It is time to thin out the succulents! This is just one plant!
to keep them the size of an iceberg lettuce! 
There is a row of shrubs planted, 
"G** D*** It! We have been hit! I knew it!," the hubby exclaims with exasperation. He is trying to get out the door and he is late! Our policy is to paint out tagging immediately, at night, and even after rain, so he prepares to paint it out.
I think it says 'mother' he says. But when we look closer we realize it says Mothra!
It was thought out, out-lined, not really a tag! Hubby asks what is Mothra? "You know, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mothra," I say. I run back up to the house to get my camera. I snap pictures and the hubby snaps pictures.
View of Hodge Podge Lodge (tall juniper trees) from the Mystery House.
Nice garage door!
Landscaping begins!
My favorite view from the street below!
The railing has been installed yippee! Okay I am going for a visit as soon as I finish my cuppa (tea). When you enter through our front door onto the split level entry, you can see this house framed perfectly through a west facing window! We have been vary weary of new homes built in this area and are generally pleased with this one.
I must admit that I do not know the formal rules for table setting, however it seems that through the family I use the international style according to Mr. Eddie Ross, Martha Stewart's magazine editor. My desert fork might be facing the wrong way (it should be to the right) and maybe it should be below the spoon. Let's see...
Wow, I swear that I didn't peak. I'm missing a big spoon and I guess the fruit salad bowl should go where the bread and butter plate would be and the cup and saucer... Okay, here is a lesson on the table setting styles from Eddie Ross via the kitchn.
There is no shortage of role models of organization on flickr.
Huntington Road and Main Street, Alhambra
Lake Avenue and California Boulevard, Pasadena 
My Recipes is a site that shares recipes from magazines and other sites. I found them via Apartment Therapy's the kitchn (phew, link o rama). Anyway, I am going to make the Hot Cross Bun recipe. I am going to add some orange peel to it if I don't come across decent candied fruit at Albertsons! Wish me luck! It will follow up!
Wow! As good as it gets! Good thing I had my camera!
Hey Mum! What are you feeding your indoor plants?
Look, yes, that is a poinsettia in April! 
Check out these tea cozies that were knit by Jilly from New Zealand! The are tops! Wow! I came across them and some exquisite photos of New Zealand, Ireland and England taken by her husband Nigel on his flickr. I have always wanted to go to new Zealand after seeing a garden tour on the PBS show Victory Garden.
Buddha approves! Using a push mower is not so bad after all. First, I de-dog and pull the dandelions (usually not in the same day). We leave the clipping on the lawn to work as a fertilizer. I have cut down to watering the lawn twice each week (other areas less!), therefore we only need mow once or maybe twice each month.
Dig the blue Formica table. Check out the radio on the counter.
Yummy color! Eye spy with my little eye something beginning with "l".
Nice table! Nice rug!
Wow!
Book plate prints ready to go in contemporary glass frames, $30 each or three for $20 each.
Fun and groovey stuff!
Paul McCobb chairs swept up in an instant! The tulip table is in excellent shape!
Too good to be true! Teak and laminate desks $200 each! Delivered!
Well this seems to be a weekly occurrence. It is cheap and cheerful. I did splurge on a succulent from the 99.99 cents store!
Here is the other one.
