Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was considered the “King” of California missions because of its large size. The first known pepper tree planted in California is found here. Mission San Luis Rey de Francis is a retreat center today.

after over 50 years of abandonment it has been fully restored.

the gardens, the roses had just been pruned and not blooming

the cemetery

the church

colorful painting done on the walls. it didn’t say if this copied the original colors.          this little book caught my eye. do you see the date.

a little history of the mission

as you know i love to visit the missions. we have only a few left we haven’t seen.  i remember my 4th grade teacher, mrs. simpson, taught us all about the missions. then gave us homework to build one. i loved it. of course my mother helped me. now i hear things are changing. i don’t necessary agree with the new views because i loved learning about the mission and as a fourth grader didn’t care about all the political stuff. they were a part of our history and using sugar cubes and popsicle sticks to me was a way for it to stick in my mind and create an interest.

SAN GABRIEL (CBSLA.com) – It’s lesson-over for a long-running education project in Southern California.The fourth grade requirement to build models of California missions is on its way to the history books.The California curriculum framework adopted last year states: “Building missions from sugar cubes or Popsicle sticks does not help students understand the period.”

so sad we have to be so politically correct nowadays.

stay tuned

we’re going to visit a cat lounge in downtown long beach soon

jilly

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thanks again kara for sharing your ‘lawrence welk resort’ timeshare in escondido with us.  in 2013, she also shared her timeshare in kauai  for our 51rst anniversary. we stayed a week that time.

Escondido (/ˌɛskənˈdiːdoʊ/ ES-kən-DEE-doh) is a city in San Diego County’s North County region, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of downtown San Diego, 11.5 miles from the ocean, and 35 miles from the Mexican border. … Incorporated in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County.

this is a big resort, with it’s own theater, shops, a very nice restaurant, golf courses, and swimming pools,

we had a very nice unit. it was as big as a small apt. with two fireplaces, a kitchen and a spa tub.

kara also treated us to a nice dinner and breakfast an the restaurant. the food and service were great. sundays breakfast came with a mimosa.

after breakfast we walked around and went in the shops. it was a beautiful morning. very relaxing.

we came upon this statue of lawrence welk.

what do you suppose we did?

you’re right we did.

we went back to our room, gathered up our stuff and i took one last picture of the view.

its amazing how just a couple of days getting away from home and all the everyday things, phone calls, opening mail, doing dishes, and so on, can bring such joy.

thank you kara for your thoughtfulness. we enjoyed sharing your timeshare.

on the way home we visited one of the last two missions we haven’t seen. mission san louis rey.

stay tuned, jilly

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this is kara, who signed up on her 80th birthday to the volunteer police department in long beach. she’s 83 now and still going strong. she enjoys it a lot and has an array of duties she performs. some of them listed here.  “way to go kara”.

the neighbors celebrated in her back yard the day she got her credentials. this was a big undertaking on her part. you are thorougthly checked out before you are excepted in.

sorry, this is very poor quality picture of a picture in the age well magazine. kara is at the top with the arrow. i wanted to show you there is a police force most people don’t even know about. they are keeping us safe in ways the police don’t always have the time or manpower to do.

in 2018 kara was presented a plaque for all the hours she put in that year.

your cities may have an edition of this magazine. it’s full of articles us seniors are interested in. check it out.

i don’t say it often enough, but thank you kara for taking on such an important area of  community volunteerism.  you are making a difference. more people should do the same. not me though. but hey ray didn’t you just turn 80?

i also want to thank you kara, for a relaxing two days at your timeshare in escondido last weekend. we had a great time and i’ll do a post on that next.

stay tuned,

love, jilly

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some of the things i’m grateful for – there are too many to list

i’m grateful and thankful for jerry for his support and love he’s provided for 57 years.

i’m grateful and thankful for our children and grand-children that have been a blessing, growing up with morals and convictions of good behavior.

i’m grateful and thankful for our extended family that keeps us in their thoughts and prayers.

i’m grateful and thankful for our friends that have given us many pleasant times and help with trying times.

i’m grateful and thankful for our pets that have given us so much unconditional love.

i’m grateful and thankful for the earth that takes care of us in ways we don’t always understand, and the beauty and joy it provides for our senses.

i’m grateful and thankful for times when we have good health and understand we have to experience pain to experience pleasure.

i’m grateful and thankful for all of you who bring me joy by leaving comments.

what are you grateful and thankful for?

“thank you – thank you – thank you”

“HAPPY NEW YEAR”

stay tuned for 2020 and some traveling

love, jilly

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