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February Favorite Photos

Orchids always look like they are singing to me!

I must have blinked. February came and went.

It wasn’t unforgettable though, San Diego has had exceptional rainfall and cool weather for our usual dry region. The hillsides are green, the wildflowers are thriving, and the surrounding mountains are white with snow!

My husband and I snuck off for a few days to our local mountains just before the storm hit, perfect timing!

We enjoyed wine and cider tasting, hiking, live music, and some amazing food! We were amused by the wild turkey along the highway, enjoyed beautiful sunsets, and everywhere we went we were greeted by genuinely nice people, the service was outstanding. Overall, it might have been one of our favorite getaways! ☺

Couldn’t you just spend hours here? We did, and got lost, never-ending rooms!
California Poppies are in bloom in Temecula!!
February 2023, a collection of my favorite photographs.
Shady Grove, she’s my favorite model!

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22 responses to “February Favorite Photos”

  1. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    What a wonderful trip! Amazing photos- makes me want to visit there. Love the cat picture!! ❤️

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thanks Jessica! It was a great place to escape to!

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  2. Timothy Price Avatar
    Timothy Price

    Great fun! The nicknack place looks so cool. OMG, I haven’t seen a Big Boy statue in years. Beautiful photos. I love the kitty portrait.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thanks, Tim! Yeah, there were many treasures to be found in that shop, that Bob’s Big Boy def brought back some memories for me too! 😂

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  3. hitandrun1964 Avatar
    hitandrun1964

    Beautiful.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thanks Gigi! ☺

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  4. memadtwo Avatar
    memadtwo

    That’s a great looking place to shop! (K)

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      It was a crazy shop, an old house actually, the rooms went on and on forever, so many treasures! ☺

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      1. memadtwo Avatar
        memadtwo

        I used to know a lot of places like that but they are all gone now. As one of our perennial mayoral candidates puts it “The rent’s too damn high”

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        1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
          tiffanyarpdaleo

          I’m afraid that is the case in most places these days. 😔

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  5. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    Wowsa! That orchid!!!

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      I’m so proud of that orchid, it actually bloomed again!

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      1. Jessica Avatar
        Jessica

        Wow!! That’s amazing! I’ve never had much luck with orchids, but dang, they’re gorgeous!!

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  6. mistermaxxx08 Avatar
    mistermaxxx08

    Stunning ,open air

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      That mountain air is so therapeutic, it feels good just to breathe!

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  7. equinoxio21 Avatar
    equinoxio21

    Very good. Your poppies are the same colour as mexican Cempaxutchli… (hard to pronounce. The flowers of the Day of the Dead)

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Indeed, we call those marigolds, and they all grow and thrive in this climate! It’s wonderful to see so much color in our landscape after so many years of hard drought!

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      1. equinoxio21 Avatar
        equinoxio21

        I can imagine. California has been suffering a lot of extremes in the past years. (Or has it always been like that?)

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        1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
          tiffanyarpdaleo

          We’ve been through many droughts in my 52 years, but the big fires have only been threatening in the last 15 or so.

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          1. equinoxio21 Avatar
            equinoxio21

            Which, 15, is too much time. The damages of fires to Nature and the people take ages to fix. Now I remember, in th 70’s, in the South of France, every summer there would be fires and fires and fires. And it still goes on. Not enough credits on forest management methinks…

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    Robin King

    So much fun! Each one is a new favorite – they’re so pretty and interesting! Thank you for taking us on a tour of your February, Tiffany! And for showing us that magnificent cat! 😻♥️😻

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thank you so much, Robin!

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