Santee, California
We went for a nice walk around Joanne’s neighborhood yesterday with her and her dog, Stitch.
Stitch is a rescue dog who is most likely predominately Tibetan spaniel as shown by his love of walking along walls. Tibbies walked monastery walks as guard dogs. Stitch is keeping the tradition alive. 🙂
Here is some of what we saw…
At the base of Joanne’s driveway there is a beautiful Bird of Paradise plant in bloom.
The rock wall behind the plant was made by the Civilian Conservation Corp during the Depression.
They also made this wall and the drain structure.
Loved this “Be Happy” sign in a neighbor’s garden garden.
Another neighbor is carving statues out of palm tree stumps. He’s doing a wonderful job as shown by these photos of a silver back gorilla.
This neighbor’s house is very unique in that the top level rotates around similar to the top of the Seattle Space Needle.
Nasturtium grows like colorful weeds.
Loved the pipe man holding the mailbox.
This beautiful home sits near the top of Mt. Helix. It is owned by the people who founded the stores that later became known as Sprouts markets.
The Bougainivillea  was in high bloom.
And here are a few more photos of the flora we saw…
I think this is lumpquat. (Update:Â loquat)
Bougainvillea close up.
Ice plant in bloom.
Not sure what this is…
Not sure what this is either, but it reminded me of the stephanosis bouquet I Â carried on my wedding day.
Joanne and her family live on Mt. Helix. The top of the mountain offers 360-degree views to Mexico, downtown San Diego, the surrounding mountain ranges, and the Pacific ocean.
It was a great tour of the neighborhood especially with Joanne as our tour guide. 🙂
Glad you got to see each other and what cool pictures! Are you sure Stitch wasn’t up there to escape Sophie?
I was thinking about writing a post about how it went between Stitch and Sophie. I was going to call it “Stitch Bit the Bitch” and she deserved it!
We had a wonderful time walking with all of you. I looked up the name of the fruit – loquat. Here is a link: http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/loquat.html. I didn’t know it was from China. Sophie is adorable. We still love her.
Thanks for the link, Joanne. And thank you for such a wonderful visit! 🙂