THE ANSWER MAY NOT LIE AT THE BOTTOM OF A WINE BOTTLE…
BUT YOU SHOULD AT LEAST CHECK.
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FRIDAY PHOTO: Bodega Bay, California
BODEGA BAY:
ONE LOCATION FOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S “THE BIRDS” (1963)
Restaurant scenes were filmed at Bodega Bay in and around the Tides Wharf and Restaurant. The memorable school house scenes were filmed in the small town of Bodega, about six miles away. This photo was taken from the Tides Wharf and Restaurant in 2012 by Husband.
FRIDAY FOTO: The Last Picture Show
ROYAL THEATER
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS
SITE OF THE FILMING OF THE MOVIES
“THE LAST PICTURE SHOW” &” TEXASVILLE”
AND HOME OF LARRY MCMURTRY
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FRIDAY FOTO: Jazz
PRESERVATION HALL, NEW ORLEANS 1987
Monday Madness: CAT CONFESSIONS
Once upon a time I had six cats and two cat doors; three were inside cats and three were outside cats. These were their names.
SAMSON
MACAVITY
JELLICLE
SYLVESTER
CALLIE
WHITE CAT
All but Macavity are buried in the back yard. Today I am down to my last cat, Wiccan. She is 15 years old. I hope she goes before we do because no on else would take her. She does not like to come inside. We bring her in only in bad weather. Daughter, who loves cats, would not take her because Wiccan does not like her and hisses if Daughter tries to come near her. Son would not take her as she does not play well with his two dogs when he visits.
WICCAN RESTING IN A FLOWER POT
EASTER MEMORIES
DAUGHTER AND SON
1969
AN APACHE BLESSING FOR THE VERNAL EQUINOX 2015
May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being,
May your walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.
-Apache blessing
A Crone’s Coast on 11/28/14
Weather for the Thanksgiving holiday was outstanding with sunny clear skies and mild and pleasant temperatures. For us on the coast it is this perfect fall weather that makes us glad we stuck it out through the hell-hot summer. Night rewards us with the mystery of moonlight cascading down on water as smooth as sea glass.
The day after Thanksgiving Grandson, taking a break from college, took these photos as he rode his bike along the bay. I could not resist sharing part of my Texas coast as I have much to be thankful for this holiday season.
THANKS ALL WHO VISIT MY BLOG AND SOMETIMES LEAVE A NOTE!
FISHING PIER
BEACH VEGETATION
RIG UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CHEERS FROM THE COAST!
THANKS TO GRANDSON FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE HIS PHOTOS TAKEN WITH HIS PHONE.
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX 2014
Photo by Husband
SIGNS THAT FALL IS COMING TO THE COAST
1) The whooping cranes have left Canada and are heading for Texas.
Photo from Wikipedia
2) Hummingbirds are swarming my feeders and it is time for the Rockport Hummingbird Celebration. One year a woodpecker helped itself to the feeders. I have not seen it this year.
Photo by Husband
3) I will be looking for white pelicans to arrive before long. They arrive in the fall and leave when it gets warm in the spring.
4) The stores start to fill with faux leaves, pumpkins, wreaths, cinnamon scented candles, bibelots and everything we need to decorate our homes and pretend that we have a real fall season where the leaves turn a golden hue, and drop poetically to the earth.
Franciscan Winery, Napa Valley Photo by Husband
5) I pick a Syrah from Texas Hills Vineyards to celebrate the autumnal equinox. Texas Hills Vineyard is a small but elegant winery just outside of Johnson City. We picked up this bottle there last year.
Photo by Husband
HAPPY FALL TO YOU!
BIRDS IN THE BACK YARD
We have many birds that visit our backyard, but my favorite birds are these Desert Bird of Paradise, caesalpinia gilliesii.
There was one outside my bedroom when I was growing up in South Texas. Several years ago nostalgia set in as I began searching for a plant but could not find one anywhere. Finally, I ordered seeds from Trade Winds Fruit in Windsor, California.
Today I have five Birds in the ground, two in pots and plenty of seeds. I harvest the seeds, in a pod rather like a snow pea, when they are dry and rattle slightly. The first year I brought the pods in the house and put them in a bowl in the dining room. The pods would dry out more and pop open as seeds and pods flew into the air.
They lose most of their leaves in the winter and come back in the spring and bloom through the spring and summer and sometimes into fall.
PHOTOS BY HUSBAND
THE COASTAL CRONE 