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California State Railroad Museum

How many times do you visit an area, and think, “I really want to go there”, but then you don’t go.  That was me and the Railroad Museum.  Yesterday the Tulare County Teaching American History Grant Institute scheduled the trip, and I finally got my wish. For a museum-aholic like me, it is really hard for a museum to reach the status of favorite, but this one may come very close.  How fortunate…

Over the past few weeks we’ve explored health, diet, exercise. But our bodies often fall prey to illness and disease anyway or because we’ve ignored basic healthy principles. This week I invite you to join me as we consider healing. There is hope after illness, after the breakup of a marriage or relationship, after the death of a loved one, in the wake of financial crises, or even during…

Sunday Stills: May Gray Vacay

Happy Sunday! My friend Terri Webster Schrandt chose gray as her May color for Sunday Stills. Online Miriam Webster is not too kind about gray. She calls it, “dull, uninteresting, dismal, gloomy, neutral color, age, silvery, and slate” just to quote a few of her definitions and synonyms. But gray is not all bad. Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it. Pilou Asbae We just…

CBWC: Las Vegas Buildings in Shades of Black and White

Las Vegas Building Walk #1 Cee Neuner’s topic this week for the Black and White Challenge is buildings. My husband and I spent two days exploring Las Vegas to break up the nine-hour drive from Prescott to Woodlake, California. During our first photo spree, we didn’t leave the hotel drive. I’ve divided this series and will post it at random times during the next few months as it works with photo…

CMWM: Purple Butterflies in the Bellagio Gardens

Las Vegas Bellagio Gardens Walk #2 In the Las Vegas Bellagio Gardens Walk #1, looking to your right as you entered the exhibit, you might have tried on Dutch clogs for size if they hadn’t been so full of tulips. This garden walk fits neatly into several photo challenges, and messily into others. As we weave through the artificial maze created to safely guide world travelers through the Bellagio…

#LAPC #147: Bellagio Gardens in Las Vegas

Amy challenged Lens-Artists participants on Saturday to display photos of gardens, and showed some spectacular gardens, especially one I loved in Portland, OR. Check out more Garden Entries by clicking Amy’s link. Vince and I went to Las Vegas this week, and my goal was to take some pictures of the Bellagio spring gardens. They change the gardens completely every season, and this season did not…

#Sunday Stills: Weathering the Weather in Prescott, AZ

My good friend, Terri Webster Schrandt opened up the safest topic for her Sunday Stills conversation – weathering memories. This was our first winter in Prescott, but everyone we’ve talked to says it’s the worst year in 25 years. When it snowed in December we thought it was gorgeous A “light” January blizzard excited us. It was the first I’d seen since I lived in Colorado over thirty-five years…

Tanka Tuesday: Constellation Trail #Haibun

Tanka Tuesday #224 Poet’s Choice; #Haibun #Prescott Walk #11 Constellation Trail Wide trails, narrow trails, Missed trail? Never lost --- for long, Perfect wandering Main wide trailNarrow side trailSide TrailOff trail to view Granite dells On a perfect February day, we were two of the few hikers wearing a coat. We found easy access to the Constellation Trail at the lower parking lot of the…