Last state this week is California! So much to see there, for sure, but right now California is plagued by wild fires, and some of the attractions are closed, including Yosemite National Park. My daughter is there right now, and Yosemite was on their list but, alas, that won’t happen.
Yosemite is, I think, one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Some other great places are many ocean spots along Highway 1, and the beautiful redwoods.
Lovely California and the Pacific Ocean…Bixby Bridge at Big Sur…
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Morning Lucille, you and Stella have picked great pictures. Always enjoyed my time at Ft. Irwin, California. (NOT)
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Morning Col. Ken!
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Good morning, Colonel! Have a great day!
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Beautiful message, Lucille! Have a blessed Sunday!
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Morning Sand! Some terrible 90 something degrees here! A good day to stay in air-conditioning and rearrange furniture!
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Morning lovely! I hear ya! Thankfully the church building was nice and cool this morning, because just going to and from the car can be rough right now. 😉
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Right? We have one church here with no air-conditioning, it is a testament to the community and their faith that they have so many faithful parishioners. Me I have to have air-conditioning or I wilt.
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We are now wimps. Back in the 50’s in FL we didn’t have air conditioning in our church. I doubt any did. And, we wore girdles, hose, nylon slips, and dresses. Glad those days are gone.
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We had airconditioning even when I was a child (in our home) 3 window mounted air conditioners that roared like grizzly bears, but air-conditioning just the same.
I believe the church we briefly attended had air-conditioning I don’t remember it being hot in there. Our cottage did not have air but it was on a lake so it was relatively cool and we were out in the lake or running around all day as kids so when our heads hit the pillows we were out like a light.
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We had those fans on a stick at church. 😀
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I had one of those!
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With the church name and a photo of it on the front.
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That is dedication, but it would be really tough. 🙂
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Thanks so much, sand! Keep cool!
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Thank you! I’m sure trying to! You do the same. 😊
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That is the bridge that was just rebuilt, I think.
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Blessings Lucille 🙂 !
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Thanks, lovely!
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This is an excellent documentary about the man who took those remarkable photographs at the time of King Tut’s burial chamber discovery…so if you have an extra 60 minutes hanging around, it’s worth a view….
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun (Photography Documentary)
Timeline – World History Documentaries
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Tutankhamun shot first.
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LOL!
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I was looking for Brandon Frazier……….just kidding, Excellent Lucille………
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I thought it was Geraldo who got the scoop!
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Oh, that’s right! Didn’t he drive Alphonse’s car all around the Egyptian desert looking for Tut’s tomb?
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Yeah and all he got was a T-shirt that said “That ain’t my Mummy!”.
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Y’all need to wrap this up. 😉
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Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Cinnamon rolls for coffee!
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Wait! No one snatched all the bacon? Let me step up and take care of that for you 🙂 ! Good morning Nyet !
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I haz died and gone to heaven…breakfast looks so good this morning..Thx Nyet. How’s the unpacking coming along? :0)
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Good morning, nyet! Wonderful breakfast for a beautiful morning…to be served out here, if you please….
California side, Lake Tahoe
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I got to visit Lake Tahoe. Usually I do not like heavily populated or touristy areas, but I loved Tahoe. Also got to go to Death Valley on that trip, and I loved it too.
We were supposed to go to Yosemite, but two Southern gals had no idea that the passes were closed in April (which is basically summer here) and of course we had to turn back. So we just kept on going downhill until we got to Death Valley.
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That reminds me of the time two of my friends who grew up and have lived their lives in Florida, went to Colorado to see, I think it was the Tutankhamen exhibit. It was in the late fall and I insisted my friend take my coat, scarf, and gloves which she kept insisting she wouldn’t need. When they arrived in the airport, they had asked to rent a small SUV and the guy said they could never make it up the mountain unless they had a full sized SUV. They looked at each other and said, “Mountain?” Both of them are under 5 ft tall and had never driven a full sized car. It started snowing and they had to drive up the mountain in the snow and in the dark. They were terrified with the mountain and no railing. They did not know that the place they had rented was on top of the mtn. I had tried to warn them.
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Goodness, it is almost 10:00, where is everybody? I even had to make my own breakfast. 😦
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Hm.Mornin’ Nyet, everyone. 😀
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Mornin’ aus. It’s a beautiful day so I went out for an early Sunday walk before breakfast.
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I did, too. I took my little doggie for a walk and she is napping now.
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I ended my walk by letting Squeaks out to roll in the dirt. He’s feeling secure enough in his new surroundings these days that he’s taken back to scolding me and having conversations again.
Thank goodness for our doggies and kitties aus. :0)
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how is your doggie’s ear? How is she feeling?
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She seems to be fine. When we walk, she runs along ahead of me and she seems happy enough. I think the ear bothers her a little because she roots her head in her bed every once in a while. I haven’t heard back from the vet about the biopsy yet. Maybe tomorrow.
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🙏🏼
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Well…I’m glad you have a good excuse…..{snort}. 😀
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Maybe we all slept in?
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I did I slept all the way until 6:03 🙂 . And wow! I don’t know why but I thought Joe Liberman had passed but there he is on Fox news and he is actually said one nice things about President Trump, (make that 2 nice things!). Good for him. Seems to me from this little he piece he is not much of an Obama fan, of course I thought the poor guy was dead so what do I know!
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And good morning Stella ! I have to go find a frame for a picture I forgot I had. Moving furniture around has it’s perks!
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I started to rearrange some furniture and the day took on a life of its own! I just sat down with my tea, a couple of chocolate nut pretzel bars two napping dogs and I’m taking a break 🙂 ! Morning Aus!
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Sorry auscitizenmom! Went to Walmart, church, and lunch with my grandson this morning! Been a busy day!
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Mornin’ y’all!
https://twitter.com/Michaels_USMC/status/1026108396779520001
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That may be my favorite! Scared my poor little dog..
Good morning Wee 🙂 !
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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LOL One of my favorites now. 😀
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Mornin’ Mom!
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Is Jim still trying to get Sarah’s high heeled shoe out of his backside?
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Lol! Afternoon Rhea!
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Hi there, WeeWeed!
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Afternoon Stella!
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Good day, WeeWeed! Acosta loves to BE the news. He gets his few minutes on camera in the daily briefing and I just bet even the others who agree with him politically find him boring and a demanding attention hog.
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Evenin’ Lucy!
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Evening WeeWeed!
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Evenin’ S&S!
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Downtown Los Angeles – photographer is shooting from the south (probably somewhere in Culver City). As you can see, L.A. is in a valley with the San Gabriel mountain range’s Mt. San Antonio (commonly called Mt. Baldy) as backdrop.
The two-lane highway that goes up the mountainside which can get VERY bumper-to-bumper at times.
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FYI, info on names of mountains shown…
Click to enlarge on all the photos.
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This is what happened in the hostage situation in Trader Joes. I haven’t seen anything on the MSM about this. I usually just watch FOX but am surprised about the details.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-abcarian-hostage-20180803-story.html
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That’s amazing.
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I thought so.
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If someone started shooting, Moss reasoned, many bad things could happen. Someone was already dead. Moss stood up and physically blocked Atkins. She was in the SWAT officer’s sights. He swiveled his gun a few degrees away.
Just wow!
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That woman has a lot of courage.
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and wisdom and simple intuitive connection, “I held his heart,” I bet she knew deep within her unless the officers made a critical mistake she had a 99% chance of getting everyone out of it safely in that single instant.
Such a shame that the poor manager was killed in the initial melee. Heartbreaking.
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Three-Card Mueller
By Clarice Feldman – August 5, 2018
Three-card Monte is a centuries-old con game in which the dealer and his shills trick the unsuspecting mark into betting on a rigged card game. Only the dealer and his people know where the winning card is, though the mark believes he’s smart enough to find out where the winning card is buried.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/threecard_mueller.html
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Beachgoers save Michigan man today at Grand Haven State Park:
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20180805/swimmer-critical-after-being-pulled-from-lake-michigan-sunday
A 65-year-old Wyoming man was in critical condition after being pulled from a rough Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park early Sunday afternoon.
Emergency crews responded just after noon, when Ottawa County Central Dispatch received multiple calls of a man in distress.
The man went under the water before police arrived, but conservation officers organized beachgoers into a human chain and one of those chains found the man within a short time after the call, said Sgt. Lee Adams of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety.
Police and paramedics were performing CPR on the man after he was pulled from the water.
Luke Nordlund of Grand Rapids was one of the visitors who joined the human chain.
“Probably 30-40 people formed the chain, but had to split into two sections because it was getting too deep,” Nordlund said.
He added that it was the second chain of people who found the man and pulled him to shore.
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Evening Stella!
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Evening S&S!
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That’s awesome. I’ve taken part in a few fruitless searches for drowning victims. And everyone in the park takes part, because, how could you not? Lake Michigan can be a violent, unpredictable beast.
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Who has had kugel? I’d heard of it, but never knew what it was. So, apparently this recipe is quite different from the usual. I can’t decide whether or not I’d like this. So, if any of you are familiar with kugel, I’d appreciate an opinion.
https://www.tastemade.com/videos/apple-cinnamon-kugel?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=keywee&kwp_0=797066&kwp_4=3055038&kwp_1=1284396
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It sounds good, but if I remember correctly it isn’t as sweet as I would like.
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I’ve never had it so can’t help you. I did however finally find out what mascarpone is. lol
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I’ve had it but much much thinner than shown in the video/picture.
My Jewish friend makes it. His is more savory, but I haven’t had it in years.
Reading some recipes, his was always served warm, it was even better warmed up fried in a pan like a potato pancake.
Look at this one! Yummo!
https://www.thespruceeats.com/lemon-ricotta-noodle-kugel-dried-cherries-2121441
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TYVM!
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I’ve had plenty of Leinenkugel. FWIW.
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lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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Amen.
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Time lapse – Sunset over the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay with a few friends of the feathered variety….
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Okay, so, say you’re riding a giraffe. You have a rhino beside you, and a tiger behind you!
You’re panicking.
What do you do?
You get your drunk a&^ off the carousel.
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