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Yorba Linda Country Club, California

 

The funny thing about Southern California is while it is usually 90 degrees on Christmas it can very easily be cloudy and a cool 65 degrees on the first day of Summer vacation. Newscasters around here like to call it ‘June Gloom’. But it never stops my kids from diving right in to Summer.

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SkyWatch Friday

 
Orange County, California
It was game 3 of the Little League playoff championship and we came prepared to show our spirit. While our Tucker warmed up for the big game, Jack was put in charge of decorating the stands.  And this big brother is just as invested in this baseball team as Tucker. He has [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

8: 47 PM ~ Newport Beach, California
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It was a long shot. Literarily. A photo taken on faith.
It was all but totally dark, and I stood on the Newport pier next to the night fisherman setting up for the evening. As I watched them cast their lines with glowing lures to guide the way I [...]

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PhotoTalk: Stamp of (dis)Approval

Ronald was sure his European stamp collection would impress the lay-dees.
He couldn’t understand why his penpal stopped writting after he sent her this photo.

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Family Field Trip: Melrose Ave. and Coles

This weekend we ventured out on another Family Field Trip. It has been a while since Little League, tennis, soccer and the damn pig have consumed our weekends the last few months. And since The Husband was back from Korea and off to Guatamala this week- we thought we should make the most of our [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

Brea, California
Originally I took this photo because The Husband’s name is Edward. And after I looked at the image later, I realized I had captured a pretty nice California sky as well.
I love it when something good, turns into something better.
Sorta like The Husband come to think of it.
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Happy SkyWatch to all my fellow friends with their [...]

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PhotoTalk: And she knew it too.

Anthony always thought Maria was his mother’s favorite.
But when mother allowed her to stand on the new sofa for the photo, it confirmed it.
 
 

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SkyWatch Friday

 
Disneyland ~ Anaheim, California

While visiting the park last week, I looked up and noticed the parade float toppers were Mickey and Minnie inflatables. Which both made for a nearly irresistible photo opportunity given the deliciously cloudy sky as a back drop. And when the Mickey shaped confetti started to fall, I clicked away at furious [...]

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SkyWatch Friday: More from Avalon, California

Just a few more shots from Catalina Island (last week)…I can’t help myself!

Sometimes when you take shot, you really don’t know what you have until you upload it at home. This little birdie surprised me by showing up in the frame….but he makes a lovely model don’t you think? Okay maybe just ONE more from [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

 

Avalon, Catalina Island
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On an early morning walk along the coast of this island which is only 22 miles off the coast of Southern California and yet, worlds away. There are certain times in my life, actual moments when I feel as if I am turning a corner. I feel as if I have passed a [...]

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PhotoTalk: Supper anyone?

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The Vinci triplets thought this rehearsal super the night before the wedding was a total bore.
As Uncle Simon served the bread, Philip starred at his glass of water trying to turn it into wine.
Mathew prayed it would be over soon.
And Tommy remembered back to simpler times before Dad meet his devoutly Catholic soon-to-be second wife [...]

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PhotoTalk: His Pink Dream

It had always been Ronald’s dream to be the pinkest, furriest Easter Bunny in the parade.
This was the year his dreams came true.
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A note about the PhotoTalk series: I have received plenty of emails asking where I find these photos and if these are part of my ‘bizzare family’. So I thought I [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

Fullerton, California
The old Fox Theater sign. I wonder just how many more years it will hang on up there.
Fighting the wind, rain and a world where going the movies is no longer glamorous.
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PhotoTalk: You call THAT a cake?

 

Tayna was just very hard to please.
She hated all her presents too.
This was Tayna’s last birthday party.
The next year her mother gave up and just gave her cash.

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PhotoTalk: Just being honest

Ever since Erin had her baby, her girlfriends thought she was becoming really two-faced.

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PhotoTalk: He IS heavy. He’s my brother.

Kathryn can still remember the day her back problems started.

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PhotoTalk: Harold’s commitment to comedy

Claire was not impressed with Harold’s ‘look-at-me-I-am-dead’ April Fools joke in the pool.
After 10 minutes she began to wonder.
After 20 minutes she took a photo.
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Side note: I hate April Fool’s Day. I think pranks are cruel and the lowest form of comedy.
Just like I tell my kids- "if you are trying to be funny, and [...]

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PhotoTalk: Sophie’s Wish

No matter how hard Sophie wished, HER twin never appeared.
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Do you have shoe boxes of old photos like these?
I used SCAN MY PHOTOS recently and had 1000 photos scanned in less than an hour.
So scan your shots and send the interesting ones to me and I may use for my next PhotoTalk post!

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SkyWatch Friday

Los Angeles, California
See that gray fuzz at towards the bottom of the sky? Yeah that’s what So Cal people call ‘haze’ which is just a euphemism for SMOG. But still a lovely Los Angeles Skyline, taken while driving fast on the 101 freeway. Hey some people risk their lives bungee jumping or climbing Mt. Everest; [...]

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Brea, California
Hard to believe a sign like this is almost already a sign from our past. I can hear myself now: “yes, kids. Once upon a time your mommy went to a whole store to by CD’s. It was called Tower Records, only they didn’t even sell records there when she was little. Just CDs. [...]

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AlbumTalk: Dance Party in High Fidelity

The dynamic duo Mike & Bob were hired for an album cover.
And the creative meeting went a little something like this….

Mike: So Bob what are you thinking about for that Dance Party album cover? A shot of a dance in a gym? Or maybe a basement shot with some teenagers dancing?
Bob: I’m thinking POOL. [...]

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PhotoTalk: Grin and Bear it.

Elsie’s pig husband handed her the camera and said "do you think you could get one decent picture of me- or are you too stupid for that too?"
Suddenly Elsie had a lot on her mind.
Take the photo or warn her husband?
Decisions. Decisions.
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In the end she was happy she had a nice photo to use at [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

Last week we a bit of rain, which brought in some dramatic clouds.
Clouds that I ordinarily would not have photographed- because I would have been snug indoors staying out of the bad weather. But Little League season has started- and so that was not an option for this mom. I was there for the whole [...]

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PhotoTalk: Beat the devil at his own game

"When Father O’Riley asked Margaret Ann to take over the new Sunday School class he probably should have asked what she had planned."

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SkyWatch Friday

In Southern California we have an old Marine Corps Air Station right in the heart of Orange County. And several years ago (2002) it was decided to turn this HUGE area into a nature preserve/family activity spot to be enjoyed by all the residents of Orange County and beyond. And some genius probably being paid [...]

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PhotoTalk: How to be special

Bobby over heard his parents say his favorite cousin Michael had to wear a helmet all the time now because of a ‘condition’ and something about how ’special’ he was.
Bobby knew exactly what he would do at the next family get together.
He wore a helmet too.
That made them both special.

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PhotoTalk: The friendship that ended over Jello.

Erma knew that Minnie was bringing a Jello mold to the pot luck, but she brought one too. And her’s had fruit floating in it. Who could compete with floating fruit?
When Minnie asked Erma why she brought the same dish to the party she just smiled and said "Oh honey, they aren’t the same! Mine [...]

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PhotoTalk: She only had one chore

Mary was always mixing up her brother’s stroller for the lawn mower.
Mary was special.

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PhotoTalk: Rosalynn makes it perfectly clear.

Rosalynn never intended to marry Paul.
And she knew along that he intended to marry her.
But Rosalynn was actually fond of Paul’s older brother Tony, who had plans of being a photographer.
So when Tony turned around from the front and said said "let me get a photo of the happy couple!", Rosalynn decided this [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

While riding the tram from the parking lot to the entrance of Disneyland I could not resist the sign, the palm trees, the sunshine and the blue, blue clear sky.
Disney announced lay-offs amidst restructuring this week. Which makes me sad and worried for my friends at Disney…..so this one is for you.
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