Viva San Diego

This memorial day weekend turned out to be quite memorable. Viral had to make a business trip to Santa Monica and like a loyal spouse I decided to tag along with the kids. Given my were parents visiting, they tagged along as well and it turned out to be one nice little vacation with the entire family. We spent a day in Santa Monica visiting the downtown and the next 2 days with Shamu the whale at Seaworld and elephants and the giraffes at the San Diego Zoo.

Tomatoes, basil and more..

Spring is in the air and you can't fail to notice those little flowers blooming everywhere - in the parks, along roadsides, in people's backyards, everywhere. Even the city does a good job planting those colorful shrubs along roadsides. It has especially been a delight taking the early morning walk and enjoying the whiff of fresh morning air muffled with fragrances of fresh flowers.
Taking this delight a little further we decided to embellish our otherwise barren backyard with some plants this year. So we started off with tomatoes and basil and if they survive the next two weeks we plan to add bell peppers,lemon grass, some more jasmine and possibly some mint.

Freshly planted basil and





and tomatoes



Roses in bloom