6:16 pm (Flowers, Movies, Places, postaday, Traveling, Writing)
Tags: adaptations, artists residency, Gardens, inspirations, Ireland, Mondays, postaday, postaweek, summer, travel, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
Another from last night’s walk around the grounds of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre (This place is absolute balm for self’s spirit):
What is it, exactly, about this place? The light? The surroundings? Knowing other artists are just a shout away? Ireland? She is exceedingly grateful for every day that she wakes up here.
It’s a gorgeous time of year. Flowers are blooming:
Flowers growing from atop a low stone wall . . .
More of the Same (Just From Another Angle)
Today is #AgentsDay on Twitter. So many authors are grateful to their agents, which is nice.
This is not a pursuit self feels she can successfully engage in. (Optimism does not come naturally to self!)
It is also, interestingly enough, #askELJames Day on Twitter. And the questions! The questions!
When self was in London, a few weeks ago, she saw a huge Fifty Shades of Grey poster (a still from the movie) that covered an entire building. How’s that for making a statement? Jaw-drop time.
Jamie Dornan has quite a good back. Self’s just saying.
(Now, how did self get from Annaghmakerrig to Fifty Shades? No idea)
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 20, 2015 at 4:44 am (Explorers, Flowers, Places, postaday, Recommended, Sundays, Traveling, Venice)
Tags: Flowers, Gardens, memories, postaday, postaweek, Sundays, travel, Venice, Wordpress
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is EARLY BIRD.
Part of the prompt on The Daily Post website:
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a morning person. From early childhood I was up with the sun, and it always came naturally to me . . . when I began taking photography more seriously . . . I realized the benefits that waking early had on my photos.
Gondola Stop, Venice: Before the Crowds Appear
In scanning through her photographs, self found a set of pictures she took on a very early morning in Venice. She’d signed up for a tour of the Doge’s Palace, and to make sure she got there in plenty of time (It was a morning tour), she left the apartment she was sharing with Margarita Donnelly in Ca’ San Toma several hours early. And was rewarded with the thrill of seeing San Marco Square practically devoid of people (i.e. tourists)
Can You Believe This is Venice in Late April? Somewhere near the Hotel Danieli
Anyhoo, the Doge’s Palace was all right. But the real thrill, self realized later, was having San Marco Square and environs almost entirely to herself.
The photographs are time-stamped. With CALIFORNIA TIME. Pardon the confusion.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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April 11, 2015 at 10:19 pm (Family, Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: Bacolod, Gardens, Ireland, memories, pets, postaday, postaweek, travel, Wordpress Ireland
More on the WordPress Photo Challenge, AFLOAT.
Self took the first two pictures when she was in Dublin, May 2014. It was her first time ever to Ireland. She walked along Grafton Street, met author Catherine Dunne for lunch at Bewley’s, then walked around St. Stephen’s Green.
The water in the lake had a sort of mineral quality that self has never seen anywhere else.
And this is a picture of Manong Freddie’s pet turtle in Bacolod. Turtles bring good luck:
Manong Freddie’s pet turtle
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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