SWCAMBORNE

Mine:

Gene’s:

Draw your own conclusions.

Simon

“When you make a mistake, admit it immediately and emphatically.”

Dale Carnegie

In the lovely small apartment of Elizabeth B. (the honored mother of Gene) is a collection of building art.

postage stamps for scale

Each one of them is a reproduction of one of the historic buildings around Richmond Hill, GA. She bought them over the years from various fund raising groups and they make a very nice display.

Front

back

I haven’t seen anything like them in the Pasadena area. I suspect they would make a very good fund raiser for the historic society or Pasadena Heritage or even Mothers Club. The one’s she has were made by several outfits in the East the best were from Shepherd’s Heart Foundation in Salem, Ohio.

Rebecca was driving in Yellowstone National Park today and it snowed.  It reminded her of a line from John McPhee’s book Rising from the Plains:

In Wyoming they have a saying “If summer falls on a weekend let’s have a picnic.”

Last week I spent three days at Gene’s Dive Resort.

the Resort

It is “All Inclusive” so I gained a few pounds and had a wonderful time. We dove two days for fossilized sharks teeth and actually found some.

teeth I found

the marsh by the fossil deposits

The tide is flowing at about 3 knots so you have to wear a lot of extra weights just to stay in place on the bottom.

The well equipped dive shop

Resort truck and boat in the background

Another spectacular Georgia Sunset

What is the name of this plant?

It grows profusely in cultivated beds:

If you know the name email me or click on the comment link below. I’m planning to add it to my tropical garden.

Should I offer a prize?
Thanks

“Interest rates aren’t a policy instrument to protect unwise lenders from the consequences of their unwise decisions.”

Mervyn King

Governor of the Bank of England

August 8, 2007

as quoted in the WSJ 

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Unknown

This year the Crepe Myrtles in our area are exceptionally beautiful.  Here are a selection of photos that I took while driving from the post office to Starbucks yesterday:

Median 

front yard

My favorite color 

In Glendora 

in a back yard 

A stunning white bloom

There are a few theories floating around about why the bloom is better this year.  All I know is that it is wonderful to see all of these flowering trees.  Life is good.

We did some other things when we were in England like visiting Cambridge

And when it wasn’t raining I took some pictures and have posted the best of them on Flickr.