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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
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Identifying this shrub from my phone’s image search turned into a mystery game. I found image upon image of different shrubs sharing similarities to this one. According to one particular image descriptions, this type of shrub is found along water sources; we found this shrub near a duck pond. It’s called seepwillow, water-wally, and mule fat. The fuzzy and sticky flowers attract butterflies. I’m interested to how it will look after the flowers have bloomed.
This post is for Cee’s FOTD challenge! Thanks Cee for hosting this challenge and for posting the list of challenges we can do.
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“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ―Charles Dickens
Thanks Cee for hosting this FOTD challenge! Finding some interesting blooms these days. Have a wonderful start to a new week and stay healthy. Thank you everyone for visiting my blog and have a happy and healthy start to a new week.
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Hi all, I was surprised to see that the trio daisies got more friends to join its squad. Our recent rain has proliferated flowers, daisies and dandelions, growing in the grass.
A few weeks ago “
Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.
”Drew Barrymore
Recent flowering of more daisies in similar spot Thanks Cee for hosting this challenge and have a great midweek! Spring will be here this weekend. Take care and stay well.
Readers, thank you for visiting my blog and I appreciate you being here. Happy Wednesday!
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Thank you Yvette from Priorhouse blog for inviting me to share 10 travel photos! Here’s my travel #2 photos.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse in San Diego: a museum where you can explore the lighthouse keeper’s living quarters, assistant’s home, garden, as outside grounds.
Here’s a brief synopsis of this place. Construction began in 1854 and was completed by 1855. Although its above sea level spot seemed ideal at first, the lighthouse was too high: it got covered by fogs and low clouds.
So in 1891, a new replacement lighthouse was built on the lower level of this land. By 1913, the abandoned and frequently vandalized lighthouse would be replaced with a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (first European from Spain to discover this area in 1524). The idea was proposed by Order of Panama, a group established to preserve the Spanish heritage of this region. However the proposal time expired before the monument was constructed. Through the President’s order, half an acre was still designated for the monument.
In 1933-1935, the Cabrillo National Monument became part of the National Park System and a significant rehabilitation of the old lighthouse started to eventually open up to the public.
These immersive kinds of museums are my favorite places to visit. You get to imagine living in a different time period. We loved visiting this place for the fresh air, ocean views, and exploring a real lighthouse keeper’s home. I wonder how I would’ve felt to sit at that dining table and see only vast land and the beautiful ocean. Morning: lovely and refreshing to bask in the sunlight. Nightime: lonely and scared of the darkness and sound of waves.
*I hope my summarization provides an informative glimpse of this captivating place. To learn more thoroughly about this place, check out both of these websites.
serene view overlooking the ocean from the monument 
Jose Rodriguez Cabrillo monument 
a leisurely walk up to the lighthouse from the monument; leisurely for some but I was huffing and puffing with the walk and hot day 
– looking down the narrow and windy staircase from the top floor down to the bottom next to the front door 
Living room 
Dining area overlooking the ocean 
Bedroom; on the other side is another bed with a cover to divide the space 
ladder to the peak
Thanks for checking out my travel photos!
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