Happy Memorial Day ... Miscellaneous Memes

Make Time for Small Reflections

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These wild roses
do not last for long, but they're
lovely for a bit ...




Straight out of the camera ...

Mosaic flipped with Watercolor filter next

... and finally Poster Edges below

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When doggie play breaks
onion blossoms I put them
in a vase on my

table between these
blue chairs where I can enjoy
them for a while ...

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Miscellaneous
Springtime blossoms ... colorful
in my neighbor's yard

and along this street
near a Starbucks coffee shop
along PCH

where I stopped for a
latte We'nesday on my way
in to get a perm ...

Looking up I spied
red bottle brush and fluffy
cotton balls on blue


Wishing everyone a happy Memorial Day!

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"If I were given the opportunity to give a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself." Charles Schulz

Puppy Play under Blue Skies ...

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Belatedly ...
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While Aloha & Layla engage in
aggressive play ...

Molly is content to seek some attention
and relax a bit in the shade ...

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We've had mostly blue skies
with a few wispy clouds the past few days



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Thought for Today
"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind." Albert Einstein

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1. Remember how Mom's Azalea got broken again in February of this year? I'm happy to report that it's coming back for the second time ... slowly but surely. The piece I planted in the parkway is still struggling and may not make it, but the original plant seems healthier this time around ... though very small at this point.

What it looked like in February ...


... and what it looks like now ;-)

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2. It's been a while now since I've seen blue skies like those in the Haiku Sky Watch logo below ... but the bare branches of the tree next door show signs of Spring.

Grey & drizzily
skies of late keep temp'ratures
in the mid 60s




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3. Over the past few afternoons (once the drizzles stopped) I've put some of the colorful new bedding plants in the ground ... and intend to get the rest planted today and/or tomorrow. I was tempted to leave the bright orange Nemesia in a pot on the patio, but decided to put it in the ground near the yellow & orange Lantana.

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4. The first two blooms on my newly planted Veteran's Honor rose bush lasted for almost 5 weeks and I suspected it might need time to recover ... but to my surprise I discovered a new bud on it just yesterday. In addition, the African Iris (otherwise known as Fortnight Lily) have started to bloom in the neighborhood ... though MINE hasn't produced any buds yet.

Veteran's Honor rose bud above and
African Iris/Fortnight Lily blooms below ...

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5. Yesterday I went with a friend to see Hershey Felder in his latest one man musical bio-play at the Laguna Playhouse, Beethoven as I Knew Him ... and it was so WONDERFUL that I'm thinking about returning to see it again! I'm looking forward to him in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein later in the season and hope to see his pieces about Fryderyk Chopin and George Gershwin one day. We enjoyed an early dinner on the patio of the Beachcomber Cafe on the beach in Crystal Cove on the way home.

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Thought for Today
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C.S. Lewis