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As the sign says Roger's Gardens has nursery, patio, landscape, home accents, gifts, and holiday items.  The Farmhouse is a restaurant located within Roger's Gardens.  The restaurant is fantastic.  Reservations are a good idea. The real beauty of the place are the many paths wondering through the nursery. There are so many little gems like the Farmhouse Restaurant in Newport Beach, it is fun to have a blog to show them off.

What is more perfect than a milkshake and the ocean in the background.  Ruby's Shake Shack is on Pacific Coast Highway between Corona del Mar and Laguna Beach.  On a sunny Calif day the view is perfect.  If you are vacationing in the area you must stop by. So if you find yourself driving down the Pacific Coast Highway save room for a milkshake.  Ruby's is the perfect place to stop.

I love Disneyland.  Everyone feels like kid again here.  We were at Disneyland yesterday during the time of the eclipse.  Everyone was either putting on their special glasses to view the event or the were working on seeing the shadow effects.  We didn't have special glasses but a very nice family from Uath let us use their special glasses. The small hole was showing the shadow effect better than the larger hole.  It was fun being in a crowd experiencing the eclipse. I enjoy Disneyland very much always have always will.  Here are some more photos of disneyland yesterday. Not sure if I have already mentioned before in an earlier post, but I love benches.  So of course another photo. More later!

 I went on a fantastic tour of JPL / NASA in La Cañada - Flintridge area.  It was a three hour tour - we covered a lot of territory and hiked a lot of stairs.  My body had a wonderful workout, as well as a mental workout.  The work they are accomplishing at JPL is awe-inspiring.  JPL has scaled models of many of their projects on display for the public.  Impressive!!  I highly recommend scheduling a tour if you haven't already experienced it.  And I count it as a workout.

Beautiful!! Yosemite is life changing in its beauty.  I recommend to anyone coming to California to drive through.  It is magical seeing it in person.  It is a perfect place to camp, hike, stroll and just be.  I haven't been to very many National Parks but I don't see how anything could be more breathtaking. I have posted a picture of Half Dome.  It looks a little squished in my post but the beauty of the place comes through.  As you walk through Yosemite Village you have to remind yourself to look up.  Yosemite Village is completely surrounded by spectacular mountains.  So when you stop and look up it takes your breath away. I enjoy writing posts about great places to go in California.  Yosemite is one of them.  I'm just going to add a few more pictures. This is a picture of the mist trail. No words are needed here.

Laguna Beach is such a charming place.  Today I was able to join three swimming friends of mine for lunch at Las Brisas Restaurant on Cliff Drive.  As the street implies, it is on the cliffs and has a beautiful view.  The food and service was very good and in August the weather is perfect for sitting outside and enjoying the beach.  So a wonderful Sunday to enjoy the California Coast. Tomorrow, I plan to have pictures from my walking path.  After lunch with friends, exercise is next on the calendar.

This photo is a picture of Avalon Harbor, green pier and swim float.  I thought it would be fitting to start my first blog with a picture of water, a beach, a pier,  and palm trees all on a romantic island. I have been lucky enough to go to Avalon every summer since I was 5 years old.  I met my husband in Avalon.  So, first blog picture is of Avalon, Catalina Island. Catalina, is an island off the coast of Southern California, about 27 miles from the mainland. This photo shows the bay from the walk up to the bell tower.  You can see private boats moored with the owners enjoying summer.  I've been told that Avalon resembles the mediterranean seaside towns.  After traveling to the Italian coast last year for the first time, I completely agree. So, this is my first post.