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MOVIE: L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri

Posted on April 9, 2021 by admin

When you are making decisions about colleges…

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NATIVE PLANTS: Fragrant Salvias

Posted on March 13, 2021 by admin

Slowly but surely the sunny side of the backyard was conquered by sages… starting with Salvia clevelandii… Celestial Blue… Pozo Blue… Fragrant Pitcher Sage… Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’… Salvia clevelandii ‘Winnifred Gilman’… Hummingbird Sage… Recreating the primary color trio with the … Continue reading →

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DAY TRIP: Downtown San Jose

Posted on March 8, 2021 by admin

Downtown San Jose… long time no see… quietly colorful…

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MARCH HIKE: Ranch San Antonio

Posted on March 2, 2021 by admin

By chance… or accident… PG&E Trail 🙂

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UC SANTA CRUZ: Upper Campus

Posted on February 28, 2021 by admin

Happily continuing on the hiking tour of UC Santa Cruz… this time on the Upper Campus… through the young redwood forest… to the graffiti tanks… ending by the ocean… It’s a beautiful campus!

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MOVIE NIGHT: The Gilded Cage

Posted on February 25, 2021 by admin

The Gilded Cage (La Cage Dorée)

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BIRTHDAY TRIP: TAHOE

Posted on February 20, 2021 by admin

Wed, 02/17/2021 Short drive to Tahoe… short walk to the Meadow… February snow… lovely weather… between two snow storms… Thu, 02/18/2021 Cloudy with a chance of… 3D snow… hiking through the meadow… Tahoe XC… hmmm… Fri, 02/19/2021 Snowballs from Tahoe… … Continue reading →

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HIKE: Almaden Quicksilver County Park

Posted on February 7, 2021 by admin

Signs of spring… at Almaden Quicksilver County Park… on a short cut of History Trail . pdf Quicksilver History Loop

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MOVIE NIGHT: Beginners

Posted on February 6, 2021 by admin

Looking for a Cristopher Plummer movie… we also find a modernist masterpiece… Lovell House / Richard Neutra

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HOLOCAUST: WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY

Posted on January 27, 2021 by admin

The wondrous life—and dramatic death—of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory

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