Sunflowers are Such Friendly Flowers.....Part 1. Sunflowers seem like they are looking up at the sun and smiling. When I am down or sad, sunflowers make me happy! While in Yucaipa, CA. on Saturday, I saw thousands of sunflowers growing in the fields. Here is my collection of sunflower photographs
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10/31/2011
The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts, devils and goblins. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals have changed dramatically. In the United States, the first official citywide Hallowee
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10/29/2011
Make sure you stop by “The Pumpkin Patch” located at 32335 Live Oak Canyon Road, Calimesa, CA 92320.Lots of fun for the entire family and open thru October 31st at 9:00 p.m. This was a favorite spot to take pictures with your family or group. Also "Free" to enter and lots of gifts on sale includ
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10/29/2011
While on a nature hike this morning, I spotted a tree full of squirrels in Loma Linda, CA. They were all eating nuts! This big squirrel was extremely busy and didn’t notice me at first. Sitting on the fence eating his nut. He was hiding behind the pole. I see you........... Where are those nuts?
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10/28/2011
This insect is called a “Praying Mantis” and is typically green or brown with triangular heads, and have front legs that looking like they are praying. Mantis' are well camouflaged on the plants where they live, lie in ambush or patiently stalk their victims. They wait until their victim is wit
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10/27/2011
This interesting and common cactus is called “Prickly Pear” or “Paddle Cactus". Originally from Mexico but grows all over the world. I found this huge beautiful cactus in Loma Linda, CA. The paddles can be peeled and cooked. The red fruit, known as cactus figs or Indian figs, is found growing on
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10/26/2011
My beloved mother Sarah felt I spent way too much time at my job. I worked for the County for 28 years and it was true that it was almost impossible to take off time. So when I got the chance to retire early with a better retirement package, I took it. I had taken the DRE exam so I went to wo
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10/24/2011
100,000 Points….Congratulate Me! Today I passed the 100K mark on ActiveRain which had been a personal goal for the past 5 months. I had dabbled for the past year and then beginning June 2011, I got busy writing daily blogs and commenting 10+ times per day. Then I had an article featured! That
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10/23/2011
Daddy Daddy Stop the Car… I want to see the Pumpkin. I was in Redlands, CA yesterday and noticed this big orange pumpkin in front of the Chrysler/Jeep dealer so I got out of my car to take a picture. While standing on the street corner, I noticed everyone driving by was stopping, pointing, and
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10/22/2011
A couple of months ago, I attended a webinar on ActiveRain where they had a Kodak representative telling us about Google Cloud Printing. Sorry to say, I had never heard of Cloud Printing. Where had I been…. but I quickly got up to speed right then! I found Kodak on Facebook and at Kodak. Thes
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10/22/2011
