First…I was surprised to learn that the Joshua Tree is found only in Mohave desert and roughly around the edges. […]
Pinnacles National Park – February 2022
This is one of the newest National parks and probably one of the smallest. It was designated as a NP […]
The garden is coming to life – growing so much in this heat!
The plants are beginning to respond as if spring has started although this upcoming week will prove them wrong. We […]
Sourdough Biscuits – so yummy!
Nothing like starting a pot of chili and realizing I do not have the ingredients for cornbread! ARG! Phillipe to […]
Dave retires so we head to Wright’s Beach and Point Reyes!
We decided to go to the beach and leave cell phone coverage behind the week after Dave retired from PBI. […]
Thanksgiving with the Stukenbachs and the whole Engel family! And Lexie! 11/24-27/2021
What a week it was. Yes, I know it really only 3 days with the WHOLE Engel family, but it […]
Enjoying time to see old friends
I had lunch with Bergie today and we talked about how much we shared with each other all those years […]
The winter garden is starting to recover from the deer!
This time of year is one of transition – the old plants are being pulled out and new young plants […]
Girls Trip to Nashville!
To start off, we took the red eye from Sacramento to Charlotte NC to Nashville. We had 10 minutes between […]
My trip to Texas to see Cherie 10/8-10/14
I was so excited to have a chance to see Cherie where she is doing her final clinical rotation – […]