Visiting Family in Los Angeles

It has been a while since I have been able to post anything from my stay in Georgia. Sometimes one has to give up the electronic devices for natures beauty. Since I've been there starting December first I've taken thousands of pictures, travelled down to Florida several times and basically have been helping my friend Justin at his private zoo. Oh and the main reason for not posting is not having cell service most of the time, and since I have to use my iPhone as a hotspot, it's been impossible to even think of uploading photos. 

Justin showing me what the back country is all about!

My goatee keeps getting longer!

I will write more about my stay in Georgia at a later date because there has been so much and it deserves its own, or several entries, before I leave Georgia. 

Buy now you might have guessed that I'm still in High Falls but came back home for March in order to take my aviaries down since I'm selling my house and to visit family and friends. 

My Mother was very happy that I came home to visit and she goes with me everywhere in order to spend as much time together as possible. 

My Moonie and Sunnie really missed me. 

I had to buy two sheds in order to store all of my furniture on my other property.  

My father wakes up usually around 4:30am and makes us breakfast. This is the first time in my entire life that he has done this. We've never had a good relationship with each other, we have both made mistakes and hopefully this will change our relationship. 

I've had some very nice meals with family. This is, from left to right, Steve my nieces boyfriend, Lydia my niece, Nestor my nephew and at the end is my brother Carlos. Carlos treated all of us to some awesome sushi that night. 

My brother Abel is an extremely talented artist specializing in airbrush and tattoo art. You might have seen some of his work on a few celebrities and custom cars and motorcycles. 

I am so proud of my nephews Danny serving in the Navy and Nick, a medic for the navy, about to be deployed for the first time to Kuwait. I wish him safety and that he returns to us soon. 

While back home I also found out that one of my molars had broken in half under a crown and therefore had to be pulled. I guess this is a sign of aging and the importance of taking care of your teeth!

This article was written about me over thirty years ago and my Mother still has it on her refrigerator!

Thirty years ago this portrait was done of me by the artist who used to paint the album covers for the Tower Records on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. She had stopped me on the street and asked if she could do a portrait of me because she liked my look. Boy have I changed!

These are the aviaries I came back home to take down. It's bittersweet taking them down because I built them not just for my birds but for my husband Bill. They brought us many happy moments, he would spend hours outside enjoying the Many species of toucans, touracos, crowned pigeons, mot mots and countless others we kept through the years. It's been eleven years since his passing on April 5th. 

In its prime the large center flight was a Japanese garden full of ferns and tropical plants. 

I'm so thankful for all of my family members that helped me take them down. When I built them I never thought I would be taking them down. It was no easy task but we got it done and now the back yard really shows off the big open space it is. 

At one point this flight housed Toco toucans. 

And now it's all down....

Some days I had no help and this day was one of them. I guess I'm not as young as I think I am sometimes and foolishly thought I could take them down by myself. This one came down on its own and I happened to be underneath it!

Now they are all down....

Yes I'm still wearing my old overalls that have travelled with me around the country!

My nephew Albert and grand nephew Anthony working hard!

Putting up the back property line fence back up. 

I have been so fortunate that the weather has been cooperating with me and only rained today, the last day of work. Here is the finished back yard, ready for its next owner to create a garden that will bring them as much joy as it brought Bill and I. 

This is my other home which turned 100 years old in 2016. It's called El Barn Roja and I hope to recreate beautiful gardens when I move in once I'm done with my travels!

It has three times the amount of land and I have plenty of space to create whatever I want. 

I was so glad to be able to spend time with my family and got to see many of my friends that missed me. I love all of you and thank you for all the good wishes. 

The photo below describes my life perfectly at this point and time....