A place for my photos and thoughts and stuff.
Taking in her big back yard.
First day in a new home calls for a nap. This dog — who has become known as momdog — had a “heartbeat.” Josie had 6 siblings — sleeping alone must have been scary.
She found it comforting and it was SO CUTE! This phase would not last long, but it was adorbs while it lasted.
Blue Plate Special at the Crab Cooker in Newport Beach!
I love the interior of this place.
Not on the menu.
Until next time!
…as anyone who has seen enough of my photo journals already knows. But when we got a call that we were going to get the new doggo a week ahead of schedule, we frantically started eating at our favorite places knowing we wouldn’t be able to do that together for awhile.
My favorite brand of tea. Accept no less than Tea Meister LEGEND! (It’s the cheapest…)
Mystery pastry box! Not the best, but not the worst either.
It’s like “Where’s Waldo?” except it’s find K!
Seriously, I could eat one of these every day.
Pork katsu. Seriously, the amount of meat used to take up most of its half of the plate, so that’s sad, but occasionally, I’ve got to have it.
See you soon, Mi-Tan!
The visuals are great, but holy crap, what a mess this is. There’s a beautiful closing sequence, but the movie is s..o v…e…r…y s…..l…..o…..w you have to ask yourself is it worth aging 25 years in the time it takes to get there. Most emphatically not. So here it is:
Oh, by the way, this is supposed to be the story of Pocahontas, which should have made for a great movie because her short life was incredibly interesting. What a maddening, missed opportunity.
This little mite will be ours.
Indeed…it was to be sooner than we thought…
Water? Falling from the sky?
Well, they do.
Note: This was essentially the end of the trip, as soon after, K came down with a norovirus, and I followed shortly after.
What transpired the next morning was the longest, most intense 100 miles of driving we’ve ever endured. And yes, there was traffic.
Someone donated a few dozen statues representing the life of Christ. Shields re-did their garden to house them. And they did a really nice job. Here are a few of my favorites.
OK, not Palm Springs. It’s in Indio.
Another classic roadside attraction: Shields Date Garden!
Tragically, the theatre was closed that day.
It’s like an oasis in the desert.
They have this giant Marilyn Monroe downtown.
There were too many homeless people around so we didn’t linger. We hit the road to the next stop of the day.