Good Soup

BEFORE

AFTER
(Tomasito photos, 2009)

This is the quick reaction to Tanya's latest Vegetable Soup.

She is using some new (for us) ingredients such as wild stinging nettle, mustard and curly dock leaves and another new (for us) vegetable: tomatillo.

This soup is delicious and is definitely of the Quick Vanishing variety!

Tomasito, 2009


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Hannah Here

Newbie Hannah Joins Al and Bea at Papier Mache/Art Workshop.
(Tomasito photo, 2009)
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Hannah King, age seven, joined the usual old timers for drawing, painting and papier mache work for the first time today.

Her brother Zak finished his papier mache mask and a colorful pinata for his baby brother's birthday party this coming Sunday.

Al spent the entire work period on a large papier mache frame for one of Bea's collages and Bea drew an interesting house plan for one of the homes she has lived in.

There was LOTS of learning going on!

Tomasito, 2009


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Serbian Orthodox Chirch

Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church, San Marcos, CA.
(Tanya photo, 2009)

We were searching for a WalMart store the other day and accidentally discovered this very lovely Serbian Orthodox church.

The church was closed and locked on this week-day, but one of the Serbian priests saw us on the grounds and cordially invited us to enter the sanctuary where we took some photographs and absorbed the good vibrations.

It is very interesting, isn't it, how people from all over the world have immigrated to the United States and become citizens and yet have kept some of their ancestral traditions, language, culture and architecture intact.

In this building it struck me again how anyone from an Orthodox Christian background would feel right at home in this church--from the pleasant odor of incense to the decorations and silence--this would be a satisfying touch of the old country for any religious Greek, Russian or Serbian.

Because of my pilgrimage to Greece and my time of residence in Russia, I felt right at home too.

Tomasito, 2009



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Happy Schoolboy

Pala Boy. (Tanya photo, 2009)

This happy schoolboy decided to get into the picture at the front of the Pala Mission--which is located on the Pala Indian Reservation.

He made the picture!

Tomasito, 2009


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BVM

Mary Figure in the garden at Pala Asistencia, CA. (Tanya photo, 2009)

There are several meaningful statues in the garden at Pala Asistencia.

This pretty one beautifully celebrates the "Blessed Virgin Mary"--the "Great Earth Mother"--"Mare the Goddess of the Sea" or whatever eternal female symbol your imagination cherishes.

It adds loveliness and mystery to this quiet place.

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