Bought $11 worth of cherries.
The Warriors won last night. All’s right in the world.
Stay tuned.
Twisted: Belmont, CA Farmer’s Market
May 27, 2018 at 7:03 pm (Food and Drink, postaday, Sundays, television)
Tags: California, farmers markets, happiness, indulgences, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Twisted: A Pink Cat
May 26, 2018 at 8:39 pm (Family, postaday)
Tags: art, memories, postaday, postaweek, Saturday, Wordpress
Detail of a drawing son did when he was maybe five or six.
It’s a big drawing, about three feet by two feet. And almost a third of it is taken up by the cat’s tail:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Still More Twisted in the Garden
May 25, 2018 at 5:30 pm (Flowers, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: California, Fridays, Garden, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Betty Boop and Fourth of July roses
Self is so fascinated by this twisted vine, which was only revealed after she did heavy cutting back of some overgrown bushes:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
More Twisted: Backyard, Redwood City
May 24, 2018 at 8:35 pm (Places, postaday)
Tags: California, Garden, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Self took these pictures early May.
In the long-ago time, the tree trunk was shipped from the Philippines, and the iron trellis leaning against it was from Smith & Hawken.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Twisted: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 23 May 2018
May 24, 2018 at 1:19 am (Links, postaday)
Tags: California, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
- This week, show us something that doesn’t maintain a straight line.
— Jen H., The Daily Post
A humble plant growing by the kitchen sink. Self drapes it over the window frame to keep out of her way while she washes dishes:
Wednesday afternoon
Still Wednesday Afternoon
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Still More Liquid!
May 20, 2018 at 5:05 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Food and Drink, postaday, Recommended, Sundays, Surprises)
Tags: art, coffee, exhibits, humor, museums, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, San Francisco, Wordpress
Bright and early Saturday morning, self was in front of SFMOMA. She had tickets for the opening day of the Rene Magritte exhibit. There was a crowd waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m.
Below was one of the first Magrittes she saw. Of course, she immediately thought: THE DAILY POST PHOTO CHALLENGE! Good thing they allowed pictures.
Rene Magritte at SFMOMA
This morning, self had her usual cup of coffee: Organic Rendezvous Brew, purchased at Moody’s in Mendocino. The cup she used was something she bought at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, years ago: that’s a triceratops, half-submerged in her coffee:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Liquid: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 16 May 2018
May 17, 2018 at 5:41 pm (Artists and Writers, Filipino Writers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, postaday, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: California, Garden, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
For this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge, LIQUID, self decided to break with her usual habit of scouring her archives. Instead, she decided to take pictures of liquids.
Since this is also a hard-at-work day for her (writing), she’s at home. What is liquid in her home? Here are three things:
Other LIQUID:
- Hot Dogs and Marmalade
- Through the Lens
- Simply Snapshots
- ispeakloudthoughts
- More 2 Explore
- Julie Powell
- Stuff and what if . . .
- Rois
- Valley of Stars
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Place(s) in the World, Real and Imagined
May 16, 2018 at 2:05 am (Books, Flowers, Places, postaday, Women Writers)
Tags: Garden, novel, postaday, postaweek, reading lists, Wordpress
Self’s garden, this morning:
Cover detail: Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, the next book on her reading list
Place in the World 4: Books
May 14, 2018 at 6:12 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Filipino Writers, Personal Bookshelf, Places, postaday, Recommended, short story collections, Women Writers)
Tags: Asian American Writers, Mondays, novel, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress, ZZ Packer
Had we but world enough and time . . .
— Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”
Place In the World 3: Son’s Room
May 14, 2018 at 12:10 am (Books, Family, Places, postaday, Sundays)
Tags: memories, nostalgia, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
If one were to think of nostalgia as a place, then that place would definitely be son’s room. She never could bring herself to change the layout, even though he’s long gone: grown, married, and settled in southern California. If you want to know what a museum of childhood looks like, this is the place!
Sunday, 13 May 2018: ALL THE THINGS
5 p.m.
Now, most of the books and stuff scattered on the desks and cabinets are self’s.
Kanlaon 