It's Almost That Time Again

 

Some time ago I was given this book,
which was published in 1956.

A few scenes remind me of sabbatical travels with my siblings and parents or with my husband and children, but mostly it is an entertaining piece from the past.

I am guessing a lot of people speak English, 
but I hope to learn a bit of Dutch.

It is not as much like Danish as I would have guessed.

I think our next year away will be different since we won't have any children with us, but maybe they will come visit! 

Masks

This was in the newspaper.

This is how the article starts.

Thanks to the medical people D. works with, we became people in the A) category.

One more was added after this picture was taken.

 

We have been both been using these masks.

D. personalized his.

Different Neighborhood

Once a week and friend and I walk, hike, or bike. We usually take the same route each time because it is easy, but this time we tried something new.

We went up a steep street and then went
down along each and every side street.

There were lots of fancy homes and cool front doors, but I was glad I didn't live there and have to ride up that hill each day.

from Google Maps
As we turned around one cul-de-sac I wondered why
there was a big chunk of rocky concrete in a mini island.

I hadn't noticed anything when we first passed it.

Looking closer we could see a shield

and an explanatory plaque.

"Guanajuato Drive

Named in honor

of Claremont's sister city

Guanajuato, Mexico

Dedicated to the advancement 

Of international goodwill

December 10, 1963"

I thought it was interesting and unusual and was surprised I could not find anything online about it. It was a bit of serendipity on our morning outing.

One more bonus was finding a new-to-me concrete stamp.

Coffee

 

I just finished some coffee brought
by a teacher visiting from Panama.

That's ok because I have some coffee brought
as a gift from a friend visiting from Seattle.

I do have instant coffee because I want
something quick (and quiet) at 5 a.m. before I run.

We have this for mocha cookies.

D. won this in a raffle basket.

I bought this before being given lots of coffee.

I bought this at TJ because I loved having illy overseas,
but I didn't realize it was ground coffee. Now this container
has beans that are the same as the bag in the picture above. 

So much coffee for someone who just started drinking it just over ten years ago.

Scenes from a Walk

I knew there were horses on this property
but had never seen goats before.

Just because

Little book library, little art supply library, little farmers market library.

This is a mystery to me.

These two signs are at the same intersection,
this one on the NE corner and the one above
on the SW corner. Why are they different
colors? Why is one Street and one Drive?

 

Change on Campus

In December 2020 Claremont Graduate University shared this information.

The university has announced one of the largest gifts in its nearly 100-year history—$14 million—from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in San Bernardino County to purchase the Huntley Bookstore building and establish an innovative, multi-disciplinary health research center serving vulnerable populations in the Inland Empire and Indian Country.

Our family has purchased computers at Huntley and whatever school supplies we needed at the last minute. Sometimes I bought non-Pomona College paraphernalia as gifts and once in a while I bought an actual book at the bookstore. College students probably use electronic textbooks or order online these days.

From Google Maps
I won't miss the weird bike racks on the left.

I will miss the mid-century font out front,

which is already gone.

 

You can check out a couple dozen old photos here (scroll down to see more than the first one).

Life Gives Me Lemons

 

In the neighborhood,

in the village,

and on campus.

Life gives me oranges (in the neighborhood)

and grapefruits, too.
This is outside the school gate.