July

    We spent the 4th in Julian, a sweet little town known for it's Apple pie. We caught the tail end of the town parade and had a nice lunch and went through a number of shops and saw an inspiring quilt show.  The car was a bit north from our normal spot and I just had to walk up this winding stairway carved out of the hillside to see what was at the top.
   It was a nice old cemetery with plenty of benches and old grave markers that were well worn with time.  It was interesting to see how headstones have improved over the years.  The sky is full of giant rain drops that are threatening to fall.

I would love to come back and spend the day drawing.

 

It rained for a bit as we took the curvy road back to San Diego.
I always fall asleep on long trips but I did make it down the mountain reading my summer book before drifting off.

Happy July.

Breakfast

The last Wednesday of the month a bunch of volunteers go out to breakfast before volunteering. I was actually quite late to this one because I underestimated how far the restaurant was from apartment and didn't count on the traffic jam for the new library.  I was walking and in San Diego eventually the construction on a block will affects the sidewalk.  My personal favorite is when someone decided that they have to dig up all four corners of an intersection at the same time and they don't put up signs until you get close to the intersection.  Luckily that has only happened twice this year and I have been able to walk in the street without back tracking a full block.

I ordered the pancakes and ate less than half of this so as not get a tummy ache.  The restaurant is closer to the Baseball field and I'm sure I will make the trek again to try something completely different.

Adventures in the woods

On Saturday my camera just stopped working.  I knew it was going to happen because I dropped it a few weeks ago and I noticed my pictures were not as crisp as they had been and I had to fix most of the pictures in post.  Fast forward to a trip to the electronics store and an actual helpful sales person and I have a new Canon SD1300 IS Elph.  It is half the weight of my old camera and it takes awesome pictures.  I need to find my old camera case or make a new one for it so it stays fresh and new.

     Sunday we drove up to the woods and took out our sketch pads and drew into the evening.  It was a wonderful evening and we were sorry that we didn't bring anything to put on the grill because the family in ear shot of us was having the best hot dogs and buttered buns.  We went into town and hit one of the local restaurants.  The last time I ate here I had  amazing (insert fireworks) French toast and since it was dinner we had the special of the night.    .

Here's to good friends

My friends hosted a fun Valentine's weekend so I made a shirt to commemorate the experience. It was really funny because we were sitting in a bar/restaurant in West Hollywood, Los Angeles and I was like did you see my shirt. My friend almost fell out of his chair (15+ years of knowing each other and we can still catch each other off guard). It was a whirlwind weekend with hanging out, a wedding( insert me crying like a dork),falling in love with the best dog in the world, getting lost on the way to the Rose Bowl and just talking late into the night.