gates on the brain...

I have been a might obsessed with wrought iron gates of late...

I really, really, really want one on the front of my house...

I want one various other places, too...including on the front of our drive up at the cabin....just not quite as much...

Here are a few a my favorites...

...I wouldn't mind this one little bit...

...private and beautiful...

...this needs to be somewhere within my scope...

...so frenchy...

...a door to a secret garden?

...such grandeur...

...is it OK to covet when you're dreaming???

...found this at Chris and Pam's neighbor's house...

...rustic loveliness...

...this could lead to my garden...

I think this is the one I want at the Monte Estate...

...in this layout...

...dream on...GrammyScilla...

...speaking of the cabin...

Last August (2011) we added a new deck and put in some more windows along the back of the cabin...

Well, we didn't, but our neighbor, Scott Vandebosch, who lives across the street and is a contractor did...

...he did a great job...and we love it!!!

We can see even more of our beautiful view...!!!

California Dreamin' - Day 5 (cont.)

the Japanese Gardens...

I could stay here all day...

...no...I could stay here all day...

I think the guys are kinda bored...

...not to worry...Pam will entertain them... :)

...how come my Japanese lanterns don't look like this...?

...another favorite spot...

...where in the world is Priscilla...? 

(...like Waldo...get it???)

...I caught Pam looking at the wisteria...again....

...I think we're praying here...not sure why...

...and have no idea what's going on here...

but it sure is a fun place to visit...

California Dreamin' - Day 5

the Muir Woods experience...

I was mesmerized by the moss growing everywhere...

Pam was counting the decades...

...them is ta-a-a-ll trees...

...these trees grow in 'families'...I guess these are 'kissin' cousins'...:)

..cute pathways...

...Chris and Pam taking a stroll in the woods...

...followed by Dave and Priscilla...

...loved the bridges...

"...what the.......?"

"...and then they water them with the left-over grapejuice..." 

("...ole Dave will believe anything...")

...some people are just more photogenic than others...sigh...

...this would make a pretty good bathroom...

...the moss thing again...