Monthly Archives: May 2008

You don’t have to run to the high desert now. The poppies are gracing the roadways.

This beautiful Mother’s Day Bouquet arrived here a bit ago. Between the roses and the sweet peas and the lilacs the house is filled with the fragrance of love.

It was a hot walk up to the hacienda from the caretaker’s cottage. And to step into the deep shade of the hacienda’s porches was a welcome relief. After a long hot day on the cattle range it must have … Continue reading →

In all our travels it’s always seemed to me that the real ‘sense’ of a place or time often happens with the small things like this old hat on a wall.

The Leo Carrillo ranch is home to many, many of these beautiful birds with their screaming calls.

The Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park in Carlsbad is a pleasant place to take a leisurely stroll into early California. Carrillo was ‘Pancho’ in the popular 1950s television series ‘The Cisco Kid’. The ranch was, at the time he owned … Continue reading →