Aebleskiver for New Years Day breakfast!
waiting for The Hunchback of Notre Dame to start at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, March 5, 2023
waiting for The Hunchback of Notre Dame to start at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center in March 2023
Curtain call for another great show
I took a bunch of hummingbird photos on a rainy day in March
Getting some cioppino at the MB Grille
and a birthday sundae for dessert
Having some baramundi for lunch before going to the theater
Checking out the pond near the Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks
Curtain call for Ragtime, March 26, 2023. We enjoyed the show.
getting lunch at Mel's Drive-in, in Hollywood, April 22, 2023
a stop at the Ghirardelli shop in Hollywood
We were early, so went to check out the TCL Chinese Theatre
We finally got to see Riverdance, a few years after the show we were going to see was canceled by Covid-19. April 22, 2023.
Riverdance at the Dolby Theatre, April 2023
my Laelia orchid
We had a bee swarm hang out in our tree in front for a number of days, starting in late April
dinner at a local Mexican restaurant
I found this guy on one of the pots in our yard.
at Morro Bay with some friends, June 10, 2023
the squirrels are quite persistent and will come right up to you
seeing Once in San Luis Obispo with our friends, June 2023
some of the flowers from my giant Dendrobium hainanense
one of my Maxillaria orchids in bloom
in Santa Barbara to see The Dance Network's 10th annual "Series 7" show, June 24, 2023
after the show
our friends Kyle, Karyn, and their son, Desi
Getting dinner after the show
Gary and Desi
Broadway and Beyond... cabaret show at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, July 1, 2023
Waiting for Cinderella, at the Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks, July 16, 2023
Curtain call for Cinderella
Curtain call for Beauty and the Beast at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, July 23, 2023
brunch at the Tam O'Shanter, August 13, 2023
flooding in the yard during a torrential rainstorm on August 20, 2023
at the Santa Ana Zoo for a memorial service for our friend, Kathleen Edman, August 26, 2023
after the memorial service we walked through the zoo's butterfly pavilion
a praying mantis in our garden, waiting for lunch, October 1, 2023
at the Disneyana Fan Club Expo, October 8, 2023
Curtain call for Oliver!, at the Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks, October 15, 2023
outside the theater in Thousand Oaks
Waiting for an imaginative show called "It's a Wonderful Life: On Air", at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center on December 2, 2023.