Today we are taking a walk on the beach at Dawn.
After our early walk we’ll stop at Allison’s in Ventura for breakfast.
Later in the day we have dinner reservations at Tam O’Shanter in Los Angeles.
I’m thankful to God for his hand on my life all these 58 years. He is good to ellen b. I love Him in return and hope to learn to love and appreciate my God and Savior more this new year he is giving me…
Blessings on your Saturday!
These shots were both taken before the sun was up the morning of the 11th and 12th of March but I thought they would be fun to post on Friday the 13th.
Hope your Friday the 13th is going well! Enjoy your weekend…
So here we are at the end of another week looking back at some favorites we all experienced. Susanne at Living to Tell the Story is the hostess for this weekly event.
Funny but most of my favorites this week are food, food, food. It’s a wonder I can still fit into some of my clothes.
1. Oh how I love it when the Fresh from the fields Strawberry Stands open in Southern California. I got a box from my favorite stand this week and they were so fresh and delicious…
2. My family really enjoys artichokes! I made some for my kids when I was in Seattle and decided to treat Dear and I to some when I got back to Southern California. Oh so good! Dear likes to dip his in traditional Mayonnaise. I like to dip mine very gingerly into Ranch dressing. My kids like to dip them into Italian dressing.
3. A new favorite I’ve bought a couple times now from Trader Joe’s is their Chimichurri Rice with Vegetables. Oh how I love the flavor of this dish and the spicy zing! We had it as a side with our Barbecued Salmon last night and my taste buds were so happy.
4. When I was at Costco this week I was excited to see Clam Chowder in their frozen section from The Splash Cafe in Pismo Beach. Dear and I had some at the cafe when we were in Pismo Beach and this brought back some good memories. I couldn’t resist and bought some for a meal soon.
5. The last item is not food. I have been looking for a container of some sort to put my different tea-bags in so I don’t have to open 6 boxes every time I’m serving tea for Bible Study. I found this cute ceramic napkin holder at T.J. Maxx that works just right for me!
Ok I have an extra favorite and it’s not food!
I have really enjoyed The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Susan Wittig Albert! The library found me the latest in series and I’m excited to read it.
To see more favorites or to join in visit Susanne at Living to Tell the Story.
I’ve never been one to shy away from celebrations and since I’m not getting any younger I decided that I need more than one day to celebrate. Now Lovella is enjoying her Jubilee year and that deserves a whole year of celebrating but for my 58th year I’m claiming the next 60 days to celebrate. That way I’ll get to celebrate with my kids, too, when we go to Seattle for Easter. My celebrations will culminate with Mother’s Day!
My actual birthday is March 14th and this year it happens to be National Pi Day I found that out from The Scrabblequeen Knits, too. And she also let me know it’s Albert Einstein’s birthday! With all this excitement happening this weekend I decided I needed to get a jump on my celebrations so I don’t get overlooked.
Dear is already treating me royally (what a guy). He ordered me a new SLR camera that is arriving sometime next week. He made reservations for dinner on my birthday at Tam O’ Shanter in Los Angeles. My niece Michelle and Ryan have been going here for special occasions and we’ve been wanting to try it since it comes highly recommended. Michelle posted about the restaurant here.
Hmmm, Willow’s birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day so maybe I’ll suggest to her we do a little something next Tuesday to celebrate both our birthdays…
Next Wednesday my daughter Katie arrives for a week to visit us and attend a wedding of one of her friends from Wheaton College. On that Wednesday my extended family is getting together for a bring in Chinese Dinner at my sister’s house in Whittier. (Everyone who comes will bring a take-out Chinese dish of their choice for us all to share.) My mom is baking a cake to celebrate my birthday and my SIL Letty’s birthday that night. How sweet it is. Sometimes it’s hard for us all to get together so we don’t have any problem with combining celebrations when we can get together
And just so all this celebrating doesn’t go to my head I’ll continue my daily chores and I’ll keep exercising and I’ll make it a point to share the love with other people around me and treat them to some fun, too. But most importantly I’ll remember the One who gives me all good things to enjoy. Thank you Lord!
One of my favorite signs of Spring is when the Local Strawberry stands open selling Strawberries straight from the fields.
This was a fun dessert I put together for my kids one evening. I bought the Belgium Chocolate cups from the local grocery store. Then I whipped up some instant vanilla pudding. I filled the cups with the pudding and flared a strawberry for the top of each cup. Fun, fast, easy dessert. Enjoy…
Oops! Just found out this is suppose to be an Irish Foodie Friday so I’m adding this last minute Irish.
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Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! Psalm 100:4 (ESV)
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Yippee! It’s time to set and see some tablesettings from around the Blogisphere. Susan at Between Naps on the Porch is our hostess for this weekly event. If you ever have a table setting you want to share you can join in, too. Click on the image above to get to Susan’s blog where you can see more tablescapes.
My tablescape today is actually an ottoman scape. It’s St. Patty’s Day appetizer setting for two. I got these great artichoke plates at Goodwill a couple weeks ago for 99 cents each!
We’re going a little Irish here so there’s some good Jameson Whiskey for the gentleman of the house and a nice Irish Guinness for the lady of the house.
I think I’ll have to play my Cd by the Chieftains while we enjoy our artichoke appetizers.
I will be making the traditional Corn Beef and Cabbage with potatoes next Tuesday but I wanted to share a little Irish with you for Tablescape Thursday. Enjoy…
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
We are in the John 15 this week in our 40 day Journey with Jesus learning about the Power of Abiding in Jesus daily, hourly, minute by minute…
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Outdoor Wednesday this week is from my trip to the Seattle Area last week. I returned home to California on Sunday afternoon. I experienced all kinds of weather while I was in Washington.
The sun was shining bright on Friday. I was in the Edmonds area and this is the view of the Puget Sound across to the Kitsap Peninsula. The snow capped mountains are in the Olympic Mountain range.
Edmonds is also home to Rick Steves’ and his travel business.
On Saturday morning I met my walking buddies in Kenmore on Lake Washington for a 6 mile round trip walk to Bothell and back on the Burke Gilman trail.
Even though it was cold and misty I still got some photos in. I was happy to see this Robin.
The trail at this point goes along the Slough which connects Lake Washington to Lake Sammamish.
Just before I left for California on Sunday we got another dusting of snow.
When I was putting this post together and I was looking at the ones from our walk this song kept going through my head.
“All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day. I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A., California dreaming on such a winter’s day.” Yep the Mama’s and the Papa’s were a hit group while I was in high school. Anybody else out there remember listening to them way back when? I also got to go to one of their concerts!
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This photo of my kids on the horse was taken in July of 1988 on our move from Southern California to the Seattle Area. We stopped in Yuba City at Dear’s Aunt and Uncles’s farm/ranch. The kids were thrilled to get to ride a horse even if they had to share the ride.
I just got home on Sunday from spending a week with my kids in Seattle. I always get a little nostalgic when I travel away from them again…
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