Category Archives: House

It’s a bird. No it’s a plane!

Alo loves looking at airplanes. I think it’s one of his favorite pastimes. We get to have him today for a couple hours, so you can guaranty we’ll be spending some of that time looking in the sky.

These pictures Robb took when he came to pick Alo up on Monday.

So our next door neighbors (the ones to the north) this week put their house on the market. They’re asking $859k. As part of the “fix up” to make the property more appealing, someone, either the owner or an agent for the realtor, constructed this beautiful outdoor “bar” for sitting, talking, drinking, eating…

Among the many problems with this ~~addition~~ eyesore is the fact that it overhangs about 8 inches over the property line, above our deck. You can see from the photos that it’s ugly, unfinished, and poorly constructed. Interestingly, our neighbor works in … construction! The photo below is from the street. Our property line is 3″ on the left side of the block wall, making this block wall entirely on our property (aka, our block wall on our deck). The “eyesore” comes out almost to the inside (our side) of the block wall.

You may be thinking I’m not very happy about this. Well guess what? You’re right.

But on a happier note … Who’s up for Nati’s at 11:30???

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Technical difficulties

I’m sorry … I’ve had technical difficulties posting from iPhone and iPad the past 2 days which is why nothing’s been posted. I’m at the iMac now hoping this will post. Otherwise I may have to change to a different blog App.

I took the sunset photo Sunday. They sky was so beautiful!

Here are some Alo selfies from Monday.

Alo Selfie

We dropped in Sunday morning to visit the 4T’s. Here’s Ron & Sparty.

Maya was having a little breakfast.

I can’t wait for my work week to end so I can do it all over again – only one more day left.

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More blooms

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June Blooms

Our Plumeria must be maturing. Normally it doesn’t bloom until late in the season, but this year we have lots of buds & some are already blooming. They smell so good, too!

This little gem has been with us since the first year we moved back to OB – almost eleven years ago (how time flies)! We bought it at the Del Mar Fair, and Bruce swore I’d kill it. We’ll guess what?

These beautiful, durable purple blooms last a long time too!

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Random Stuff

So I go out to the patio this morning & find that some critter, while crawling along our block wall, knocked off one of our blooming orchids!

Poor thing… I’m preparing to teach at 9am, so I scooped it up & placed it in a temporary holding tank (which could end up being permanent).

Yesterday, Akuch took the day off to take care of some stuff, so I didn’t have Alo. But I did go to swim with Bruce & Maya.

At the pool, there are lots of little pool toys. Maya was playing with a plastic shark that swam away from her & landed at the bottom of the deep end, which is really only about 5′ deep. She insisted that Zack, her swim coach retrieve it, but instead, he held her up to take in a breath & pushed her to the bottom of the pool where she snagged the shark & came up with it pleased with herself that she had her precious shark back.

More to come tomorrow.

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This & That

A little of this – lunch with Ben and Evan yesterday at O’Brien’s Bakery. We had to get our last lunch in before it moves its location to Escondido.

And a little of that – my friend, Sammy, sent me this picture of her baby daughter, Savanna, sporting her OBYoga Baby Tee while doing a baby backbend.

And a little of this – cold cold COLD Asheville. Photo compliments of my good friend, Lynn.

And a little of that – Photo response sent back to Lynn.

Nati’s with Bill today anyone?

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Bloomers

I’ve been saving these pictures I took a couple weeks ago of orchid blooms in the yard.

These blooms are long lasting, so we’ll be enjoying them for quite a while. There are many other buds either waiting to bloom or that are just now blooming. I’ll capture those over the weekend to share.

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Picking up dog poop isn’t all that bad …

… especially when I get to see what’s in BLOOM along the way!

This succulent on the bottom was a single clipping from somewhere (I don’t remember where???) that I stuck in this pot and it is really doing well & growing!

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Friday night with Alo

Alo spent a couple hours with us last night. He was a little grumpy and wasn’t up to having his picture taken. But that’s ok… Instead, he opted to fall asleep on my lap to The Lone Ranger. He told me that next year he plans on asking Santa for a big white horse and a black mask.

Luckily Robb sent me some pictures earlier in the day of a happier Alo. Here’s a picture of him at home enjoying his new bouncer. I know he likes to exercise his legs, so this will help to give him the strength in his legs to run up and down the basketball court for sure!

Pretty soon, the toys will be replaced with a basketball.

Alo seems overly excited when Robb & Akuch’s friend, Ryan paid a visit.

Here’s a cute picture of Akuch and Alo at Liberty Station outside Fig Tree Cafe. This looks like it could be a good place for a photo shoot.

On the northwest corner of Orchard and Guizot, there’s a cute house with native plants growing along the Guizot side. These pretty flowers caught my eye. To me, they look like fire.