Vintage Home Decor and More

  • Happy Dogs … You will find those four legged smilers at the Beach or on the way to the Beach!

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    Shot with Canon G10
  • Museum of Making Music

    Met a lady in Mission Valley,  she was from Coronado Island who told me about the Music Museum 3 miles from my home in La Costa…. sure enough,  it was a delightful place!


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    images shot with canon G10 ©copyright Cass Greene 2009

    Fun videos taken with canon G10 


    https://cassgreenetheartofseeing.typepad.com/files/music-museum.mov
    Dee Venton shows Cass some dance steps…. She told me stories of her Mother being a "dime-a-dance" girl also 

    known as "Taxi Dancer"… these were Glamour Girls during the 1920's and 1930's.

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  • With temperatures at 90º here in San Diego….. it's Hot!

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  • One Day

    Sunrise 6:22am

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    Mid-Day

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    Sunset 7:16pm
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    Natures Beauty is something to cherish each and every day. A wonderful Gift!
    Images taken with Canon G10 ©Cass Greene 2009

  • Quigley loves the foam….

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    copyright ©cassgreene 2009   These shots taken with Canon G10
  • Today "Teacher" and I took a "brain-break" and walked the shoreline of San Clemente….

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    Population in July 2008: 61,465. Population change since 2000: +23.1%

    Males: 31,096   (50.6%)
    Females: 30,369   (49.4%)

    Median resident age:   38.0 years
    California median age:   33.3 years

    Zip codes: 9267292673, 92674.

    Thursday 07/30/2009

    Beach Concert

     
    Thursday, July 30th; 6pm
    San Clemente Pier
     (map)
    Band: Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers – Blues

    The 10th Annual Beach Concert Series is “Bringing the Bands to the Sand!” Join the community to celebrate ten years of live music on the beach with the sunset as your backdrop and free seating in the sand.

    Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers&#0160
    ;are the leading West Coast blues band. Their sound combines the styles of Jump blues, West Coast blues and Chicago blues. Known for their exciting and powerful live performances, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers are guaranteed to jump start the 10th annual series in the sand! 
    More Events in San Clemente

  • OMG it's been sooooooo long….


    It seems like a long time since I've blogged…. well since March and it's July… dud!
    Lots to catch up on…. First I'll backtrack…..

    On Sunday, June 28th at 7:30am after a beautiful hour walk with my dobie, Quigley,
    I gave her a bath and then was cleaning the shower…. hard fall, hit my head, and shoulder… 
    put ice pack and took a Motrin…. 2 hours later, in emergency, discovered had a proximal 
    humerus fracture of the shoulder in two places at the upper end of the humeral head in the 
    ball joint. Ouch! Spent the next two days in x-rays, cat-scans and in emergency, casting 
    and orthopedics…. the pain radiates all the way to the fingertips with little to no movement in 
    my left arm (shoulder to fingers)… then came the swelling…oh my! Next is the bruising and 
    I mean purple of the richest color…

    Doctors said no activity for 4-6 weeks, sling for 2-4 months… healing will take 12+ months… 

    Let me tell you just a few things you "can-NOT" do with just one hand…. open a bottle of water, 
    open a bottle of wine, open a carton of milk, put a trash bag liner in a trash can, brush your hair,
    put your hair in a pony tail, cut up food, open a child-proof pill bottle, type on a keyboard, cut 
    roses, open a zip-lock bag, put camera on a trip-pod, manage a large camera, change 
    batteries in SB800 flashes, even put on clothes other than a super XXXL button shirt,
    (bending the arm just was not going to happen…) there are many more…but you get the idea….

    Weeks 1 & 2 Most of the swelling went away the first week…. with ice packs, meds,
    Traumeel, Arnica and massage therapy(Physical Therapy after 4 weeks)
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    Week 3 Swelling is going down but bruising is rich purple…


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    In my 3rd week, I started to feel better enough to want to start some beach walking…. 
    and I miss taking pictures of everything…. but could not do much with my Nikon or at the computer either… 
    so it's just me & my little Sony camera as I recover…..


    Be it by the Ocean or by the Sea, Near the Water is where I long to be…

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    “The least movement is of importance to all nature. 
    The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.”
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    “May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.”
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    “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the 
    sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach”
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    “Have a deep respect for the source of life and also for the ocean, 
    for the forest, for the stars and for the truth.”
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    “Eternity begins and ends with the ocean's tides.”
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    “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. 
    More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.”
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  • Quigley with her bear…

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    Softbox with Nikon D300

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  • Prince Charming from the fairy tales of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella… handsome and romantic, seldom of deep character or sincerity and rarely distinguishable if frog or prince…. hummmm … the stories we grew up with…. very interesting.

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