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- Introduction – why I blog (August 11, 2013)
- Butchart Gardens, British Columbia (August 12, 2013)
- Lakewood Gardens (goodbye) (August 12, 2013)
- Opulent neighborhood garden (that is no more) (August 14, 2013)
- Port Gamble, Washington (August 28, 2013)
- Point Defiance Rose Garden, Tacoma, Washington (August 28, 2013)
- Packing and planning to move (July 2, 2017)
- Saying goodbye to our friends, children and the Pacific Northwest (July 4, 2017)
- A fateful injury, 4th of July, and the beginning of our adventure (July 6, 2017)
- Corvallis, Oregon and Oregon State University (July 7, 2017)
- Oregon beaches, Siuslaw National Forest and Brookings, OR on the Calif. border (July 10, 2017)
- Giant Redwood Forest and Pacific Coast Highway (and lots of elk) (July 11, 2017)
- Walnut Creek reunion (July 12, 2017)
- Plans for Southern California (July 13, 2017)
- The California wasteland punctuated by Los Gatos and Santa Cruz (July 15, 2017)
- Endless LA and wasteland with surprise General George Patton Museum & gas station (July 15, 2017)
- California to Phoenix is a rather boring trip, I must say (July 16, 2017)
- Arrival in Arizona and rules for travel (July 19, 2017)
- Scottsdale, AZ – the shopping Mecca and sculpture garden (July 20, 2017)
- Sedona, AZ the beautiful – it’s a fairyland, really (July 21, 2017)
- Monsoon season in Phoenix (July 22, 2017)
- My parents’ lovely home in the Phoenix area (July 23, 2017)
- Old Town Scottsdale, AZ (July 25, 2017)
- Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix (oh, my!) (July 26, 2017)
- Phoenix Art Museum (July 27, 2017)
- Palm tree cell towers and Kachina doll electric towers (July 28, 2017)
- Apache Junction, AZ and a “real’ ghost town (July 30, 2017)
- South Mountain Park, Phoenix, AZ and family reunion (August 1, 2017)
- The agony of travel and retirement plans (August 2, 2017)
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ (August 3, 2017)
- Air conditioning emergency and stray shots of Phoenix (August 5, 2017)
- A library in the wilderness and St. Mary’s Basilica in Phoenix (August 7, 2017)
- Goodby to Arizona (August 10, 2017)
- Heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico (August 11, 2017)
- Los Alamos, New Mexico – familiar and so strange (August 12, 2017)
- Santa Fe is wondrous and so connected to my town, Los Alamos (August 13, 2017)
- My childhood places – Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, Espanola, and Taos (August 14, 2017)
- Santa Fe, Again – I love this place! (August 15, 2017)
- Kingman, Arizona – a major disappointment (August 15, 2017)
- Arizona to California – and very close to my birthplace (August 17, 2017)
- Long Beach and a hidden gem – Sherman Library and Gardens (August 18, 2017)
- The Queen Mary liner, Venice Beach and Canals, and the Eclipse – whooo! (August 20, 2017)
- Morro Bay – sadly missed Big Sur and the coastal drive (August 22, 2017)
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (August 23, 2017)
- San Francisco & Walnut Creek – Cannery Row & Point Lobos along the way (August 25, 2017)
- California – so different as we come back through the fires (August 26, 2017)
- Northern California during the wildfires (August 27, 2017)
- The Oregon coast and inland – Corvallis is special to me (August 29, 2017)
- Driving the coast of Oregon and Washington (August 30, 2017)
- Mount St. Helens Visitor Center (September 1, 2017)
- Prepping for takeoff (September 2, 2017)
- Going already! (September 15, 2017)
- Eastbourne and Hastings – Hastings from Foyle’s War and William the Conqueror (September 20, 2017)
- Eastbourne, again… (September 21, 2017)
- London! Better than I imagined (September 23, 2017)
- Planning for Spain (September 23, 2017)
- Rye in Sussex is a very old town (September 24, 2017)
- Last day in England before flying to Spain! (September 25, 2017)
- Alicante, Spain – our first sight of España (September 28, 2017)
- Castillo de Santa Barbara (Alicante) on my birthday! (September 29, 2017)
- Planning for Madrid (October 1, 2017)
- Ah, Madrid! (October 3, 2017)
- We arrived in Granada! (October 4, 2017)
- Granada – THE ALHAMBRA! (October 5, 2017)
- Seville – just a glimpse (October 8, 2017)
- Cadiz, Spain (October 8, 2017)
- Cadiz – but a different part (October 10, 2017)
- Cadiz – sightseeing and political climate (October 11, 2017)
- Rota, Spain (October 13, 2017)
- Rota for 3 more days (October 16, 2017)
- Rota shoes (October 17, 2017)
- Cadiz – Plaza de San Antonio (October 21, 2017)
- Madrid – Again (October 23, 2017)
- Madrid in all its glory (October 25, 2017)
- Figueres, Spain (October 25, 2017)
- Perpignan, France just across the border from Figueres (October 31, 2017)
- Avignon, France – site of the Palais des Papes (November 1, 2017)
- Arles – Romans in Provence (November 5, 2017)
- The Mistral of Provence (November 7, 2017)
- Barcelona during the Catalan protests (November 10, 2017)
- Barcelona photos (November 12, 2017)
- Barcelona – Gaudi houses (November 14, 2017)
- Barcelona – Sagrada Familia Basilica (November 16, 2017)
- Malta (November 21, 2017)
- Malta – Sliema, Valetta and lots of churches (November 29, 2017)
- Malta – The ancient city of Mdina (December 10, 2017)
- Roma (December 23, 2017)
- London, again (December 30, 2017)
- Roma – The Vatican and the Pantheon (January 14, 2018)
- Rome – The Roman forum and the Palantine Hill (January 23, 2018)
- London – Croydon for New Year’s, the British Museum, and the British Library (January 23, 2018)
- Arizona! (April 29, 2018)
- Arizona Summer prep and Roses (May 13, 2018)
- The Beautiful Phoenix Zoo (June 12, 2018)
- The Phoenix Art Museum (Again) (June 22, 2018)
- Vegas, Baby! (July 1, 2018)
- Arizona is growing on me… up, up, and away (March 9, 2019)
- So many varieties of palm trees in the desert – Who knew? (August 25, 2019)
- Welcome to my wanders! (November 19, 2019)
- Point Defiance Park (October 21, 2020)
- The Alhambra! (March 22, 2021)
- Lakewold Gardens (March 13, 2023)
- Return to Malta… (March 25, 2023)
