A Visit With Dear Friends

We were blessed with spending time with our dear friends when they came "home" for a visit. This was three months ago. I thought I should bring this blog up to the current date as we will be taking a road trip to visit these same friends very soon. My plan is to document our road trip with pictures of the Autumn Southwest and post them as we travel.

BERRY PICKING

This is the evidence of a tea party left by a few little girls. One of the older boys found a honey comb live and active with wild bees; he managed to give the comb dripping with honey to the girls without a sting. The girls made honey and blackberry treats. So sweet!

There was a table set out under a tree... from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Julia and Riley with blackberry lip balm

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Wildlife in the midst of a city: A visit to Sea and Sage, awaiting the wild blackberries to ripen next month...

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Rope and Hoop

May 5

Play Time by William Blake

When the voices of children are heard on the green
And laughing is heard on the hill,
My heart is at rest within my breast,
And everything else is still.

Sherman Library & Gardens

May 5 Corona del Mar

For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11-12

A picnic lunch with my babes amongst the sweet flowers and song of the birds...

South Coast Botanic Garden

April 28 TORRANCE

Mary, Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.



Julia and James adored this NURSERY RHYME garden. With delight, they pumped water from the red handle and gave drink to the thirsty flowering plants. When the 'well' ran dry, James thought it wise to make way to the pond with his can, dip it in and deliver it back to the well. With help from the others the well was full again in little time.

Rose Garden

The afternoon winds picked up and just look at this beautiful sight!