California Dreamin' . . .

<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you, but the weather is getting me down. First we had the arctic blast a couple of weeks ago, now there are tornadoes in the forecast. And the utter and complete devastation in Haiti is horrific and almost unimaginable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">At times like these, I could use some diversions.  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKmsc2TXuNR-jH7Bfy56emKEW_IJxkPFZtK0Uc1aHEOjdF2RwJRkwxAUEdl5pdeukYnjL7-TRDrb3oJ7_k9qMnOzzam2vqtH1aX_GIWCVUk3Is9-E4oP8V_NEYWqC4PNJEiLup5WQOsA/s1600-h/l1070290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKmsc2TXuNR-jH7Bfy56emKEW_IJxkPFZtK0Uc1aHEOjdF2RwJRkwxAUEdl5pdeukYnjL7-TRDrb3oJ7_k9qMnOzzam2vqtH1aX_GIWCVUk3Is9-E4oP8V_NEYWqC4PNJEiLup5WQOsA/s400/l1070290.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>Ornamental fruit tree blossoms from blogger <a href="http://slimpaley.com/">Slim Paley</a>'s Southern </i></span><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>California garden before the floods came.</i></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU4wPZ7MaKzNT34j6W24sU3r96XbT886qsp1ugr16emISpppQH4s5OC3GZikWlcoFlm4i4qUcHVAuLd68RbMsrh86CGnqv5PNhi7HRQFsbN4cAHfaEWewDYukzQ5Ht0-9FwySU5oPnlU/s1600-h/kitchen-set2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU4wPZ7MaKzNT34j6W24sU3r96XbT886qsp1ugr16emISpppQH4s5OC3GZikWlcoFlm4i4qUcHVAuLd68RbMsrh86CGnqv5PNhi7HRQFsbN4cAHfaEWewDYukzQ5Ht0-9FwySU5oPnlU/s400/kitchen-set2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> Recognize this? It's the kitchen of Nora Walker (Sally Field) from the show </i></span><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Brothers and Sisters (set in Cali and filmed there).</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Namely pretty pictures. Delicate flowers, interesting art, beautiful interiors. Some of my favorites at the moment come from sunny California. Of course, California is flooding right now . . . another victim of Mother Nature. What the @!#!@$?!!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3mF8fvgBsHzC6W23Yql0o0_oDf6s4FnN8ubBeyTV8PvHQN0gLBQBuR-9OOSSDoRppagoN0ZrzZPf9NOXmQd6amrajZSFSsECA2AW9v3fMHG6uDvIKrS857cbLHBzos_j8-u7-dfqabg/s1600-h/6a00e54fe9de5c883301053716a02b970b-320wi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3mF8fvgBsHzC6W23Yql0o0_oDf6s4FnN8ubBeyTV8PvHQN0gLBQBuR-9OOSSDoRppagoN0ZrzZPf9NOXmQd6amrajZSFSsECA2AW9v3fMHG6uDvIKrS857cbLHBzos_j8-u7-dfqabg/s400/6a00e54fe9de5c883301053716a02b970b-320wi.png" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMiOblhNryD1AnLLW1K9XsX_WCOnlTbnYTGm1D5SduFTUhyphenhypheno1RZRPVNInYQIi1gHqgOGEQD59UcpJdGPY30yM-WRSClCrBYnRQBpBp3XfqDh_74WYFm0UHo891a7KC1BmnkIQ95Dg8kI/s1600-h/6a00e54fe9de5c883301116850f6f0970c-320wi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMiOblhNryD1AnLLW1K9XsX_WCOnlTbnYTGm1D5SduFTUhyphenhypheno1RZRPVNInYQIi1gHqgOGEQD59UcpJdGPY30yM-WRSClCrBYnRQBpBp3XfqDh_74WYFm0UHo891a7KC1BmnkIQ95Dg8kI/s400/6a00e54fe9de5c883301116850f6f0970c-320wi.png" /></a><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">California interior designer Katie Leede's work. Just pretty. Ahh.</span></i><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are you dreaming of on such a winter's day? </span><br /></div><br />Photos: <a href="http://slimpaley.com/">Slim Paley</a>, <a href="http://www.subzero.com/livingkitchen/lifestyle/friendsdetail.aspx?tid=6&fid=7">Subzero.com</a> and <a href="http://digsbykatie.com/">digsbykatie.com</a>

California Dreamin' . . .

I don't know about you, but the weather is getting me down. First we had the arctic blast a couple of weeks ago, now there are tornadoes...

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