Author Archives: hedera
Yosemite in November – rest of the trip
When we came down for breakfast Sunday, we met a new restaurant employee, a pleasant black man who greeted and seated us. He said he was from New York and asked if we knew anything about the people he saw … Continue reading
Yosemite in November – Exploring the Valley
Saturday morning we woke up to a clear sunny day. The fog had cleared for the moment. Temperatures varied from the high 30s to the low 40s, and as long as you were in the sun it wasn’t too bad. … Continue reading
Yosemite in November
My husband Jim’s birthday is November 12, and this year he turned 70. He likes to celebrate his “big” birthdays in Yosemite, so he made reservations for the weekend of November 15 – 17 at the Ahwahnee Hotel. We drove … Continue reading
Music and Big Sur
I left out a couple of photos from the post on Monday and Tuesday. Here some of us are, hanging around the garden of the Carmel Mission, waiting for the All Bach Organ Recital: It was a nice day, too, … Continue reading
Starting Concert Week
For us, Monday of concert week at the Bach Festival always starts with the All Bach Organ Recital in the Carmel Mission Basilica. This is a solid hour of nothing but Bach fugues played on the basilica organ. No stops … Continue reading
Music in Carmel, 2023
In 2022 when we went to the Carmel Bach Festival, we came home with COVID (even though we had to prove our vaccination status and wear masks to every indoor concert). I may write that trip up one of these … Continue reading
Halloween 2022
Walking around the neighborhood, I’ve noticed some really imaginative Halloween decorations, not just the purchased styrofoam tombstones (which have the same inscriptions in every yard!). I’ve taken some photos, and if I find any more this good I’ll take more. … Continue reading
Home from the Celtic Isles
Yes, I wrote up Edinburgh Castle last November, and yes, that was the end of the tours to the Celtic Isles. But we still had to get home; and I found some notes about that trip in my travel diary … Continue reading
Edinburgh Castle
As I promised in the last post, this one is dedicated to Edinburgh Castle. The photos are all in the Edinburgh gallery; I won’t be posting all of them, so feel free to go look. Here is the first photo … Continue reading
Finally, Edinburgh
Having spent much of yesterday on a bus traveling from our last port to Glasgow, and then on to Edinburgh, we now spent this day riding around Edinburgh and vicinity on a bus. I took some photos of Edinburgh streets … Continue reading
