REDnesday Travels!

Wow! Another Wednesday is here.

And that means it is time for a REDNESDAY!

Thank you to Sue at It's A Very Cherry World! for hosting every week.

So...what have I got for you this time? A few things.

Here goes!

In June my RED roses were blooming beautifully!

A close up of one of the bunches on my RED climbing rose.

Also in June we traveled to B-Daddy's college reunion.

For him it is 45 years. Other years were gathering too as it

was a small college. Also this college is now closed as well.

But the Alumni is still strong.

It was at St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas.

Here we are waiting for our next flight at the Denver airport.

B-Daddy does not have any RED on. Shame on him!

I don't either really, but there is RED in the embroidery on my shirt.

We had flown from Oakland and now are waiting to fly to Witchita.

Our hotel room has touches of RED in it.

Here is the outside of the hotel in Witchita. We stayed at The Courtyard.

A couple of RED cars in the parking lot. AND....

Our rental car is RED!

A RED fully loaded Ford Taurus!

It was sure nice driving it.

Wait...I didn't drive..B-Daddy did.

Well it was sure nice riding in it!

I wouldn't mind owning a car like this.

 We don't have a DQ around here so we took the opportunity to

go to one in Witchita!

Yummy REDS there!!!

Ta-ta for now.

~Linnea~

Blue Monday at Awful Annie's

It is time for Blue Monday and

yep, you read that right.

I was at Awful Annie's.

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First thank you to Sally at

Smiling Sally for hosting this fun

Blue day.

There are lots of others posting for Blue Monday as well!

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B-daddy went with me to a

Women's Convention in Grass Valley.

That way I was not making that long drive

by myself.

A sign caught our eye as we were approaching

Old Town Auburn.

A sign for

Awful Annie's Restaurant.

It was blue too!

With a name like that, we just had to try

that one for lunch.

We found the restaurant, but had trouble finding parking.

B-daddy was asking if we should just go somewhere else.

But no,

I was determined to go to Awful Annie's.

Let's just keep driving around until a spot opens up.

It wasn't long before I spotted one.

We had to make a U-turn to get to it.

But we got before someone else grabbed it from us.

When we got out the of car,

this old railroad piece was nearby.

And so was this statue.
I did not go up to it to read any plaques.
I was more interested in getting to Awful Annie's.
We had to walk up hill to get there.

There it is!
A pizza place is downstairs and
Awful Annie's is upstairs.
We could eat on the deck, but we decided to eat inside.
They had plastic things hanging to keep out the cold
for those eating on the deck.
Here is the sign at the entrance. See, it is BLUE.

A look up the steps.

A close up of the sign above the red hutch.

Lots of BLUE inside the restaurant.

The menu is BLUE too!

The border with lots of BLUE.

B-Daddy in BLUE.

BLUE picture on the wall behind him.

BLUE tablecloth.

Yes, I am in BLUE too.

We tend to wear a lot of BLUE.

BLUE things on the wall behind me.

I ordered Spinach Clam Chowder.

Yummy!!

And my sandwich was turkey, cream cheese, lettuce,

tomato, and cranberry jam on a

croisant.

YUMMMMMMMY!!

It was to die for!

B-Daddy got the house sandwich.

Sorry, I didn't get pictures of our sandwiches.

I think it got the name Awful Annie's

because everything

is awfully good.

We were glad we stopped there.

It was a beautiful cool day.

This is the street we had to walk up.

It started climbing after we got around

that beautiful yellow tree.

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Happy Blue Monday!

~Linnea~

A Late Blue Monday!

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday for us.

We had been gone this weekend and got home at 2:50 am this morning.

So I am a little slow getting pictures uploaded from the camera and

doing this Blue Monday post.

I have lots of Blue today!

Ok, I know this first picture does not have any blue.

But I just had to sneak in this picture of our new great-niece.

She was born on our granddaughter's birthday.

Interestingly, Erika has the same initials has my hubby.

And her daddy and my granddaughter's daddy both have the same intials

Actually, their middle and last names are the same too!

And they now both have daughters born on June 18th.

Makes for interesting coincidences.

We stayed at my hubby's brother's house for the weekend.

The reason for the trip was to attend a high school class get together

of my hubby's high school graduating class.

They included classmates from the year before

and from the year after.

This BLUE hydrangea is growing in their backyard.

We had forgotten to bring hats and sunscreen with us,

so hubby's brother and sister-in-law loaned us both.

We liked them so much we went and bought ourselves similiar hats

on Sunday. The high school reunion gathering was on Saturday.

At the reunion get together.
BLUE tablecloths!
This is the property of one of hubby's classmates.
He has a fruit ranch there.
Also weddings were held there too.
Don't know if they still do that.

Here is hubby in his BLUE shirt with beautiful BLUE skies
picking cherries.
I just realized his pocket calendar is also BLUE.

Here is a picture of those yummy cherries against the pretty
BLUE sky.

This part of the property was used for weddings.
Loved the look of all the roses and weeping willows
and the lake behind us.
Some one offered to take this picture of us.
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BLUE on Father's Day!
Hubby's brother on the left is the one who lives here.
Another brother also in BLUE on the right.

This game they are playing on this gorgeous Father's Day
is called Blungo.
The brothers had a great time hanging out together.
These guys have 4 more brothers and a sister.

Our sister-in-law made dinner for the new parents.
So the guys took it over there so hubby could have a chance
to see the new baby too.
Here he is with his new great-niece.

Probably telling her, it is okay.

The proud grandpa is now holding her.

It is this grandpa's first Father's Day as a grandpa.

He now has two grandchildren, one from each son,

but both born since last Father's Day.

The other son and his wife is now expecting their second child.

So precious Erika surrounded here by grandpa, dad and two great-uncles.

The guys got back to the house and we ate a yummy meal together.

His brother and sister-in-law gave him this BLUE shirt

just for fun.

The brothers had a chance to watch the Dodgers and the Angels on TV

while we were there. They had fun doing that together too.

I will be posting more pictures of our trip tomorrow and Wednesday too.

I hope.

Happy Belated Blue Monday!

~Linnea~

B-Daddy's Input On Neabear's Cameras

I just reviewed the Three or More Tuesday post about cameras, and realized that my 'Little Flower' (Neabear) forgot about three more cameras that are still in our collection around the house. Two of them are survivors from my days as a professional photographer in the Los Angeles area -- doing portraits, weddings, graduations, celebrations, and even landscapes. The other is that type that several of you have commented on -- the 'vanished dinosaur' called Polaroid. Mayhaps, I will do the Three or More Post this coming Tuesday, and introduce our blogging friends to my three dinosaurs of the photographic world.
~B-Daddy~