My California adventure ended early in the morning on Tuesday, May 8th. It was time to go back home. Two movies, two airplanes, and one truck later, I was home. Home had changed since I left a little more than two weeks ago. I left winter in the Buffalo area and I returned for springtime. […]

Now that it’s time to reflect on my experience with this year’s A through Z challenge, I am almost speechless. What do I say about a month that I spent looking for beauty in likely and unlikely places? At the beginning of April, I took a selfie with a camera because… C is for camera!

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

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

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

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

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

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