Tag: pictures
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Australia 2014: Heading south in Western Australia
Welcome back for another installment of the Great Australia Travelogue of 2014! For the next leg of our journey, we packed up our friends’ SUV and headed onto the open road, south through WA and toward the coast and countryside.
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Australia 2014: Starting in Sydney
So I’m finally getting around to getting some of my photos from our trip to Australia up and realizing I have a lot of them…. Over 3,000 actually, but as it was a three week trip, I guess that’s not too bad really. At any rate, I’m going to begin with our first stop on…
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Happy November! It’s chili time. ^_^
The other night, I browned a lot of ground turkey and had quite a bit left over. Since it’s been so chilly out lately, I decided to make chili! I started with onion, green pepper, and garlic in the pot and let it cook until it reduced. Then I stirred in the already-cooked turkey and…
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California Friday: a glowing sunset
One of the things I miss about Hawaii is the sky. There were rainbows everywhere and the sunsets were always spectacular, as long as I didn’t go out to the beach specifically to watch one. Then it was always cloudy and weird on the horizon. But a few nights ago I caught a really gorgeous…
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Throwback Thursday: Kindergarten, or everything I need to know…
This week’s Throwback takes us to 1988 (or possibly early 1989) when I was in Kindergarten and my sister was still half my height. She’s a bit taller now. Anyway, I chose this photo for a similar reason to the living room photo. It’s just a candid of us doing something (I’m not even really…
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Wildlife Wednesday: California ground squirrel
The squirrels are different here. This is a California ground squirrel, and I am fascinated by these little creatures. Growing up on the east coast, I was accustomed to Eastern gray squirrels (which are everywhere) and the occasional chipmunk (which is very small and stripey) but I’d never seen one of these before. The first…
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Tuesday Zoosday: The Africa Tram at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
It’s been a while since I took my big camera out to the Safari Park, so one day last week I hauled it along with me. I always ride the African Tram (which is included in my membership) and I got some great photos. Here’s a little overview of the ride. One of the…
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Beachy Brunch
Yesterday I went to brunch with some friends up in Cardiff. We sat outside on the patio (which was an upper level) and got to have a fantastic view of the beach while we had eggs benedict and fruit and such. It was nice to sit and chat and have a (very late) breakfast and…
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Saturday Caturday: Leena approves of the porch furniture
She is enjoying BIRD WATCHING (since I don’t allow any of her preferred passtimes of BIRD CATCHING and BIRD MANGLING) in this picture. She’s always been the more adventurous of the two kitties (Caspian is sitting on the other side of the sliding door where he can “safely” watch the outside without having to, y’know,…
Joanna Volavka 