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CELEBRATE: Ada Lovelace Day

Posted on October 9, 2018 by admin

Learned that today is Ada Lovelace Day… via the Royal Institution… and this wonderful presentation of Hannah Fry that we all enjoyed!

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Thinking of the Monardella villosa ‘Russian River’… hummingbird sage… native herbs… found this native herbs story and on CNPS Flora… ordered them and the Origanum vulgare ‘Compacta Nana’… finally starting our California herb garden!

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CALIFORNIA NATIVE: Galvezia Speciosa!

Posted on October 7, 2018 by admin

The California native design of our garden is beginning to take shape… found many plants we liked… got inspired by others… created spaces for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds… Here are some of the latest additions… …Galvezia Speciosa – “Island Bush Snapdragon” … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: Early Man

Posted on October 5, 2018 by admin

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The Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival

Posted on September 28, 2018 by admin

Long story short… science fiction 🙂 Multiverse Dating for Beginners Ultra Tennis

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NASA: Mars Roadshow

Posted on September 21, 2018 by admin

InSight – Studying the ‘Inner Space’ of Mars InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years … Continue reading →

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DESTINATION: Mars :-)

Posted on September 20, 2018 by admin

Sometimes you just find the right movie for more Mars insight… an informative documentary covering both historic and scientific topics… Mars missions… including Mars 2020… but not InSight… looking forward to the Mars Roadshow tomorrow!

Posted in .astronomy, .documentary, .Mars | Tagged David Sky Brody, DESTINATION, Mars, Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion | Leave a comment

PACIFIC GROVE: Asilomar

Posted on September 3, 2018 by admin

Back to and from the Labor Day trip tradition… the soul trip to Asilomar… amazing wildlife encounters… butterfly houses… convoluted beach walks… dunes, deers and wildflowers… gloomy weather… history and heritage… rock mirages… Julia’s yumminess… and the rest goes without … Continue reading →

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STANFORD: The Enduring Passion for Ink

Posted on September 1, 2018 by admin

A PROJECT ON CONTEMPORARY INK PAINTERS BY BRITTA ERICKSON

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CITINERARY: Magritte’s Fifth Season

Posted on August 28, 2018 by admin

A curious children itinerary for a playful exhibit… René Magritte: The Fifth Season is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the artist’s late career, from the 1940s through the 1960s, a period of remarkable artistic transformation and revitalization. The … Continue reading →

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