John & Anne Wiley

2010/11/17

Colors

Filed under: by Anne,Has Photos,Nature,SB Region — Anne @ 10:06

John’s appointment today took us to Montecito, always a treat.  I took a walk and got waylaid at a pricey shop nearby where I considered buying a colorful scarf, then walked to the Biltmore without it.

Oceanside, on this fuzzy gray day, a crow and I stood and listened with deep delight to the soothing waves rolling ashore.

0801 Butterfly Beach - black&white day

0801 Butterfly Beach - black&white day

Turning 180′ the opposite direction from the view above, these seven uniformed gardeners are not noticing the gray day behind them, focusing instead on industriously adding pots of color to the elegant Biltmore.

0806 Seven Gardners

0806 Seven Gardeners plant color

On my way back to meet John I bought us hot chocolate with whipped cream, yummy and very unusual for me to do – and yes, I also stopped by the shop and bought the colorful scarf!

~by Anne

2010/10/29

Magic

Filed under: by Anne,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,Random,Relationships,SB Region — John @ 08:22

I found one of Anne’s pix from our airport sunset that she didn’t share, and it overflows with magic that more words would only delay.

0749 Magic

0749 Magic

2010/10/27

Over, then Over Again

Filed under: by Anne,Has Photos,Random — Anne @ 04:18

Two posts from us in one day, but I have more to add:

The flying was FUN today!  Short but exciting – and another brilliant day.  It’s been so cloudy, foggy of late that the clear air is exhilarating.

The fresh sourdough bread was yummy and took me back many years when I made bread regularly while living in the Carnation farmhouse on the Snoqualmie River in Washington state.  That was before breads got good in stores.  Nancy brought a sourdough starter she made from the organic chardonnay grapes she got at the Santa Ynez winery, Alma Rosa, our fave! [Note from John: my recollection of Nancy’s story is that she used that hazy coating you see on grapes, that’s actually a yeast, and she’s used the haze from plums before too.]

She asked if I’d be a “tester” for an article she’s writing for Edible SB. She reminded me of how one develops a “relationship” with the starter. Well our relationship is off to a great start, this starter and me, and the first loaf came out beautifully!

0759 1st Loaf of Sourdough Bread

0759 1st Loaf of Sourdough Bread

The little holes are done with scissors before baking.  Next, I’ll play with the shapes.

0761 Sliced Bread, Texture

0761 Sliced Bread, Texture

Well, the Texture looks about perfect to me, and the butter melting on it agreed.  Looks to me like the directions Nancy wrote will create many more happy bakers!

More bread in our future, with various accouterments 🙂

2010/10/23

Sun, Moon, Wing

Filed under: Aviation,by Anne,Has Photos,Nature,SB Region,Tripp — Anne @ 07:06

John has been offline and totally immersed. He bought a hard drive for more capacity for photos, but when installed his email got completely messed up and its been three days. So lest you think we’re disappeared, I’m excited to post photos from the 19th when we dropped by the airport to pet Tripp and check how she’d fared after our dramatic lightening thunderstorm the night before. She was indeed holding a bit in her belly so we tipped her clear and started watching the sunset which was Incredible. John’s photos are better but here are some from my point & shoot. First is John shooting next to our car and plane on the ramp at Santa Barbara Airport, plane & car doors open perusing each other:

0753 John shoots for you

0753 John shoots for you

Here is what we were looking at, and it kept changing by the second:

0748 Sunset Cone

0748 Sunset Cone

… and when I turned around, this was 180′ the other direction:

0741 Moon over Wing

0741 Moon over Wing

Yes, at the bottom of the frame is our plane wing, but be reassured I’m not wing- walking! I took this from the ground.

Many happenings this weekend and John may be back online 🙂

by Anne

2010/09/27

Dropping into Bishop

Filed under: Aviation,by Anne,Flying,Has Photos,SB Region — Anne @ 10:02

What a day!  After flying toward Mt Whitney close to sunset, we flew on north to Bishop.  Next morning I ran to get my camera as this helicopter hovered before landing.  So wanting to get him mid-air, but too late, yet still loved the action of the dust billowing around him, close to our parked plane.

0515 Helicopter at Bishop, early morning

0515 Helicopter at Bishop, early morning

by ~Anne

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