Beautiful car. Happy trails!

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I can bet you miss your old life here. Just remind yourself of the HIGH cost of living here! That might help.

...and one of the Chapel 😊. Nice photos Peggy. And nice car!

Thanks for your lovely words, dear rubbersole.

Thank you for sharing those. I like the shadows in the grass, an effect I like to play with but rarely do, don't know why.

I like those shadows too, so I took them in with the agapanthus! I really liked what they brought to the photos.

but my dear CaliforniaPeggy, you must be from somewhere close to my home. Grew up in Torrance and lived in the South Bay for the first 52 years of my life, except one year spent in the Antelope Valley.

i wanna go home

my ex lives in Portuguese Bend. My oldest son El Segundo.

I wish you could come back too.

I do live near all those places, in Manhattan Beach. I know Torrance well, and El Segundo too.

Maybe it would help you to consider how expensive it is to live here. We bought our property back in 1972 and even then it was outrageous. We couldn't buy it now.

Still, it's wonderful to live here. We will never move again.

for 7 1/2 years after my divorce. It was probably the cheapest apartment in MB at the time at $750/month and is probably $2,000 by now. Raised my 3 kids and added a 4th in a tiny 2 bedroom!

don't apologize! It's like the biggest in a long life of ironies that I had to move to NC to make enough money to live in CA. Now my youngest son is married and I don't want to risk another grandbaby not knowing me the way my granddaughter never really got the chance. We have a relationship now but it's nothing like the relationship I have with her older brothers, who had enough time with me to establish a close relationship.

Funny how life works out, or doesn't, isn't it?

NC is a long way from CA, and that covers a lot of things.

Take care of yourself!

Glad you were able to enjoy it!

The totally overcast days really get me down.

I was definitely able to enjoy today. And that's a great spot to enjoy it from.

Late this year owing to no sun through May and June, I reckon.

It wound up being a lovely day today. Glad you got out in it.

They lift my heart with their beauty.

My jacaranda's bloom is late too, and not as good as usual. I wonder if that's due to less sun.

But today I knew I had to get out. I felt the need to drive my new car (just got it Wednesday) and start getting really used to it.

It's much larger than my old Toyota and of course everything is computer-driven! My owner's manual looks like a textbook!

And so off we went. It was as close to perfect as I could imagine.

Summer has finally arrived and the sea air beckons!

I have yet to visit that place, though.

I think you might enjoy the Wayfarer's Chapel. Lovely place. On a really clear day, you can see Catalina too.

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But there's no mistaking your flower photography, so I believe you.

It could have been . . . except it matches the photos I took when we bought it!

Glad you enjoyed.

Farmers' Market Thursday.
PS: Your car is beautiful

They usually have extremely fresh strawberries! Glad you got them.

Thanks for all your beautiful comments!

And why not? It’s a gorgeous place! Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In an equally gorgeous locale. A work of art any way you look at it.

https://www.wayfarerschapel.org/

The setting is breathtaking!

If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen....

I have always liked the agapanthas Africanus. Nice shots.

Glad you enjoyed my photos, my dear Old Crank.