Saturday Morning In Rhode Island - at Casey Farm

Beautiful Saturday morning at Casey Farm.

Coastal Growers Market...lots of good food here!  Nice start to the holiday weekend.

www.coastalmarket.org

Organic Pickers!

My Moraga (CA) Friend-Pam

Pam Pocklington and I were good friends many years ago when I lived in California.  We were friends during the ten years that I lived in California.  Pam was busy raising four children - I was busy raising 3.  Our paths crossed often during school, church or sports activities.  Pam and I would steal away once in a while for girl time.  My family and I moved away to Illinois (where Pam's mother lived) and we stayed in touch.

During the last couple of years that I lived in Moraga, I took a job supervising young people delivering newspapers for the local paper - the Contra Costa Times.  Michael had a paper route in the neighborhood. We would get up at 5:30 am when the papers were delivered to our door, Mike would sort them, fold them and stack them in his carrier bag and head out on his bicycle.  Some mornings I drove him in the family station wagon-he would sit on the back and throw the papers to the porch.  I was a weekend supervisor for the newspaper and supervised Mike and about 15 other local youth carriers.

Pam joined me as a supervisor at the newspaper...we made a few more memories together working part time.

On my travel adventure this year to California I was fortunate that Pam was in town and we were able to spend two full days together.  I took the BART train from San Francisco to Orinda where she picked me up.

Yes, a selfie....

The view from the Orinda BART train station, love the green hills!

Pam and I spent the day in Danville, California, walking around the town and enjoying lunch.

The following week I took the train out of the city again and we met in Orinda for a second visit.  We had plans to drive to Tiburon, a coastal town located north of San Francisco.  Very scenic little town along the bay.  After Pam picked me up at the Orinda train station, we traveled along the San Pablo Reservoir  along San Pablo Dam Road, over the Richmond San Rafael Bridge, past San Quentin to Tiburon.

The hills were barely green in some spots...def a water shortage!

Along the San Pablo Dam

Richmond San Rafael bridge

Views like this...took my breath away!

The bay near Tiburon

Our lunch stop...

Imagine living in one of these?

Downtown Tiburon

Thank you, Pam!  It was so fun to see you and spend time with you again!  Can't wait to do it again!

Local color...

Happy traveler!

Old Friends are Best Friends! Norristown, PA - March 30, 2015

Girlfriends

After spending time in Rhode Island and New Jersey, my travels took me to Norristown, Pennsylvania.  My friend of 40+ years (geez, am I that old?) Marylou and her husband Ed were my hosts.

Marylou and I celebrated my birthday with a yummy lunch one afternoon.  I was anxious to see her daughter's Natalie and Jennifer.

Jennifer invited us to dinner Monday night.  It was fun to see the boys.  Ben and Sam are really growing up!

LtoR:  Sam, Ben, Mark, Jennifer, Ed, Marylou

I learned a few things from Ben and Sam.  First of all, Facebook is for old people.  Kids in high school don't do Facebook! I asked them what do they do?  And I was told Instagram or Twitter!  I met Jennifer when she was just about 4-5 years old and it made my heart sing to visit with her and her wonderful family.  I was invited to attend their bible study also, at their church and I enjoyed that as well.

Marylou's youngest daughter, Natalie also lives nearby and we had a fun visit with her and her 3 beautiful children.  Jackson, Molly and Evie.  Evie and I were quick friends - what an adorable little girl!

Here are pictures of Natalie's children.

Evie, jumped in my arms at one point and said I LOVE YOU!  Adorable...just adorable!  

Molly and Jackson....beautiful children!

Can't forget the newest member of the family - the Vizsla puppy!  

Working on being a better "Blogger"

Well, I've added a few new friends emails to my list of people that will get updates of my blog posts.

What I've learned in these past couple of months since I resigned from my job in Illinois, is that I have a lot of things I like to do and not enough time to do them!

My intention was to write and post as I traveled.  I quickly learned that it wasn't possible, because every where I went I was visiting with friends and family.  AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT AND DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK AWAY TO WRITE.

I did manage to write a few posts so you'll have to check them out if you're curious and have time.

So now that I'm in Rhode Island and I have some quiet time, I'm going to refer to my journal and my picture libraries and recap my travels and share them here.

I like this a lot better than Facebook.  I prefer to share these thoughts and travels with a smaller group...so thanks for following along with me.  You have a choice to check out what I post or not.

April 13, 2015

After previewing the new Apple watch at the downtown Apple store in San Francisco, I decided it would be fun to take a ride on a cable car.  It was a gorgeous day and what better way to get a view of the city.  I rode from the business district across town and over to Fisherman's Wharf - and back!  I got off at Union Square on my way back to sit in the sunshine and people watch.

Happy Birthday to me!

As you enter Union Square there is a heart at each entrance to the square with these pictures and words:

Union Square  

I sat in the sunshine for about an hour, watching people go by.

Another "heart" with a picture of the beautiful bay.

Union Square

Tim and I met for dinner...what a treat - Top of the Mark with my son!  

Our dinner view

Sailing On San Francisco Bay

Tim and Alicia (Andrew's fiance) 

April, 2015

It was amazing to be in San Francisco for my birthday week.  It was a week I won't soon forget.  The day before my big day, Tim rented a sailboat and a few of his close friends joined us and we sailed around the San Francisco Bay.  How can I describe this, being on a boat, cruising under the Golden Gate Bridge?    I just can't find the words.

Tim had a checklist and spent a lot of time reviewing it before we set sail.  

Early Sunday morning, started out chilly but didn't take long to warm up.

So fun to see the sea lions swimming along!

Yoga in the SF bay!

AT & T Park

Oakland Bay Bridge

Seals sunning on a huge ship

Stunningly beautiful day!