Beautiful cactus blooming in my backyard.

Katey

ps. i love her new hair cut...so perfect for her!

Ahh!

Pause

There was a brief pause in the rain this morning. This was the View

The Impostor!

I had to stop by the mall to pick up something for the kid-do. I was walking down the street, turned the corner and there it was the IMPOSTOR, THE FAKE, THE PHONEY BALONEY.

That's right folks. They were putting up the Christmas tree. The very tree that every year I see looking all green and fluffy and shiny and sparkly is really a sad looking, thin limbed, excuse for a tree.

Please notice the piles of branches on the ground. Please notice worker man on lift nailing the branches into the tree so it looks fluffy, and thick and divine. Not in the picture (so you won't notice, but trust me) three workers sitting and watching the one worker man doing the work.

Now I expect the snow on the Santa house to have fake snow. I know this is So Cal. But the tree.........?

Maybe I shouldn't be so upset. I guess most of us are adding on, slapping on, rubbing on, spraying on, who knows maybe even nailing on, extras to make ourselves look better. Are we impostors?

I guess I will give Ms. Christmas tree a break. But I am not going back until she is finished. It's as if I saw her naked. (shudder).

p.s. if any of you want to see this travashamokery they will probably still be working on it tomorrow at Victoria Gardens.

Hmmmm?

Say it isn't so......Women of the world we must unite and make sure these never leave the runway and hit the stores.

For Katey: I think you will need a dog like this. I can totally see this in your future.

Please promise me I will never see this when I come to your house as a little old lady.

Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland dog, drinks water from the kitchen sink at Caryn Weber's home south of Casselton, N.D. The dog measures seven feet from nose to tail. stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders, measures 7 feet from nose to tail, and weighs 180 pounds.
For Ken: I think that I may have found your next sport. Your Welcome!

Todays View

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
- George Eliot

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all."
- Stanley Horowitz

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
- Albert Camus

"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn."
- Elizabeth Lawrence

Joy

Homecoming 09

Artist

Aaaarrrttt! Art is obviously one of the Three R's.

Todays View

La Jolla Cove

Snorkeling and Kayaking with Ken and Katey

Stocking Up

Taking Notes