Spring Garden Show,Lunch and a wonderful flock of Pelicans! ~ Back to Larkrise: Primitive rug hooking at the Country Loft

I love the country Life but sometimes for fun I go from this

and this

To this for the day.

I did like this outdoor shower made with a surfboard.
Isn't that Crazy!

Thirty five minutes inland is like night and day. There are so many different lifestyles in San Diego County so going to the beach which is about 35 minutes on the freeway is a fun change of pace from where I live on top of the Hill in the East County of San Diego.The beach towns fun to see what’s happening in that part of the World their shops are always different and artistic. Since I have been so busy it’s been awhile Since I have been out with friends for a whole day. It was a great Day!. Sometimes you don’t realize how much you have been on your own doing your own thing. I am so lucky to have good friends. Linda and I share our love of gardening so we were having a delightful time thinking up projects to do.

Today was the Spring garden show in San Diego so my girlfriend Linda and I headed for the coast. The Del Mar Fair is near the Ocean and so there are lots of cute shops and restaurants to eat in Del mar, Encinitas, Solana beach. Our plan was to go the garden show and then go lunch and hit a plant nursery or two.

Here are some pictures of the Show but I was kind of disappointed there were not many flowery old fashioned plants since Southern California water prices are so high. So their pushing succulents at the show. I bought a yellow Hawaiian Tomato plant a Big Mac Pumpkin plant and Geum with a pretty yellow flower.
My garden is cottage so I am always looking for old fashioned favorites that will handle the heat.

I use grey water for some plants which helps with my water bills in the summer. But water is a big issue. We can get heat waves in the Summer months where the temps are over 100degrees.

Enough with succulents give me a hollyhock !

Isn't this crazy you can make water come out of anything!

This is a Wedding Cake made out of flowers.

See what I said about all the succulents.

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As Linda and I putted over to Solana beach I told her let's go eat at Las Olas. It’s a Mexican restaurant across the street from the Pacific. So we had a good lunch walked across the street and walked along the Pacific Ocean. It was an empty beach we were on a roll. As we were walking I noticed a flock of birds coming closer and closer . As they flew overhead They were Big Brown pelicans. It was beautiful to see. I had never seen Pelicans in a formation. So between the smell of the Ocean The pelicans and the peace of the Ocean it was such a relaxing day.