Life is a Journey

Marmalade, Monrovia and DCA...what could those three things possibly have in common. Nothing really, except that we did them all in one day. I shall explain, Grasshopper. First of all, I few weeks ago, I watched an old episode of California's Gold and learned about a family run operation that makes marmalades, jams and jellies. It is called E. Waldo War & Son and their claim to fame is that they've made these delectable delights for over a century and they offered tours so you could see how it was done. It sounded interesting to me so I looked them up online and then convinced my roommate that we needed to check it out, LOL. I put their info into my GPS and off we went. When we arrived, we were a bit confused since we ended up in a residential area and could find no sign in sight indicating that we were at the right place. We saw a couple of gentlemen and asked them if they knew anything about it and they told us to walk up the driveway towards the back of the pro...

I apologize for the lack of posts. I think my life is finally getting back to normal now. I still have a few boxes to unpack but I have to make room for those items so until that happens I will have a stack of boxes in the corner. Of course, you can do your part and help me by checking out my ebay auctions , LOL. OK, so I took a break from packing (before the move) and joined up with some cousins at Library Park in Monrovia for a free concert in the park. I went two Sundays in a row and really enjoyed being outside under the trees, listening to music. Upon arrival, I spotted this very cool statue of Mark Twin at one end of the Park. We began walking towards the other end of the park to find the bandstand... I fell in love with this giant tree and took at least 5 photos of it. What do we have here? A pig! On a leash! Turns out her name is Sweet Pea and she comes to the park on a regular basis. We found the bandstand....now to find our cousins! We had a good time so ...