We arrived home last night from a 2 week vacation in Palm Srings, CA. What a lovely, relaxing time we had. We shared a condo with our friends, Eric and Vange. The grounds were gorgeous with Palm trees, fountains, lush green grass and flowers everywhere. Snapdragons, petunias, pansies and geraniums were all in full bloom and the bougainvillaea in particular were amazing.
The guys golfed every second day, we did some shopping but mostly we lazed by the pool, swam, read and soaked up the sun. 
We met several other friends for coffee most mornings - Starbucks was about a 25 minute walk - and had great meals, both in our condo and in some of Palm Springs' wonderful resturants.
We had a marvelous Italian meal one night, served on the streetside patio - 5 delicious courses topped off with Italian opera and love songs enthusiastically sung to us by one of the owners.
One evening we walked through the restaurant/shopping area known as "The River"and admired the wonderful reflections in the water and another night we took Hwy 74 up to the top of the mountain for a fabulous night view of the whole valley at night with all the lights twinkling in the distance.
The best part was the warm sun and blue, cloudless skies. I called Chris in Saskatchewan onemorning and I loved her reply when I talked about the sunny days we were having -"Well the sun is shining here too - at least I think it's the same one."
Now we are back at home and although the sun poked it's head out of the clouds once today, I'm not sure it was the same sun as we experienced last week. It's downright cold here and mostly rainy and it's supposed to SNOW on Friday- for goodness sake!!
Hopefully Spring will show it's warm side soon. It is nice to see the tulips, daffodils and hyacinths here at home. Those are flowers that you only see in pots or vases in CA - never in the ground.
We are grateful for the time of rest and relaxation we had and we are so fortunate to be able to share it with good friends .
BOOKS I READ while on holiday were
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - a fascinating story about the Circus with one chapter I could have done without. I especially loved the ending -
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - another page turner - a true account of the author's growing up years - parenting that leaves you gasping - definitely about survival against all odds.
The Rock that is Higher by Madeleine L'Engle - the importance of story to our life and faith
The Fiction Class by Susan Green - a novel that includes lessons on writing fiction - I've read better stories
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards - a story of how a secret affected a family and their relationships - although you know the secret will come out eventually, the story takes a few unexpected twists
and portions of A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle and To Live is Christ by Beth Moore (both inspirational - the first, from the Crosswicks Journals that follow L'Engles life and the latter on the Life of the Apostle Paul)
We are grateful for the time of rest and relaxation we had and we are so fortunate to be able to share it with good friends .
BOOKS I READ while on holiday were
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - a fascinating story about the Circus with one chapter I could have done without. I especially loved the ending -
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - another page turner - a true account of the author's growing up years - parenting that leaves you gasping - definitely about survival against all odds.
The Rock that is Higher by Madeleine L'Engle - the importance of story to our life and faith
The Fiction Class by Susan Green - a novel that includes lessons on writing fiction - I've read better stories
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards - a story of how a secret affected a family and their relationships - although you know the secret will come out eventually, the story takes a few unexpected twists
and portions of A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle and To Live is Christ by Beth Moore (both inspirational - the first, from the Crosswicks Journals that follow L'Engles life and the latter on the Life of the Apostle Paul)
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