Flowers On My Porch Surprise

I came home this evening and found these pretty flowers on my porch. I had just seen a male friend of mine who lives around the corner. We had a good chat. We both were off for bike rides. When I came back from my bike ride I found the flowers. I wasn't sure if they were from him, so I called and asked and he said yes. He grew them in his garden. He really has a green thumb. Nice to get a surprise on my doorstep.

Sunset Over Glass Beach In May

The sunset this evening was wonderful. Nice and cool by the ocean, too.

Another Big Red Rose

This rose was almost the size of a dinner plate, seriously. It was beautiful.

Pretty Flowers At Our Library

Another Purple Flower

Lots of purple flowers growing in town.

About My Vegetarian Meals

My meals I make are sometimes quite "gross" according to a certain teenager I know. But I am going more for making easy meals at this stage of my life. They are still nutritious and they are not very costly, so there you have it. (The above mentioned teenager makes their own meals, so they don't have to worry about my grossness, LOL)

Vegetrarian Chicken Strip "Panini"

I took some Morningstar Chicken Strips and fried them up in a little oil. Put them on some whole wheat bread and fried it a little, put some veggie cheese on it and then I took it and put it on the Foreman Grill for a few moments. It turned out well. I am dipping it in lite ranch as it could be a bit dry. I think next time I will use sourdough bread and just grill it in the pan and it ought to taste much better. One day I want one of those Panini pans though.

Heat Wave Vanishing

Today is not as hot as yesterday. I loved the nice breeze out. I am so grateful to live in this town with the cooler weather. After yesterdays unusual heat wave I am so glad to have cooler weather coming back.

Purple Beauty In Yard - Iris flower

I saw this out my kitchen window and had to get a close up. Beautiful. :-) I love mother nature.

Glass Beach Finds

These are my blue glass and other broken plate pieces from years back found at Glass Beach by digging in the sand (along with some little shells and a wheat penny). It is difficult to find many blue pieces as that seems to be the favorite color of glass people collect to do artwork. It still is fun to sift through the sand and find little things from years ago since people used to dump their stuff in the ocean years ago and now years later you can find some interesting things here. (I added the little rhinestones in the center of the little plate.)

Women Living In Cars

I read a report about women living in cars. The women they showed were 54 and 67. They both just couldn't afford a home anymore, so they took to living in their cars. This is so sad that these things go on. Well, I know people are homeless all over the USA and some just sleep outdoors and don't even own a car. But this report I saw was about middle class women who just couldn't afford their homes any longer so they had to give them up and are now homeless. I hope something happens to change our US economy for the better so more people can have at least a place to live.

Vegetarian Salad Meal - Easy

Today was very hot out for my town. We usually have cool weather and any heatwave is really noticed by us. For us a heat wave is 74 degrees in the house, LOL. Anyway, today I had a salad meal.

To Make It: Take already prepared salad, add some chopped bbq tofu, some veggie cheese, garbonzo beans, cherub tomatoes and add some salt and pepper and a little lite ranch dressing. A tasty meal and easy to make. That's the way I like to prepare meals - easy. :-)

Skunk Train On Way To Forest

Here is a steam engine leading the Skunk Train to the forest. I went on a trip with my brother and his kids and my kids. It was a fun trip. You even get to go through this long tunnel. The kids had a whoopee cushion and tried in out in the dark tunnel and yes it was funny. You arrive at a place called Northspur and can buy many little trinkets there and have lunch there, too. A great trip to go on if you visit Fort Bragg.

Easy Cole Slaw Veggie Burger Recipe

I bought these Wild Wood Organic Tofu-Veggie Burgers at the Health Food Store. I fried them up on medium for about 5 minutes or so, I put a little lite mayo on one half of the whole grain wheat bread, put some cole slaw on the other half and served it with a pickle. Very easy to make and it tasted almost like a Fish Burger. Delicious.

What It's Like To Be Fifty

Well, to tell you the truth, I never really could even imagine reaching this age. I don't really feel fifty. I am in good health, so far, knock on wood. I exercise most days. I eat healthy. I don't really have many aches and pains and if I do get some, I try to ignore them and distract myself by focusing on other stuff. I do have some good memories. I raised two kids as a single parent. Their dad did visit them through the years which was a good thing for them, too. We both tried to be civil with each other through the years and that was great for the kids.

I have good memories of places I have traveled to. I did many things in my younger years such as dancing into the late hours of the morning, attending plays, concerts and going to amusement parks like Disneyland. I have had some good friends in my time. I still have some good friends.

I don't conform to most other fifty year old stuff. I have hair down to my waist and wear jeans most of the time. I like modern top 40 music. I think it is fun to stay young at heart. I am not really a hippie, although people might think I was to look at me. I just want to mostly do my own thing and I have to continue to let go of what other people think.

At fifty I decided to be more of myself and speak up more. So far so good. Maybe this blog will help me speak up, too. And there is more to being fifty, but that is all I could think of at the time. Yeah, the old memory takes a while to kick in at this age, too.

How Did I Get To Fort Bragg Since I Was Born In Buffalo?

Well, I was born in Buffalo, New York. We moved to Miami when I was 8. We moved from Miami to Los Angeles when I was 9. We lived there until I was 17. We moved back to Buffalo and I stayed there till I was 20. I moved to Ventura, California at age 20. Stayed in Ventura until I was 36. Then I moved to Fort Bragg as I have an older brother who lives in Albion near here and it was nice to live by him. Our kids got to play together when they were little, too. When we were growing up my older brother and I said, "One day our kids will play together, won't that be neat?" And so it was. And that is how I got to Fort Bragg.

Fort Bragg Friendly Seagulls

Pretty Flowers Outside Inn

Lots of pretty flowers grow outside Inn's and Motels here. There are plenty of places to stay here. Just have to make reservations at the holiday times.

Skunk Train And Fort Bragg Buildings On Main Street

May Flowers I Saw Today