Farmer's market was a big hit today, lots of nummy foods. From my regular stalls I picked up watermelon, cantelope, corn, two kinds of squash, bell peppers, okra, apricots, plums, and limes. I also got a lovely bouquet of flowers, some hummus, and MOST EXCITING!! There's a new stall selling mushrooms and fresh eggs! The mushroom/egg stand said ( Read more... )

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I'm feeling like a new person the last few days ( Read more... )

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Walking home from my weekly farmer's market trip on Sunday I saw an unusual (to me!) tree with great big leaves that remind me of a sassafras. However, the fruit (large and green) and bark (smooth and white/creamy) make it not a sassafras (see here). I've tried various tree identification routes, but when I search by leaf all I find is sassafras ( Read more... )

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About two weeks ago Hubby and I adventured our way to Exposition Park. Exposition Park is located across the street from USC (University of Southern California) and near-ish to downtown. There are several museusms there (and the Olympic Stadium!), but what I was most interested in was the Rose Garden. I was not sure what I'd find at the Rose ( Read more... )

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... i love it :D They had these sorts of stairs at the Children's Museum in Ann Arbor. Maybe if I explore all the metro stations here in LA I'll find some here :) What a cacophony it must be at rush times, LOL!

according to the funtheory website, they're having a contest. I wonder what the winner wins? I want a contest where the winner wins ( Read more... )

In addition to the various exploratory adventures I've had here in California (like trips to the Central Library, Santa Monica Pier, and Griffith Park), I've also been doing a fair share of exploratory reading about my new home. The landscape, weather, and plants (animals too!) are just *different* than what I am used to from my Michigan Great ( Read more... )