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  Go to  shadow shot sunday to see more shadow shots. In a side note: Nancy and I just started a new blog about our avocado ranch so if ...

What a bunch of hunks!  My father(Gil Finwall), front row second from right, Uncle Bob (Finwall), third from right.  (About 1936, '37, o...

Nancy and I made our annual trip (although missed last year) to the festival. We always have a great time... hear and see some of our favori...

I forgot all about Sepia Saturday until it was too late. Now I'm rushing to get ready to go to L.A. for the L.A. Times Festival Of Books...

I love looking at Holly Beckers blog decor8 . It's full of the latest in the decor world. Today she talked about freelancing and photos...

STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.  I posted this back in 2010. But it's perfect for this week's theme. My grandmother on m...

Happy and unfocused- the story of my life!

My friend Robert Sommers, turned my last week's shadow shot into a work of art. He has an art gallery here in Fallbrook and is also a ...

Barthomeus Theiss and Margaret Zillis Theiss- my great great grandparents. At Niederhilbersheim, Germany, on October 14, 1782  Bartholoma...

I'm having such fun with Sepia Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday that I might as well fill all my days. So here goes Theme Thursday.  Toda...

I love buffet food, maybe a little too much- because I'm always embarrassed to go back for seconds (or thirds). I'm always hoping th...

Not the Easter Bunny !

Four generations on my mother's side: My great grandmother, Katherine White;  my grandmother, Bessie Reis; my mother, Arleen Reis; my g...

WILD ANIMAL PARK, Escondido, California Click on the Shadow Shot link on the right to see more Shadow Shots.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a life saver for unemployed young men during the depression. Wouldn't it be wonderful if it could be...

In 1968 my boyfriend, John, was sent to Paris by Xerox to help set up the French Government computer system. One of his co-workers had a par...