Friday’s Fave Five ~

Time to look over your last week and recall your favorites!  Click on over to Susanne’s blog Living to Tell the Story to join in or see others favorites.

My favorites were very easy this week and revolved around our son Josh flying in for a quick overnight visit!

We picked Josh up at the Long Beach airport Saturday morning and drove across town to L.A. (right next door to Glendale) to have lunch at Tam O’ Shanter. Wonderful prime rib and wonderful old fashioned service!

From the Tam O’ Shanter we headed to the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles to see the great preservation efforts of some wonderful homes and for a classic car show.

So here’s the real reason our son flew down to L.A… For the Seattle Sounders Soccer game against the 1st place L.A. team, Chivas! We were just killing time at the restaurant and Heritage Square until game time :0)  There were 9 of us from my family at the game and a very boisterous Southern California Sounders fan base that we sat next to! We lost 1-0 but we still had a wonderful time.

Here’s our son Josh making friends with our opponents! Josh is such a great peacemaker!!

On Sunday before we took Josh to the airport we had a family lunch at my sisters house. Fun times with Baba and Deda and cousins and aunts and uncles on my side of the family and Dear’s side of the family, too. The time flew by and we dropped Josh off at the airport and then tried to recover from all the fun!

My last favorite from this last week was discovering the historic area of Oxnard. I love old wonderful architecture and wide tree lined streets filled with fabulous homes!!

I look forward to seeing your favorites from this past week. Thank you Susanne for being our hostess for this great weekly event!

Ina Garten’s Tabbouleh

I’m sharing this for Gollum’s Foodie Friday weekly event. Visit her at Designs by Gollum to see lots of good food and recipes!

I’ve made this recipe several times and it is very good. When I’m having friends join us that are gluten intolerant I use Quinoa instead of Bulgur and it works just fine, too. This recipe is copyrighted all over the place so I’ll just leave you the link to get the ingredients and directions!

Ina Garten’s Tabbouleh

ABC’s of the Word ~ Rust…

And here’s another great passage with lots of R’s.

Philippians 4:4-7 (English Standard Version)

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

For more ABC’s of the Word visit Pam at Grey Like Snuffie!

Tablescape Thursday ~ Bedroom Tea Tray

I’ve so enjoyed this weekly meme. It is a creative outlet that brings me lots of joy. It starts with the searching for treasure at thrifty prices then putting them together to create a pleasing result. It’s also fun to look around at what you already have and see what you can put together that you didn’t think of before.

Thanks to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for being such a great hostess of this weekly event.

 

Thrifty Thursday

I was in Oxnard last week and stopped at two thrift stores that aren’t my usual. I thought glassware and dishes at the Super Thrift store were way over priced but their linens were priced better. I look forward to coming up with some table settings for the linens I bought especially the black and white polka dot!  The red checked napkins will probably be used for 4th of July as will the baking dish. The Johnson bros. plates and the baking dish from Portugal were purchased at my local thrift store. I stay away from buying mugs but I really liked this one from England with the Sweet Robins on it…

To see more Thrifty Thursday Posts visit Leigh at Tales from Blogeritaville!

Window Views ~ Heritage Square

The windows I’m sharing today are from the Hale House at Heritage Square in Los Angeles. The buildings housed here were all moved from different areas in Los Angeles for the purpose of preserving them and restoring them. To read more about this site and the buildings preserved just click on this link.

The Hale House was built in 1887 by George W. Morgan, a land speculator and real estate developer, at the foot of Mount Washington just a few blocks from the museum in Highland Park. From the time of its construction, the house was sold many times and was moved from 4501 to 4425 North Pasadena Avenue (now Figueroa Street) before being purchased by James G. Hale in 1906.

The eight historic structures located at the museum, constructed during the Victorian Era, were saved from demolition and serve as a perfect background to educate the public about Southern California’s early development. From the simplicity of the Octagon House to the opulence of the Perry Mansion, the Museum provides a unique look at the lifestyles of the people who contributed so much to the development of modern Los Angeles.

To see more window views visit the Window Views Blog.

ht: HSM Website

WFW ~ Luke 19: 37-40

As he was drawing near – already on the way down to Mount of Olives – the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you if these were silent the very stones would cry out.”

For more Word Filled Wednesday Posts please visit Amydeanne at the 160 Acre Woods.

Outdoor Wednesday ~ El Matador State Beach

It’s almost Wednesday and time for Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan at A Southern DayDreamer. I went to explore a beach I’ve never been to before last week. It’s one I’d love to go to again…

You access this beach from a steep dirt path and then some steep stairways.

The rocks were a great visual treat!

It was fun to watch the pelicans fly and land. The cormorants just sat still the whole time I was there. I took lots of photos of the pelicans and I’ve already posted some.

Happy Outdoors to you! Looking forward to seeing your outdoor shots. Here’s hoping Mr. Linky will behave and give Susan a break this week!