Author: diane101

Hi everyone, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. Couldn’t decide which pic. to use so I am posting 4.

Here’s a pic of my first morning glory this year, just starting to wilt and some of my pretty violas.
Have a good day and serve yourself, the food is on the side buffet.

Some flowers to go with this brunch:

Happy Sunday everyone!!!

Happy Easter or Happy Sunday everyone, have a great day. I’ll be back in awhile with a 9 course dinner, for all to share….lol.

Well finally I think I am able to write the memoirs of the fabulous Socal Meetup.
For Shirl and I it started with the delightful train ride to Solano Beach, where we were met by Aloha and Sallycat.  They spied us first from the top of the station, shouting Diane, Diane, we looked up and there they were.  It was later discovered they pointed to the elevator to take us up however we missed that and took the long ramp, finally making it to the top.  Hugs all around, lots of ‘it’s really you’, excited words spilling out, ride back to Hotel and then on to Aloha’s apartment.
Aloha’s apartment was so beautiful, like out of the page of a magazine, all terra cotta’s, golds, greens, african, mexican decor all tied together perfectly…and a long balcony across one end of the place where we spent much of the time talking and smoking.
Shirl, Sally and I returned to the hotel to rest and then returned around 5 to Aloha’s.  Next to arrive was San Diego Dem, then Cali Scribe, Kamakya and Babaloo, and finally the piece de resistance, Maneegee.  Well he was literally mobbed by all of us fems. and hugged with gusto.
On to dinner at a posh restaurant, where it was so loud and noisy we couldn’t hear from one end of the table to the other, so we missed out on some conversations.  Back to Aloha’s for a regroup, some talk and then back to hotels for some much needed rest.
Sat morning, Sally, aloha, Shirl and I got together for coffee and breakfast, and lots of chatting and bonding, tears and laughter abounded.
Rest time again for Alhoa, Shirl and I,  Sally the intrepid, then embarked on a ocean kyaking adventure, While the others made a trip to Sea World.
We all met again for a barbecue that night, and a good time was had by all, more laughter, hugging, sharing, blogging of course, taking pics., smoking on the balcony, etc.  Aloha wanted us to hear this one song, and then started to dance, we all watched entranced as she danced out the song and near the end, San Diego, Sally and I jumped up to join in and it was great, much joy to be and share in the moment.

Soon after that most of us retired for the night, smiles on our faces, joy in our hearts.
Sunday morning we all met briefly for a goodby, group hugs, some tears, some sadness, but happy that we had shared this time together….I don’t think any of of will forget it.
Some observations:
First of all everyone was wonderful to meet in person, so many added dimensions added to the words we already new and much better looking in person.
Aloha, great hostess and lots of fun to be around, is a lot like she sounds, but better in person as everyone was.
Caliscribe, the only way to describe her is cute, she is just the most animated person to talk to and always has a smile on her face.
Sally the no nonsense athlete, hard to imagine she is a controller in real life, seems so opposite of the outdoor girl I saw, but sweet and kind and lots of fun.
Manee, handsome and articulate, his demeanor of a strong and wise man full of fun and laughter.
Kamakya and Bobaloo, and the two delightful young girls (Kamahya’s daughter and friend) with them were so much fun and we were especially impressed with the girls.
San Diego Dem, gorgeous with long brown hair, thought she was 25 but no, a mother of a 20 yr. old.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend I would not have missed and I shall treasure the memories forever.
I still have not edited all the pics, but when I do I will put them on a yahoo photo site for all to view.
Love and hugs to all!!!!

Greetings and Good day from Rainy and gloomy Southern Ca, the home of the Great Booman/Village Blue Meetup next weekend, so here’s hoping the weather takes a turn for the better in the next few days.
I will be in and out today, so consider this an unhosted cafe for the most part and have a great day everyone.

Hi everyone, newcomers and oldsters alike.  We have had a tradition on this site of welcoming newcomers and asking them to tell us a bit about them.  I have been asked several times to put one of these up again so here goes.

We are not a perfect site and we do have our problems but stick with us and maybe you will find or already have found a home here.  If you’ve never told us about you now’s your chance or even if you have, do it again.

This welcome wagon was pretty dusty and needed some repairs but I got it fixed up and pulled it in here, it’s loaded with goodies and flowers so come on in and fill us in on you.

Just when I thought it was safe to come out of the water to play with a Welcome Wagon Diary, I log on and find another fracas.
It is predictable that whenever the pot starts to boil long absent posters come out of the woodwork and stir the pot some more. Seems that some folks can never get over one thing or another and they are bound and determined that we all hear the recriminations once again. Seems also they can’t stay away from this site even though they protest it greatly.
So what’s to be done, what’s to keep other posters here, new members happy to be here, old members feeling safe enough to come back and post again?

Well I don’t have the answers, I have only have the questions. So now I am asking this question, what would satisfy the majority as to the site rules.  Can we have a discussion on that.  Can we come to a consensus.

Would you like to see site rules, short and consise, prominately posted.  To me this is the obvious answer. Come to a conclusion about what the rules are and then post for all to see.  Personally I feel the ‘don’t be a prick’ rule is too loose a rule and can be interpreted within a person’s own framework to allow for them a different interpretation to suit them.  Also it might be helpful to add the 2 diaries a day limit onto the new diary entry page.  So here it is, lets have a discussion without rancor, please.

I have been wanting to post a Welcome Wagon Diary for a long time, but every time I think ok, things are calmed down enough to allow for this, but boom, the next thing you know all hell breaks loose and it doesn’t seem fitting to welcome anyone.

So I have come here today to plead with you all to resolve these issues.  I am with some reservation going to now hit the submit button.