May & Spring 2023

• Pomegranate flowers in Los Angeles
• Al fresco breakfast in Big Bear
• Big Bear neighbor's yard décor, "Street Scene"

• March Highlights

• April Overview

• City Paradise / Urban Wilderness May 2023

• My church sprung for my virtual registration for this year's Festival of Homiletics! "Preaching Hope to a Weary World" was this year's theme. Amazingly – except for concluding worship – virtual was more than okay. Other than opening and closing worship, participants had to choose between venues, which in the end also wasn't so bad because one of the best features is we have digital access to everything for the next year, so I'll pick up what I missed and revisit a couple of others.

• For the long Memorial Day weekend, Roxy and I went to Big Bear again!

• May Fest / Mai Fest on Sunday afternoon didn't have as many vendors and activities as I'd hoped, but you never know unless you check something out. These flowers were part the entryway display.

• No illustrations of the perfectly presented, mostly red white and blue, Sunday Night Fireworks because I decided to concentrate on enjoying them instead of picturing them.

• My hosts and I attended the Monday Memorial Service and enjoyed a patriotic holiday lunch afterwards.

• Monday afternoon featured the Big Bear Alpine Zoo, Saving Wildlife Since 1969. No critter pics, because all the animals were safely behind glass or screens.

• Another pair of verdant scenes out of a couple dozen.