Pics of Gratitude – Day 9

Day 9.  Ready to work on the treadmill in the sunroom. Homemade writing desk made from a shelf and two bungie cords. I had just set it up when temps hit 104 degrees! So we moved it into my office.

Day 2 POG – Palo Verde

For decades I lived two blocks from a major thoroughfare, Palo Verde Avenue in Long Beach, California. For a few years, I volunteered for the Gray Whale Census  at the Point Vincente Lighthouse on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. PV Pennisula is also the setting of a murder in the true crime novel co-written with Deanne Acuña – LOSING LISA: Intuitive Investigator Series, Book One. Not once did I stop to wonder about the name. Since moving to Vegas valley I learned the green-bark trees that seem to be everywhere are Palo Verde trees. (The word actually means “Green Stick” in Spanish.) Lately, they have Read more…