My Everything Corner

I would probably still be out and about right now, but here in Palm Springs, CA at 6pm, it is very windy and rainy.  I'm not complaining.  We're enjoying some much needed down time from several very full days.  Today we wandered the shops of El Paseo.  It was a fun and interesting experience. There was plenty of beautiful art to appreciate and of course plenty that made you scratch your head.    I had never been to a European antique shop before and was amazed at the collection there.  There were beautiful pieces from over Europe, some dating back to the mid 18th century.  It was entertaining to overhear two women discuss spending an obscene amount of money on a set of benches. By obscene, I mean each bench would be the average price of a new car. Although, not the type of cars we kept seeing in that part of town, but regular, everyday vehicles that we, as fairly average Canadians would drive.  I really wanted to ask these two gals,...

After spending a lovely day with my family to celebrate my 40 th , we drove into the city in the evening to catch our flight to Palm Springs the next morning.   Towards the end of our short 2 hour drive, we were greeted by a lovely sunset.   This was just a quick snapshot off of my phone, but it didn’t do too terrible a job.   The next one is from aboard our flight of course.   I haven’t flown in years, so naturally I needed the pretty cloud shot.   For those of you that fly a lot, I’m sure this bores you to tears, but it’s a new scene for me, or as good as.   And really, what else are you going to do during a 3 hour flight?     What do you like to do to pass the time?   I’m not great at sitting.   I find it very uncomfortable.   I prefer to stand or lie down.   That aside, I broke up the flight with a bit of journaling, reading, taking and editing a few shots with my phone, and writing up this blip for my b...