Tai Chi at sunnylands

glass         display  at Sunnylands

January30 2016 Saturday

Friday was a very busy day, attended crafty ladies until 10:25 when Bill picked me up to get Hudson and Dina from the airport. We decided to go to the Thai Smile in Palm Springs for lunch. Then we decided to go and visit the people from BYC in Tram View. Doug and Rosemarie and Wanda and Rob were side by side, so we caught up on who sold what boat and how much and who wasn't coming down South.

Saturday I decided to try Tai Chi in the gardens at Sunnylands. Bill came too and read a book.

cabot museum

January 26 2016 Palm Desert

Things are coming back to normal-Kids are home with the rain. Hudson and Dina followed as Dina is getting botox 

 for her migraines. We took them to the airport and will pick them up Jan 29. We are back in time to go grocery shopping then Mexician train in the afternoon. Tuesday is plain air painting. We go to Cabots museum in Desert Hot Springs. A great place to paint. I go to the pool in the afternoon. Wednesday I think I will go to the living desert then the pool again in the afternoon.

legoland

legoland fun

Coronodo and legoland sorry for duplicate pictures busy busy

Gerry drives us to San Diego to the Cor

onodo hotel. We walk around then have a snack and drink on the patio. We take a walk on the beach too. We then leave for the  Legoland hotel.($140) What a place. Our room have a pirate theme. Madison must go swimming. Supper in the hotel was reasonable. Breakfast was on the house a big buffet so we filled up. Everything was available. Next we went to Legoland ($88 each included the aquarium)we had many different rides  (boats, cars and rollercoasters. It was not busy so no line ups one could go as often as you wanted. We left at closing under a beautiful sunset. A fun place to go. Back to Palm Desert around 9pm everyone slept well.

hiking Henderson trail

family time

living desert

January 17 Sunday 2016

Sorry I haven't posted but have been busy with family. They arrived Wednesday, this time I was ready for them with chilli and even jello all made. Madison couldn't wait to go swimming. They go every day as it is freezing cold back home so the daily sunshine was much appreciated. They had fun climbing our grapefruit and orange trees. I bought season tickets for the Living Desert and I can take the kids as often as I want. I took Gerry, Carter and Madison on a 3 mile hike on the Henderson trail in Santa Rosa. Today Gerry took the kids for an over nighter at his mothers. Carter can not wait to play golf there. We are planning a trip to Lego land in Carlsbad north of San Diego. We are having a hard time with the deflated Canadian dollar.(only 68.77)

plain air painting at Villa Royal Inn & train set up living desert

Villa Royal Inn

plain air painters at Villa Royal Inn

Painting done at Villa Royal ( not finished)

train garden living desert

 g-gage

January 12 Tuesday 2016

Today I did something new to me, I attended a plain air painting a group of people meet and we take our own paints and canvas and all did our own painting. We meet at Villa Royal Inn – a 1947 establishment with many pools and court yards. Once the home of Sonya Henie a film star and olympic figure skater. There is also a European restaurant opened Wed- Sun. A very large place with 31 rooms. We stayed until 1pm I came back home and Bill and I went to the Living Desert for a couple of hours.