SJU 37 Year High School Reunion - March 27, 2010

We had so much fun on Saturday at our 37 year High School Reunion. Hugs, laughter, stories, good food, lots of photos. I cannot wait to do this again.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES

I woke to a gloomy, cloudy and somewhat foggy morning. The weather guy got it wrong again. It is even cold here in Northern California. We are supposed to get sun this afternoon. I hope that warms us up. I hope you are all enjoying some nice Spring weather.

PINEAPPLE SAGE - CUT IT BACK OR LET IT GROW??

I love my Pineapple Sage but am not sure what to do to keep it growing healthy. I bought it last year around this time, and it was small with lots of green leaves. It bloomed in December through February bringing lots of hummingbirds. It has lost a lot of leaves and is blooming again. Do I cut it back or let it continue growing?

SPRING FORWARD FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH OSCAR

Every year they take an hour away in the Spring and every year they give us back an hour in the Fall. Are they totally insane. It takes forever for all of us to catch up, if we ever do. Is yawning contagious by photo because I cannot stop yawning.

GETTING OSCAR TO WEAR HIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY HAT

"I do not like this hat!"
I am going to keep trying to get a good photo of you wearing this, Oscar
I do not want to wear this hat or take a photo
A quick photo, hat on head and done for St. Patrick's Day, 2 days early.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN

We had a nice dinner last night to celebrate Dan's "55" Birthday which is actually today, March 14. Left to right, David (hiding), Bill, Telle, myself, Dan and Donna went to Romano's Macaroni Grill, here in Elk Grove. Erik was unable to join us as he had to work.
After dinner Dan was given a small yummy chocolate cake with a lit candle in it and 6 forks to share it.
Three of the waitresses, including ours to the right in the above photo, gathered at the end of our table and sang "Happy Birthday" to Dan in Italian.
We came back to our house after wards to visit for a bit snapped a quick photo before Bill and Telle had to leave. What a fun time the 6 of us had celebrating Dan's Birthday.

OSCAR THROUGH OUR WINDOW

Kind of interesting taking a photo from outside our front window. I captured so many things including Oscar and me in our tv.

DAFFODILS

We shopped yesterday and nearly every store had Daffodils for sale. I bought two closed bunches and this morning they were almost totally open. I love the Spring and the flowers and of course the 70 degree weather we had here in Northern California yesterday. Hope you enjoyed your day as much as I did.

GOTTA LOVE TWISTED WHISKERS CALENDARS

DOVE ON OUR FENCE

This morning the birds were chirping and flying around in our backyard. This dove was sitting on our fence as they do very often.

PLANT FROM MY MOM'S NEIGHBOR - DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NAME OF THIS PLANT?

Yesterday I planted this plant that my Mom's neighbor pulled out of his yard and gave to me on Saturday. He does not speak clear English, so I am not sure what this is. He has lots of cactus and exotic succulent plants in his yard and they reproduce, as this one will and flower.

DUCKS, CRANES, WOW WHAT A DAY OF BIRDS

I wish I could have somehow captured the noise that the ducks were making as they flew above us this morning. I know you cannot tell they are ducks, but they were. When you click on my photo you can see spots in the sky. What a site.

Dan "look, do you want to stop?", Darlene "yes". Two beautiful cranes just hanging out as we were driving home from the store today. Spring is in the air.

MOM'S "78" BIRTHDAY

We had such a nice drive into the city to celebrate my Mom's Birthday.
I love San Francisco.
We arrived at Mom's and started taking photos. Mom and Dan on Mom's deck.

Mom and me, then off to lunch at the Garden Club in South San Francisco where we met up with Elaine and Bruce to celebrate. After eating our lunch, Mom was given a scoop of vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and whipped cream and a lit candle to wish her Happy Birthday. We all sang Happy Birthday to her. What a nice Birthday Celebration.
After lunch it was back to Mom's without Bruce who had to work. Elaine, Dan and Mom
Elaine, Mom and me
My sister, Elaine, bought the most delicious cake for Mom's Birthday from Lunardi's in San Bruno called Burnt Almond.
We met Mom's next door neighbor who bought the family home of long time next door neighbors. He has made some changes and wanted to share what he has done. He gave me one of his beautiful cactus plants, right out of his ground to take home and plant in our yard.
I am so glad that we live close enough to do day trips to Mom's house and to celebrate with her.
Love you Mom!!

A HOLE IN THE SKY

There was a hole in the sky after the rain and rainbow were gone.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW

After today's downpour I crossed our street to photograph this rainbow. It was larger than I could get in one picture.

MOM'S BIRTHDAY

Tomorrow is my Mom's "78" birthday, so I bought her African Violets. This has always been her favorite plant. I remember one sitting in our kitchen window when we were young. Great memories.

DAFFODILS

Spring is in the air. I bought this bunch of Daffodils yesterday and today most were open. So beautiful. I love this time of the year.

ANOTHER GREAT SUNSET

I looked out our front window and saw reddish orange in the sky. I grabbed my camera, took a photo and went to our backyard and tried to get a better photo of an almost gone sunset. I am in awe of how beautiful the sky can look. Wish I had a better view, but will settle for what I can get.

THE SUNSHINE AND SOME YUMMY GRASS

There is nothing like Oscar snoozing on the back of our Futon in the sun except for....
being in our backyard, enjoying this very warm and wonderful sunshine....
or shading Oscar so he can enjoy eating some grass. Yes, he is very spoiled, but why not.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Not your typical Valentine's Day Balloon as they had run out by the time we got to the store. I chose one that I felt fit the day perfectly. A Blog that my good friend and I started is tropical so why not get something to go with that theme.

IT WAS SO NICE OUT TODAY THAT EVEN THE GEESE WERE OUT

A SUNNY AFTERNOON - YES!!

IT'S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, TIME FOR A FEAST AND A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME

This was my lunch. A lightly barbecued Sacramento Kings hot dog cut up and dipped in ketchup, black olives, San Francisco Sliced Sweet French Rolls cubed to dip in my homemade Spinach Dip, deli sliced boiled ham rolled with whipped cream cheese in the middle and cut into bite size pieces, 3 small prawns with McCormick Cocktail Sauce and a luscious brownie from our grocery store, Bel Air.
Next was dinner. I sliced some Sweet French Bread, spread some margarine on it, made a package of Marie Calendars cornbread and had a piece of it, my husband warmed up Signature Cafe - St. Louis-Style Smokehouse Red Ribs (purchased at Safeway for $5.00), also 3 wings barbecued by my wonderful husband and a few of the 20 sauteed mushrooms stuffed with (6 ounces of Nob Hill Artichoke Dip pureed with a few chopped mushrooms, 1/8 cup Progresso Plain Bread Crumbs, sprinkled with a little Parmesan cheese and cooked in my toaster oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes). We also warmed up a can of Trader Joes turkey chili to pour over a slice of our cornbread in a small cup, but I could not finish mine. I went back for seconds later, and feel as though I cannot move now as I am stuffed. What a great day we had we had. The sun was shining here. There were some very good Super Bowl commercials, but not like years past. The BIG NEWS IS THAT The New Orleans Saints won their very FIRST Super Bowl.

QUIT TAKING PICTURES OF ME

Another lazy day for Oscar. Actually everyday is a lazy day for most 6 1/2 year old cats in the Winter. He plopped himself in my chair and slept for hours as usual. I thought I would be sneaky and try to catch a good photo of him sleeping, but he woke and just as he started to yawn I snapped a picture and he went back to sleep. I looked at my photos and realized that I got a good yawning photo of him. Good job Oscar!!