Chinese Laundry
I hope my blog readers enjoy the miniatures too...I guess my unfulfilled longing for a dollhouse accounts for loving these.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Miniatures- Palm Springs Art Museum
Italian Village...can always tell Italy because of the dull coloured shutters. I really missed the bright colours from the south of France.
Miniatures- Palm Springs Art Museum
Hong Kong Harbour...it didn't look much different when I was there.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Palm Springs Art Museum
Interesting modernism architecture display.
Multicultural Modernism: The Work of Steven Ehrlich Architects.
Multicultural Modernism: The Work of Steven Ehrlich Architects.
Palm Springs Art Museum
Interesting modernism architecture display.
Multicultural Modernism: The Work of Steven Ehrlich Architects.
Multicultural Modernism: The Work of Steven Ehrlich Architects.
Palm Springs Art Museum
It's free after 4pm on Thursdays so great day to go before having dinner and hitting the night market.
Looks like rain but...
Certainly looked like it was going to rain big time but just a few drops in the end. It seems it's now pretty much the end of the rainy season so it looks like this area will only be getting the half inch it's had so far.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Cactus Garden
11 x 14 acrylic on canvas
Jim played golf yesterday and I finally got around to finishing this. We have enjoyed this patio so much and this will be a great little souvenir.
Jim played golf yesterday and I finally got around to finishing this. We have enjoyed this patio so much and this will be a great little souvenir.
Orange Tree Blossoms
We ate the last orange on our tree about a week ago and now it is starting to blossom again. What a wonderful scent especially at night time...according to Alan the physics are that the molecules are not as active, hence the stronger smell. I think I got that right or perhaps it's the opposite. We were enjoying Margueritas at the time!
There are some wonderful songbirds around here. Last night we were sitting out on the patio and playing some Stephen Grappelli and Django Rheinhart and some bird really started responding to the music. I guess it was disappointed when no potential mate seemed to be about...
There are some wonderful songbirds around here. Last night we were sitting out on the patio and playing some Stephen Grappelli and Django Rheinhart and some bird really started responding to the music. I guess it was disappointed when no potential mate seemed to be about...
Monday, March 19, 2007
Officically hit over 100 a few days
Seems Palm Springs broke the previous record of 98 in 1972. I hope Susan and Alan aren't having too much difficulty adapting to the chilly rainy weather in Victoria...they did wistfully bid goodbye to the blue skies here.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
St. Patrick's Day in Palm Springs
A sweet young thing told us they even make the rivers run green in New York!
Las Casuelas Restaurant
Susan and Alan took us to this restaurant last night and we all had a blast. Great Mexican food and a super band all ages were dancing to. A lot of Van Morrison tunes to celebrate St. Pat's Day. Palm Springs certainly swings on a Saturday night!
Friday, March 16, 2007
My favourite sign
This sign was looking pretty bedraggled when we first arrived as it really got hit in the bad Jan weather down here. The owners decided to do it up right and spent $9,000 refurbishing it. It's a wonderful old neon sign and it looked great coming back from the opera last night. Jim was driving like a bat out of hell as usual so didn't get a chance to get a photo of it at night time. Will have to see if I can get a decent photo at night before we leave.
McCallum Theatre
We went to see Verdi's Ernani last night and were very impressed with the singing and orchestra. It was put on by the American Opera Theatre accompanied by The Desert Symphony and The California Universtiy Chorus. A rather good concept as it was just here for one night and they did it as a recital. About a 75-80 piece orchestra...good thing the singers were up to that much accompaniment!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
La Quinta Art Show
A great fountain for the backyard but I don't think it will fit in the car...especially after all the books Jim has picked up at the local library book sales. Another one at Palm Desert this Sat...
La Quinta Art Show
One of the best things are the bathrooms...air conditioned...water...everything you could want.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
A little cooler today
We played golf in the morning and it only got up to 94 degrees on our way home. A day for drinks and being in the pool. We went to see Avenue Montaigne tonight at the Camelot Theatres. Very light but quite fun and great scenes of Paris...always brings back great memories for us.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
97 degrees in the shade...
This was the temp on our patio today. Jim manages to look and feel cool as a cucumber but I was feeling rather warm. I bought a nozzel at Target with a mister setting and it feels great!
Near record weather everywhere...
We're having almost record breaking heat here...the official temp was 94 and the record is 95. Average weather here at this time is 79. It hit 101 degrees when we were driving back from the library according to our car outside thermometer. A bit too hot for me to play golf but George Bush's father was out on the course yesterday and was admitted to hospital for dizziness and dehydration. Apparently he didn't drink enough water.
It is amazing how well designed our place is for heat. Even with those temps we only put on the air conditioning for two 10 minute periods yesterday. And after taking a swim and retreating to the shade, I almost felt I wanted to go into the hot tub to warm up! It is a different type of heat.
Mary mentioned in an email she and her dog almost got blown away yesterday morning with gusts up to 100 K! And Jeff Bell in the Times-Colonist reports this:
"By the time the storm had passed, the capital region had seen its second-wettest March day ever, with 50.6 millimetres showing on the official gauge at Victoria International Airport. The only wetter March day came in 1948, when a 54.1 total was recorded on the 21st."
Goodness gracious!
It is amazing how well designed our place is for heat. Even with those temps we only put on the air conditioning for two 10 minute periods yesterday. And after taking a swim and retreating to the shade, I almost felt I wanted to go into the hot tub to warm up! It is a different type of heat.
Mary mentioned in an email she and her dog almost got blown away yesterday morning with gusts up to 100 K! And Jeff Bell in the Times-Colonist reports this:
"By the time the storm had passed, the capital region had seen its second-wettest March day ever, with 50.6 millimetres showing on the official gauge at Victoria International Airport. The only wetter March day came in 1948, when a 54.1 total was recorded on the 21st."
Goodness gracious!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Finally arrived in Camelot
Last Friday night we had a good laugh with Susan and Alan as we were trying to find the Camelot Movie Theatre where "The Lives of Others" was playing. We arrived too late but it reminded us of our wild tour of Dublin with the "best taxi driver in Dublin" (according to our hotel owner) trying to find the car that went along with our exchange. Jim ended up going into a post office and got directions since the driver seemed incapable of doing anything but going around in circles. I think he was headed to the pub for the rest of the day after he dropped us off.
We went to see the movie last night and were very impressed with the movie and the theatre. It's a wonderful old room with lovely curtains that open and close with the beginning and ending of the movie. A great experience after the cineplexes. They seem to specialize in foreign films. There's a French one on at the moment as well..."Avenue Montaigne".
My cousin, John, writes this about the weather back home:
"Weather here is quite variable. Some days it's cold and wet and other daysit's wet and cold with the odd day of really cold and really wet in betweensome occasional snow flurries."
Doesn't exactly sound like Camelot...
We went to see the movie last night and were very impressed with the movie and the theatre. It's a wonderful old room with lovely curtains that open and close with the beginning and ending of the movie. A great experience after the cineplexes. They seem to specialize in foreign films. There's a French one on at the moment as well..."Avenue Montaigne".
My cousin, John, writes this about the weather back home:
"Weather here is quite variable. Some days it's cold and wet and other daysit's wet and cold with the odd day of really cold and really wet in betweensome occasional snow flurries."
Doesn't exactly sound like Camelot...
Saturday, March 10, 2007
La Quinta Dogs
This little sweetheart was in a rolling carrier bag. It was allowed in the patio area of the restaurant and seemed very happy to be in its little nest.
La Quinta Dogs
We enjoyed seeing these great little dogs today. These two were in a bicycle carrier for kids.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Indian Canyons
Went for a little hike here. These are natural palm oases....interesting to see how things are in the natural setting.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The hot springs experience
It was like being in a time warp today...right out of the 60's this place. Very mid century modern. I think a number of people in this spa were out on a day pass of a different kind. Susan and Alan ran into someone who insisted he had been well received by the Queen and also the UN for his idea of having tunnels like the Chunnel all over the world so we could all retreat to them when the world was under water due to global warming.
Desert Hot Springs Spa
We went to these natural hot springs today. You can get a day pass at this hotel.
I really hate this new blogger they've forced us into...hopefully Richard will be able to get it back.
I really hate this new blogger they've forced us into...hopefully Richard will be able to get it back.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The Living Desert
We've been having a lot of funwith Susan and Alan. It's really great to have a good visit since we don't see them all that much. We all enjoyed The Living Desert yesterday especially the wonderfully beautiful cerval and other animals. It's such an attractive place with all the cacti and views of the mountains. The bighorn sheep weren't around but we did see some lovely cougars this time and the cheetah. They have a fairly new baby giraffe but we just managed to see its head bobbing along. It was a very hot day...must have been 90 degrees in the sun and the pool was wonderful when we got home. I forgot to take my camera so no pix at the moment.
Monday, March 05, 2007
View from the pool.
We were pretty lazy today and spent quite a bit of time by the pool. JIm and Alan actually played tennis in the hot sun for a while. Susan and I retreated to the shade.
Palm Springs Airport
The airport is very mid-century modern and visitors are met with beautiful views of my wonderful mountains.
Whazzat...kilts in Palm Springs!
We had a lot of fun visiting with this fellow from Edinburgh who runs this Celtic shop in Palm Springs. Susan and Alan got invited to dance at their ball but won't be here at that time. Jim even found there is a Penman tartan...quite nice looking actually.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Weather's a real yawner around here....
Weathermen must get rather bored in this region. This is the five day forecast and it almost always is like this.
Fri Mostly sunny and pleasant
Sat Nice with plenty of sunshine
Sun Warm with plenty of sunshine
Mon Warm with plenty of sunshine
Tues Sunny and pleasant
I hear Vancouver and Victoria got snow and will have more tomorrow. Not great weather to greet Susan and Alan from Yorkshire...don't worry, it's going up into the 80's for Sunday when you arrive here. The champagne's on ice...
Fri Mostly sunny and pleasant
Sat Nice with plenty of sunshine
Sun Warm with plenty of sunshine
Mon Warm with plenty of sunshine
Tues Sunny and pleasant
I hear Vancouver and Victoria got snow and will have more tomorrow. Not great weather to greet Susan and Alan from Yorkshire...don't worry, it's going up into the 80's for Sunday when you arrive here. The champagne's on ice...
What else...more of these wonderful San Jacinto Mountains
Can you see that little bit of snow on the mountains?
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