Showing posts with label Ojai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ojai. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Time Travel



Hold on to all
My heavy thoughts
Bold and blue and
Shoulds and oughts




Pedal to the metal
Peel out full smoke
Window pane rolled down
Mane flowing out around




Fortify a new place
Gunning for open space
Clear out smog and soot
Chrome pipes billow clouds





Savor views ever change
Running for an open range
High minded story prose
Akimbo yoga super pose




Pull over waiting spot
Stall out soft shoulder
Freedom found road block
Scene setting rock boulder

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Verandah, Ojai

I want big color.
I need simple things.


I want an elegant hand bag.
I need a market basket.


I want a new roof.
I need a cozy corner.


I want a new view.
I need a new point of view.



I want to explore peeks and valleys.
I need to bloom where I am planted.


Tell me too, what is true for you? "Want" vs. "Need"


Verandah
Home Decor
305 E Matilija Street, Ojai, CA 93023
In the courtyard at the Arcade Plaza
805-640-7357 Helen MacGregor

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Road Trip : Honey Bear Brown

On the road again, Sunday drivers trailing along...

We fuel up on a road side diner, for some old fashion breakfast special, and a hot pot of coffee served up in a mug.
I love waitresses; I do.

And, I am all about honey spoon stirred into my coffee as well.
If my chance I cannot find my Honey Bear, a pour spout of syrup will do.

And I love a big booth too.
I like the smell of dusty old cafe curtains to compliments the condiments.
I prefer the mix of low lamp light and natural light anytime I dine.

I like to read the laundry list of Specials up on the board.
I like to know I can show to do this by day or by night and all the way through.

We grocery shop along the trail leading back to home.
Fresh fruits abound, nuts and seeds, even eggs from the chicken coop out back.
Honey, honey, honey. Not far there is a "Honey Tasting Room" that you can find
in Piru. Piru Canyon Honey by Bennett Honey.

Francisco's Fruits along Hwy 126 is a necessary stop on the route back home. We peel in just before the close at 8:30pm!
Last time we ran in at 8:35, and they still let us in.

With our health and our happiness in mind, we gather up all our sources
and search out our hunt.

We stack up on our dried fruit treats.
Tamarinds are my personal feasts, tucked in glass candy dishes, piled high in mixing bowls, and more filed away in the pantry cupboard.

We find treasures other than the veggie kind.
I like to stick to the honey theme when it comes to my skin.
The Beeswax Skin Cream soaks right in.
The Ojai Valley Bee Farm has a full product menu to choose from including my favorite Cherimoya lip balm.