Pre-Christmas

It's been very quiet in our corner for the past couple weeks. Not much really blog worthy.

Our biggest adventure was a attending the Holiday Celebration presented at The Welk in Escondido.

The Welk Theater at Lawrence Welk Village continues to draw top talent.

The show was a very high energy performance of holiday classics, including Feliz Navidad with Folkloric dance and a rap version Silent Night. We both enjoyed show and the holiday decorations in the lobby.

A one and a two …

We continue to bike ride along Mission Bay and into Pacific Beach.  Saturday we rode into PB  for the annual Christmas parade.  The Mission Bay High School provided the only band this year.

The LoRiders from South Bay put on a show with their hydraulic antics

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and beautiful rides

and restored classics

The Old Mission Bay Athletic Club (OMBAC) Fire Department is present at most local events.

No holiday parade would be complete without Santa!

In responses to a comment left by Jim, I challenged myself a couple blogs ago to make a rattle out of a Coyote Gourd, as that's all their good for.

Coyote Gourd

Rather than wait weeks for it to dry I used the kitchen oven (don't tell Fran)

A native Kumeyaay shaman would use a sharp rock, but …

The seeds are the only part of the gourd that is edible, although there are a lot of seeds, it's defiantly an acquired taste!

Yes that is a Julian Pie tin holding the seeds :)

I put the dried seeds back in the gourd.  And used a hot glue gun to secure the gourd to my pine branch.  A Kumeyaay craftsman would make one as show in this YouTube video  HERE.

We always seem to have a puzzle on the puzzle table.

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  And that’s all for now, we'll be heading back to Borrego for their New Year festivities.