Saturday

A beautiful day today!  It's about 50 degrees, lots of people out and about, garage sales, bike riders, walkers, runners.  We took a four-mile walk today and are going to buy some flowers for a color bowl.  Dinner tonight at Pastini's, Italian restaurant at the Old Mill.   They have a Spring dish that's only available for a short time:  bowtie pasta, cream lemon sauce, asparagus and pine nuts.  YUM!!


Something I want to tell you about here is the CLOUDS.  They are simply amazing!  The sky is so big here and open, large sweeping clouds, huge puffy clouds, blue-blue sky.  We took a drive north and saw interesting geological mountains/buttes with the massive clouds...  it was breathtaking.  Remind me to take my camera whenever we go out!


Another wonderful thing here is the wind in the pines... It can be loud!  It isn't windy "down here" but is way, way up there and you can hear it from all around.  We are in awe of nature here and if you know me well, you know I've always had a thing for pine cones.  Well, I can just go to my front yard and collect as many as I want!  Today, with the warm sun, the smell of pine needles is noticeable and I am loving that too!


This concludes the Nature Forum from Bend, Oregon.  LOL  Hope you are all enjoying your homes too -- I know you've got some warmth coming your way in Southern Cali -- have fun!!


XOXO
ANNIE