Happy you got to visit out this way, have good weather and experience the wonderful market. I love to recognize landmarks in pictures, or something that jogs a memory about places I’ve been. Glad the pic sparked pleasant memories, Linda.
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Apropos of something that popped up in a thread just now, and actually everywhere, all the time, I am just so everlastingly grateful my name’s not Karen!! For those of you who may have that name, my sympathies. I’d immediately become a Kari, I think. (Had a good friend named Karen, always thought it was a pretty name, and am dismayed it got hijacked.) But the meme is here to stay, I think, and forever…that said, since it’s taken hold, everyone knows immediately the intent, and it is a funny phenomenon, albeit at the expense of Karen’s everywhere.
I also have a name that is frequently used with an alliterative adjective that serves as a perjorative, and (mildly) irritates me when my friends use it. Similar to Chatty Cathy, but different name & letter of the alphabet 
Ok, got that off my chest - whew. Time for a glass of wine now! It’s all good. 
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that is so amazing! where are you located? I remember seeing black bear behind the Yosemite National Park’s restaurant in 1968 . They were friendly and were peeping at us as we dined.
My baby Luna just. had bilateral patellar subluxation surgery commonly found as congenital defect in Pomeranians , esp female and smaller breed, Here is a video of her at PT under water treadmill. My god, it cost $100/30 minutes session but she had only 2 sessions, each lasting 5 and 6 minutes and she got tired. So, I had some credit given… Well, it is not allowing me to upload as it is a video.
I suspect they were friendly because people were feeding them and they are looking for more handouts.
Personally I would not go in bear country without a .44 magnum. I did a little research and the best way to stop a charging bear is well placed .44 rounds to the nose. Good luck with that.
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That was taken at my cabin in Wisconsin in the Chequamegon National Forest.
The mother started bringing the her two cubs and would lounge around. I believe the mother has since been killed but the cubs have been doing fine. A few months ago I was watching them relax and play when they became suddenly alert. A few minutes later a male came out of the trees and the cubs scampered up a tree and out onto a branch. The male was too big to follow so he lounged beneath their trees for a long time then moved on. Shortly thereafter the cubs came down and wandered on too. 
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An unannounced surprise awaited me on the porch this morning, courtesy of our kind neighbor.
The pattern on the rim of the bowl tells me who left these darling tomatoes. @gcaggiano, you’ll see that Corelle is having a moment in my neighborhood!
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What a truly lovely surprise.
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Thankfully not a grocery-sized bag of zucchini, which is what usually appears on porches right around now in New England. 
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LOL, this is so true!
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I may eat on Corelle tonight again to keep it going.
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Lock down started today. No cycling from tomorrow for me.
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Oh no! Sorry to hear this. Is cycling prohibited in order to maintain social distancing?
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It’s curfew. No one is allowed out. Factory workers get a licence but that’s all. I’ll get one chance to go out, to get the second dose of vaccine though.
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Your government really takes things seriously. In the USA many people would have a fit! At least some are about waring masks. I can only imagine how they would respond to a curfew. I see you are from Sir Lanka. My husband and I were just last night trying to decided where we should travel to when we can. For some reason I threw Sir Lanka out there as an idea. Maybe because I had a few friends from Sir Lanka. They were very kind people and I loved their Mom’s cooking. If they and their Mom’s food are in anyway representative of Sir Lanka I’m bound to enjoy myself. I understand it is beautiful. Anyway, I’m enjoying reading your website. We will not be traveling anytime soon but should we decide on Sir Lanka, I’m sure I will have found it useful. Thank You.
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I think your autocorrect might be sabotaging you. It’s Sri Lanka. Not Sir.
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Castellón is our next adventure. (north of Valencia autononomous region).
We shall be departing Valencia City early Sunday morning.
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Sure, lets blame auto correct. That is a kind assumption on your part but I think I was just not paying attention. I’m going to blame the weed laced piece of chocolate I ate.
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I thought it would be better to blame technology than anything you yourself did. I guess blaming chemistry is just as good, though!
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Isn’t blame avoidance what makes the world go ‘round? 
I’m lost understanding why I commit so many typographical and grammatical errors anymore. It’s as if I’m steadily returning to my teachers everything they ever taught me. I claim to be ESL without a primary language.
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You can take Iowa out of the kid, but not the kid out of Iowa?
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