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DOCUMENTARY: A Life On Our Planet

A documentary worth watching! Our planet is headed for disaster. We need to learn how to work with nature rather than against it. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

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BOOK ITINERARY: Book Depository…

Good Bye Book Depository… so many childbook memories… bookmarks… you will definitely be remembered… it’s a sad day when a bookshop closes… 🙁

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ITINERARY: 2023.07-08.UK-FR-RO

From Great Britain… to Brittany… and for something completely different in Romania… a tentative itinerary: [01.Tue] 07.18.SJC-LON: BA [02.Wed] 07.19.LON: Nell Gwynn House [03.Thu] 07.20.London [04.Fri] 07.21.London [05.Sat] 07.22.London [06.Sun] 07.23.London [07.Mon] 07.24.London-Paris: Eurostar [08.Tue] 07.25.PARIS [09.Wed] 07.26.Paris-Nantes [10.Thu] 07.27.Josselin? … Continue reading

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APRIL ANNIVERSARY: Scent & Color

Evergreen currant for perfume… Pacific Coast Iris ‘Tiburcio Vasquez’ for color… Fragaria vesca ‘Mara des Bois’ (Wild Strawberry)… Mignonette… you know, for the kids 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Birthday Bells

Heuchera sanguinea… ‘Coral Bells’… Happy Birthday! 🙂

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SAN FRANCISCO: Poppy Peak

A great day after a long winter starts at Twin Peaks… Bloomings from San Francisco!

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SANTA CRUZ: Wilder Ranch

After a stormy winter… a sunny breeze… Greetings from Santa Cruz!

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ART ITINERARIES: Reality Makes Them Dream

Art trip… for young people… photography dreams… for everyone… to be continued… Reality Makes Them Dream: An Unconventional Audio Experience

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San Francisco: Sargent and Spain

A lovely exhibit and a beautiful day… in San Francisco… and artistically in Spain… nothing compares to visiting an art museum with kids! Celebrated as the society portraitist of his era, Sargent influenced a generation of American painters. His captivation … Continue reading

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DAVIS: Swan Lake

Ballet Preljocaj… ballet as a message to humanity In the title, there is ‘the lake’ and there are ‘the swans’, two entities threatened by global warming and by ecological alterations linked to rampant industrialisation. So I built the whole drama … Continue reading

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