Day 4933: Lunch at Ruby's & DYK Sloths & Yayoi Kusama.

        

"Blooms": digital drawing.

        

  

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    Click: Shawn Mendez, Lost in Japan

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It used to be my habit, as a single lady, to occasionally go for a meal at a favorite restaurant, and take the book I was currently reading. I don't know, something about reading and eating at my own pace without interruptions seemed a win-win. I decided that it can be a habit again.

13102 Newport Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780  714-838-7829

I decided on Ruby's, a local old-fashioned diner. It even has an elevated train in motion above the dining room. Kids and parents love it, grandparents too.

I had the Super burger! Melted double Jack-pepper cheese, crisp lettuce, tomato, Ruby's Burger Sauce and sliced avocado. Served on grilled Parmesan sourdough.

The burger was better than the photo, it was so juicy, it was hard to hold together, but I managed. When I was done, the waiter cleared the table and since it was mid-afternoon and they weren't busy, I asked if I could read a bit more. He said, no problem at all. A lovely afternoon, no supper necessary. 

 

  

 

A 7 minute video, Yayoi Kusama, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Pin-tailed whydah

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Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

Day 4932: True Love & The Aardwolf.

"Sally said": junk collage, ink and digital.

                                                                       

  

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    Click: Perry Como, And I Love You Still.

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True Love 

Aunt Luella & Uncle Pete

I'm guessing that this photo was taken around 1980, when my Aunt Luella and Uncle Pete lived in Florida. Uncle Pete was my Mom's older brother, 9th of ten siblings. 

Uncle Pete & my Mom

Uncle Pete

She adored him, but so did most everybody. Aunt Luella and Mom were best friends. Uncle Pete's real name was Irvine, but I called him Pete, and it stuck. He grew up to be a farmer and he and the beautiful Luella together, could do everything and anything. They lived on and ran the large home farm for many years, it was during that time that they sometimes cared for me.

me and Uncle Pete

Later on they left the farm to build a beautiful craftsman home in the woods of Frankton. It looked like a home straight out of Sunset magazine, back then. Later they bought a three story office building in town that they managed. They renovated the attic and turned it into a terrific penthouse that I would love to live in, still.

When I was in collage they often drove me back to Muncie on a Sunday evening, to save Aunt Martha the drive, as she had to teach the next day. And when I was to be married, and had an upcoming wedding shower, she took me to A&P Grocery store and filled two shopping carts with everything she said I would need to have a pantry to start married life and cooking.

When Aunt Luella was in her eighties, I would often sleep overnight on her couch, loving hearing all the stories of their life together. When we were newly weds and visiting their perfect home, we drooled, and  wished we lived there. I remember Aunt Luella said, "don't be in a hurry. The time when you are getting to your goal are the best of times." Good advice and great memories.

  

Aardwolf

 

  

 

A 7 minute video, Bananas, here.

 

Just because ...

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 Tuesday's Smiles ... 

   

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.