Van Gogh Immersive

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Planned ahead and it turned out perfect…well almost I planned an unusual birthday celebration for my best friend and fellow blogger. It was better than I expected. I purchased tickets to the Van Gogh Immersive in Los Angeles at the old Amoeba Music building, now Lighthouse. I watched the promo videos and it looked amazing. I asked a friend to watch over my mom who is 94 and he said yes. Everything was coming together and I was ready; as ready as I could be. My friend mentioned it to her husband who joined us and we headed on down to the venue. Traffic wasRead More →

Amazon Paid Link -Transparent masks - I am an affiliate

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Mask mandates are creating a level of difficulty in my relationship with my closest friend, who happens to be half-deaf. She reads lips, mine, to understand what I am saying. When we are out together, she relies on me to listen to masked retail clerks and wait staff and then help her to understand. When I am masked, I lower my mask, tell her what was said and raise up my mask, so the others will not chastise me for that action. We recently took a trip to Wyoming and Montana, and there were no mask rules. They still suggested we maintain a safe distanceRead More →

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Tokoyo, Japan has done a beautiful recycling job for the Olympic Medals. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are made from recycled cell phones. Imagine how many phones it would take to extract the metals from the cell phones for even one medal. Read about the design and the detail that went into these beautiful Olympic Medals. The Olympics are a popular viewing favorite for all the world. This year there have been challenges because of the pandemic.

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Sometimes you might want the screensaver not to come on and you don’t want to manage it by nudging it every few moments. Did you know the placing the mouse on top of a watch with a second hand does that nudging for you? The optical mouse detects the movement and the screensaver does not get activated. Optical mice are watching the movement below them!

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The Monarch butterfly is endangered and every time I go to Monterey I see those signs; ‘plant Milkweed’. I love the Monarch butterfly. It is a regal orange and black insect that gives me great joy when I see one. One of my Facebook friends said “Seeing a butterfly means joy, beauty, fragility.” I have to agree, those words are the feelings I recognize when I am in the presence of this delicate creature. So I planted Milkweed. One tall one. One Narrow Leaf Milkweed. I also planted 2 Butterfly Milkweed plants. Recently, the Monarch butterfly you see in the photograph was hovering around meRead More →

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In the months to come, our emotions are peaking with the thoughts of getting back to normal. During this time are you buying emotionally? Are you eager to purchase because of the joy you feel that you could be socializing again and feeling normal. It is important that you know the scammers are taking advantage of the emotions of the people now more than ever. Humans are emotional buyers, purchasing in times of great stress. Even though we are seeking normal lives and able to socialize more, we also may be jumping on an fake opportunity in the moment. Fake websites posting ads for thingsRead More →

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A few days ago a friend told me of a mutual friend posting on Facebook about a monarch butterfly in her yard after purchasing a plant that attracts them. I love butterflies and Monarchs are endangered. The very same day that I viewed Toni Polucki’s post about her butterfly, I was in the backyard of my mother’s place looking for an opportunity to catch one of the small birds that frequents the yard in the late morning. This elusive tiny bird was not in sight. As I was enjoying the warm morning sun, I noticed movement in my peripheral view. There fliting around a largeRead More →

low angle photography of two roseate spoonbill flying under the blue sky

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I spent an hour watching a webinar, TWICE, on photographing birds in flight. Most of the webinar covered that topic and some of it covered camera use. It was that subject that got my attention and caused me to watch again. What I discovered was I have lots to learn! This am I took my D850 Camera outdoors to test the information I thought I got from the better photographs webinar. I took several shots in various lighting situations, and then downloaded them to my computer. Some shots were shot into a shady area and others in the bright sun. The webinar had said theRead More →

Senior woman reading

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The elderly, those with memory loss or people who are a little naïve, are getting taken by companies everyday. If you know an elderly person or someone with a memory loss, be watchful of the things that are being told to them by advertisers, scam artists, Internet emails and the like. I have been recently aware of the ease at which those who are for some reason unaware of how the system of insurance, the law, financial institutions work, are taken by people claiming something from them. I have been taking care of my mom who has a condition which causes her memory to fail.Read More →

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The news frightens us and while being frightened is not the worst, it does cause us to focus on the negative and not positive thinking . When we think positively, we find solutions, and are inspired to be in the right place at the right time. This is the season of coughs, sneezes and fevers, but these are not always COVID-19. It could be the flu, or a cold. Most of us do not know the real symptoms of the Coronavirus and we should become informed. It will help to be less frightened. FeverCoughShortness of breath We can practice safe activities while we are outRead More →