Uptown Funk

Well this one sure is fun!  I am so glad that people have the talent and take the time to do these kinds of creative things. Enjoy the new and old.


 

Edith's

Margarita's

The Stockton's and Millar's

And Mexican coffee. Oh my!

Quivira Golf Club

Golf at Quivira with Rick, Claudia and Bill. The course was short but mighty. Hitting to the side of a hill, or an uphill run, or carrying a rocky ravine all added to the difficulty. If your ball didn't fly well, the views were spectacular as many were set on the edge of the ocean.

We are seen here snacking on sliders and tacos after hole 8. They were waiting for us when we arrived. Such hospitality was so impressive!

A really fun outing.

New 52: Cabo

We flew in today, on February 29, our extra day. The food, colors, flowers, are exquisite. Seems like we are getting an extra vacation day this trip. Yippee!

More  to come but don't you love this graphic. Complements of the Addlib app.

Gracias por mirar!

Coronado Stroll Around

We started on the boardwalk, which overlooks the San Diego harbor. Headed west on Orange Street and walked all the way to the Hotel del Coronado.

Found a nice little restaurant with sea food omelets for a tasty brunch. It was the kind of place that loans fishing poles. Perhaps we could have caught breakfast.

And finished our walk along the harbor, golf course and many lovely homes including this one with a flowering bush above the entry. Not quite 7 miles. My dogs are barking.

New 52 - a Stretching Routine of Sorts

My daughter, Caite, and I decided that we would like to try new recipes this year. Don't you just get so stuck in a food rut. My first attempt was these delicious potato stacks. They are actually quite easy and are a really nice touch instead of baked or even scalloped potatoes with the meat or fish of your choice.

If you have a mandoline for slicing, the potatoes are nicely uniform in slice width. Using the mandoline was new for me also. Just heed the safety guides as I nearly took off the tip of my finger. It's still sore a month later. Here is the recipe link: http://www.recipetineats.com/cheesy-potato-gratin-stacks-muffin-tin/

Enjoy!

Well OK Then...

February 8 and first post of the year...
A new computer and adjusting to Window 10, which is not easy.
Trying to load and work with Photoshop on the Windows 10 platform.
HMM not easy either.

A segue into my word for the year which is drum roll please....

My initial intention was to stretch this aging body on a regular basis as in yoga or some other stretching class. But then I thought, stretching can also be to expand my thinking. I'm going to run with this one.

I love this little flower. It's formal name is Calliandra haematocephala. Easy for you to say. But it is the perfect example of the word "Stretch". It begins life as a little bud that strongly resembles a raspberry. It gradually begins to fatten up and then poof, it throws out all of these thread like petals. 

What's your word for the year?

Gloria!!!!

Take a minute and enjoy this.

You deserve it.

All the World's a Stage

I find these maps quite interesting. A friend sent them by way of her father and then by way of I wish i knew so that I could give proper credit. If you know, do share but for now just enjoy.

This is a very interesting set of maps showing a variety of similarities - and differences -- in the world as we think we know it.

 

1.This map shows the world divided into 7 sections (each with distinct color)     each section containing 1 billion people.   2. This map shows (in white) where 98 percent of Australia 's entire population       lives.   3. It may not come as a surprise but more people live inside the circle than        outside of it.   4. This map shows what is on the other side of the world from where you're       standing.  For the most part it's water.   5. Apparently you can't get Big Macs everywhere.  This map shows (in red)     the countries that have McDonalds.   6. This map shows the countries (in blue) where people drive on the left      side of the road.   7. This map shows countries (in white) that England has never invaded.        There are only 22.  (In the WORLD!)   8. The line on this map shows all of the world's Internet connections in 1969.   9. This map shows the countries that heavily restricted Internet access in 2013.   10. This map shows (in red) countries that were all Communist at one point        in time.   11. This map shows (in red) the countries that don't use the metric system.   12. This map shows (in blue) places where Google street view is available.   13. This map shows (in green) all the landlocked countries of the world.   14. And this is what the world would look like if all the countries with coast        lines sank.   15. This is a map of the all the rivers in the United States .   16. And these are all the rivers that feed into the Mississippi River .     17. This is a map of the highest paid public employees in the U. S.  (Quite        telling as to what our 'priorities' are.)   18. This map shows how much space the United States would occupy on the         moon.

Voices: Amy Purdy

At the age of 19, Amy Purdy contracted Meningococcal meningitus. As a result of this illness, both of her legs were amputated below her knees. This is enough to stop most people but not this young lady. She shared her story with us at Voices. And, it is amazing. She received a bronze medal in the Paralympics in snowboarding and runnerup status on Dancing with the Stars.

What a sense humor. She shared that she could be any height she wants by strapping on taller or shorter legs. She can make good use of shoe sales by varying her feet to fit the shoes.

She talked about wanting to learn to walk gracefully and does she ever.  She recently wrote a book: On My Own Two Feet. 

Do yourself a favor and listen to her here. What a gal!

Day 15: Auschwitz

A very profound experience. The first photo captures the sense of the place. 

The second in memoriam.

Day 14: Krakow

Rick and I in the salt mines. The Last Supper was carved from salt by some of the miners. WOW!

Day 13: Krakow

Pidgeons in Market Square (and where there hundreds of them) 

Day 12: Prague

A sausage food cart. Lunch was awesome! 

Day 11: Prague

View from the Royal Castle of the Prague bridges 

Day 10: Prague

Early morning on the Danube

Day 9: Nuremberg

Market Square 

Day 8: Regensberg

A delightful hotel and shop window 

Day 7: Passau, Germany

A walk along and then look up,

artfully decorated umbrellas 

Day 6: Melk

The charming town of  Melk, Austria