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ITINERARY: Santa Barbara 2021

Yucatan – California… 0-1… Santa Barbara here we come! 2021.06.SantaBarbara tentative itinerary: [6.19]Sat: Bay Area to Santa Barbara Villa Elegante: Santa Catalina, East Beach, Taqueria El Pastorcito? [6.20]Sun: Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show: 10:00AM-6:00PM Hidden Gem in Santa Barbara … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: Four Lions

Some movies are crazier than other 🙂

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Roman Holiday

And the first movie night of the summer break is… Roman Holiday 🙂

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British History’s Biggest Fibs

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Mimulus ‘Eleanor’

Last native before the heat is on… hope this monkeyflower will make it… adding the Red Bush Monkeyflower to the wishlist… you know, for the butterflies

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SVJFF: Sky Raiders

Sweet 🙂

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Achillea millefolium trio…

… ‘Black Butte‘… ‘Lost Coast‘… ‘Sonoma Coast‘!

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PLANT TRAVEL: Canyon Gray, Lost Coast, Anchor Bay…

Since ‘David’s Choice’ was missing the artemisia fragrance I travelled back to the nursery for the ‘Canyon Gray’… only to find the Achillea ‘Lost Coast‘ for the butterfly b&b… and add the Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Anchor Bay’ on the plant travel … Continue reading →

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Artemisia!

For this year’s Mother’s Day the choice is clear… Artemisia pycnocephala ‘David’s Choice’ Artemisia pycnocephala ‘David’s Choice’ (Coastal Sagewort) – A vigorous, dense, low growing evergreen perennial with finely divided soft silver-gray foliage that grows to 1 foot tall by … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: One Man and His Cow

La vache 🙂

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