Sharing WC pictures

 

Beautiful old Victorian home.


We have lots of the smaller cruise ships just offshore. They have no passengers and are just station keeping locally. They can only come in to port to fuel and re-supply the ship because the unvaccinated crew come from countries that don’t have a large supply of vaccine. 


 

This home has an open sleeping porch. Before A/C they had fans and porches during hot weather. The kid in me would absolutely adore sleeping in the open air right by the beach. The Dictator says, Yeah, but we’d be miserable with allergies if we did that. Oh well. 


Gardeners were working here and the gate was open so I snuck a peak of this fabulous garden. Nice. 


Dusty reacting to a coyote on the back hill. I’ve seen videos where they can easily jump a 6 foot fence. We’ve extended our fence to 8 feet but we still limit his access to the yard. If he goes one of us goes, too. The only time I’ve seen one run away in fear is when the gardener is using a power weed whacker. 


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  1. speded2 (Jeanne)October 28, 2021 at 7:53 PM

    Beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. MamieAllieOctober 29, 2021 at 4:50 AM

    I love those old victorian houses and especially the ones that have been cared for. We have a few around here that have been left to fall apart. That always makes me sad. Great pictures!

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  3. OneKidsMomOctober 29, 2021 at 1:59 PM

    Crisp, clear... love the photos! Three dimensional, autumn pics!

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  4. BarbNovember 2, 2021 at 4:42 PM

    Thank you for sharing those stories and the beautiful pictures!

    barb
    1crazydog

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