Tender Greens food........

We had brunch in this restaurant some days back........

Toasted bread, mashed potato, arugula, grilled chicken, cherry tomato, roasted corn, grilled veggies, Water melon-flavored Agua fresca and hibiscus tea.....

House tour experience and the model house shots......

As we were looking for an apartment 3 months back.....we were given several house tours........
Some pleasant shots of the houses......

Beds of colorful zinnia..........

The other day, we were taking stroll in our neighborhood...........
This dainty bed of zinnia attracted attention..........

Pretty, are not they?

My patio garden.......

My much-loved patio garden........

View from bed room window.....

Cactus seeds.......

 I purchased these cactus seeds.......

it consists of eight varieties of the xerophytes......

I have no clude where will I fit the giant Saguaro and Cardo'n in my tiny patio container garden...
But, first I have to have them germinated.......
Another interesting thing is to imagine these sesame-seed-sized cactus seeds developing into 40 feet plants...

Chinese witch hazel bloom in SDSU.........

Chinese witch hazel gracing the koi pond area of  San Diego State university campus..........

Our apartment campus.....

Its our third apartment in South California.....after Costa Mesa, San Diego, its in Irvine.....
Considering the dry climate, its lush.....

Our apartment swimming pool........

The swimming pool......full of salt water....no chlorine (for some people, including myself  have headache due to the chemical)......

Bougainvillea in large pots......beautified with pergola and equipped with grills.....

Ocean beach pier..........

So many beautiful memories created around this pier...as we hung about it for three years....