Finding a Place to Stay

Del and I are going back to California in May for a few days for my son's graduation
from college. We found a great place to stay through a cool new site:  AirBNB.  Here's
where we are staying:

It's a cabana behind a lovely house and pool in Santa Rosa.

I found it through AirBNB.  This site has interesting places to stay all over the world and
even if you aren't taking a trip - you can go to their home page and just watch the amazing
array of lodgings that transition through their front page.

French Photo Booth

Here's a site for photobooth strips with a twist.

La Photo Cabine

It's modeled after a vintage french photo booth
(or Cabine) and looks and sounds like your're
stepping into a booth in Paris.

This would be great fun at a slumber party for
my daughter - or anytime.

Site Mash

WHen I was searching for my vintage Shasta Trailer the
Shasta Site Mash was where I found it. It combined all
the craigslist and ebay postings with Shasta trailers in them.
That way I could see Shastas on sale all over the US without
having to go to different Craigslist sites for different cities.

Lucky me! There is also a site mash for jobs, vehicles
and all sorts of things.  Very, very handy!

Hoover Dam

I had to drive past Hoover Dam on my way to Kingman, 
Arizona this week. I had no idea it is such a tourist attraction.  
It took me an hour to drive the five miles before and at the 
Dam. I should have planned better and stayed there longer 
but it was soooo crowded I don't know that I would have been 
able to deal with it . It is an awesome sight though.

From top left, 
semi - clockwise:  








1. Just past the 
SECURITY POINT - Trucks are no longer 
allowed to drive this route due to terrorist concerns - blowing 
up the dam would result in massive flooding;  
2. VISITOr CENTER - a huge crowded building with art deco 
overtones;  
3. STATUES - These were stunning! If you look carefully you 
can see that people's heads are about the size of the feet of 
these winged creatures;  
4. PALM TREES at the dam. I have never had such a treeless 
week in my life (actually it was just three days but they seemed 
twice as long since there were no trees anywhere!) Palm trees 
are very pretty - but they don't give one the same comfort that 
other trees do;  
5. MORE STATUES - A closer look at one of the statues, by 
Norwegian born artist Oskar Hansen;  
6. ME - The required ME shot for my 365 - pure luck that the 
curvy road sign was in the side view mirror;  
7. KINGMAN -Arriving in Kingman Arizona, 
8. ROUTE 66 - For Americans, well, for me at least, there is a 
little thrill in seeing the Route 66 sign. Here's a video montage 
set to the song "Get your Kicks on ROute 66" or see Mr Nat King COOL himself sing it here..  
He mentions Kingman, where I was, in the chorus.

Daisy Belle Blog

I recently purchased a 1956 Shasta Trailer and
have started a blog to record my progress with it.

Daisy Belle: My 1956 Shasta Trailer

Another gift

OK, so I haven't been as regular as I ought to on
the 29 days of giving. I suppose I will have to start
over.

Today (last night) I gave a gift that really had much
more of an impact than I anticipated: The stop motion
video mentioned previously. Many of my friends from
around the world welcomed my idea and trusted me
enough to participate in this birthday video for Susannah
Conway, our Unravelling teacher. You can see it here:

Susannah's Birthday Video.

Birthday stop motion

I am working on a Stop motion video for a friend's birthday ,
coordinating with about 20 people who are also going to
contribute. It is going to be a lot of work so I am counting
it as one day of giving. Today I think I found the perfect music.