There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 5… beaches and flowers and stuff…

So yeah, my 97-year-old mom came down to San Diego after our daughter’s graduation. She stayed at the Catamaran Hotel, which is where I took a lot of the flower and fish and bird pictures in this series of posts.

Her room had a pretty nice view of the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay.

But the landscaping is what I love about that place.

It has a waterfall in the lobby.

It is all very lush and tropical.

The gardens are amazing.

Not too shabby.

You know, if you like that sort of thing.

We took a long walk along the beach.

I saw this car.

Which really looks like it belongs in the Bay Area.

Okay, I should be wrapping all this up in another two posts.

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 4… a really old building… by American standards…

I know that by European standards, this is not a really old building.

But it was before America became a country.

So, this is a part of all the craziness surrounding our youngest daughter’s graduation from college. Most of the family went to Oregon to stay in a cabin in the woods for a week. I stayed home to work and take care of the dogs.

But my mom… who is almost 98, remember, came on down to San Diego after the graduation, to see some of her childhood memory locations.

And the Mission was on the list.

So me and my three brothers escorted her around town.

And you get to look at pictures. Whoo!!!

All these flowers are growing around the Mission. I doubt most of them have been there since the 1700’s.

My mom and two of my brothers, enjoying the peace and coolness of the old chapel.

Some very… pretty… old adobe bricks.

History and flowers, You’re welcome.

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 3… some animals…

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A message from Hootenanny P. Flubberbiscuits…

Hootenanny P. Flubberbiscuits, owner and general manger of the Hootenanny P. Flubberbiscuits, makers of the tastiest, flakiest biscuits in town.

If Hootenanny tells you to listen to my podcast, who am I to disagree with him?

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 2… flowers…

Just a few of the many flowers I have seen during these last few busy days.

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There has been a lot going on in my life lately… part 1…

We got our younger daughter Mollie through college, and ready to start nursing school soon.

I met this little guy.

I have seen a lot of animals…

I love the water reflections in the bottom left of that photo. So surreal.

Baby ducks!

And I saw a lot of flowers. The story isn’t that complicated. Except for a few of the pictures, these were all taken at two hotels, one near Disneyland for the graduation, and one in San Diego, where my 97-year-old-mother is staying to visit more grandchildren after seeing Mollie graduate.

So there will be three or four posts of flowers and animals, mixed with some other stuff.

And I will mix in a few weird posts, like I do. Because like that photo of turtles, ducks and fish, I like to mix things up.

So see you around I hope.

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My podcast has reached 2,000 downloads!!!: A celebration… part 2… In which we learn that a crack squirrel that lives in my head and the Grim Reaper are both happier than I am, and I interview the most negative man in the world…

Two more short audio clips from my latest podcast episode.

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My podcast has reached 2,000 downloads!!!: A celebration… part 1…

To commemorate this milestone, I am going to do some posts with some audio clips from the podcast. From my most recent episode, here are two commercials selling important products that you just might be interested in…

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I guess San Diego isn’t that bad of a place to live… part 3… the final chapter…

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I guess San Diego isn’t that bad of a place to live… part 2…

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