On Thursday, May 3rd, I went to the San Diego Zoo with my niece Chrisha, my two great nieces Claire and Addie, and my great nephew Elliott. We met my friend Diane and her grandson Kieren at the zoo. The San Diego Zoo is famous because it’s enormous. It is 100 acres in size and […]
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On Thursday, May 3rd, I went to the San Diego Zoo with my niece Chrisha, my two great nieces Claire and Addie, and my great nephew Elliott. We met my friend Diane and her grandson Kieren at the zoo. The San Diego Zoo is famous because it’s enormous. It is 100 acres in size and
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On Thursday, May 3rd, I went to the San Diego Zoo with my niece Chrisha, my two great nieces Claire and Addie, and my great nephew Elliott. We met my friend Diane and her grandson Kieren at the zoo. The San Diego Zoo is famous because it’s enormous. It is 100 acres in size and
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What a fun challenge this has been! I’ve spent the month looking for beauty in likely and unlikely places. So I end the A through Z challenge, finding beauty in wackiness. Zanyism means the behavior or quality of being zany or clownish. It’s also defined as engaging in horseplay or tomfoolery. The most hilarious bit
What an adventurous and entertaining weekend I had with my family here in the Wild West! It was warm and sunny, the perfect weather for all sorts of outdoor activities. Yesterday, we went to the Western Days Parade in Lakeside, and today, we went to the rodeo, also in Lakeside. The parade was entertaining and
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Today, I was looking around for a word that began with the letter X. One of the words that I found was xanthopetal. That seemed like an odd word. Whatever could it mean? I looked for a definition, and I found that xanthopetal is a noun that means flower with yellow petals. Xantho means yellow
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Some of the things that I have been seeing since I’ve arrived in California have been wacky or they’ve been wonderful or they have been a combination of the two. I have not been able to photograph the great beauty of wacky and wonderful, but it’s been a real treat to see it. One of
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Today, I took a walk and found beauty in a likely place, a place full of warmth, color, and sunlight. San Diego county boasts a wide variety of ecosystems, from low desert to coastal wetlands. The USDA zone, where I am staying with my beautiful family, is 9a, which means that there is a very
Yesterday, as I was traveling to San Diego, I was thinking about the letter “U.” What U word would I use for a blog post? I was thinking about that while I was traveling on a cross-country flight, from Atlanta to San Diego. Maybe I wasn’t thinking too hard on that flight. I didn’t just
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Today, I am sharing a teacher story. Frances Reid teaches at Huth Road Elementary School. In this conversation, we talk about learning and about what it’s like to be a teacher. She talks about the beauty of connecting with young students, who are enthusiastic to learn new things. First of all, you teach at Huth
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