My name is Suzanne Thompson. I enjoy photography, dining at non-chain restaurants, trying new vegetarian recipes, reading, blogging, and exploring new locations...the three most valuable are family, faith, and friends.
I was born in England, moved to Ethiopia when I was four, then to America when I was seven. In American, I have lived in eight states. Bob and I were married in January 2010 and we currently live in California and North Carolina.
On Saturday night, I went with several friends to the LA County Fair. What a lot of lights! This first picture is taken from the top of the Ferris Wheel. David and Anne rode one of the faster ridesWaiting to go on the Ferris WheelArt displays from local schoolsRoasted corn with butter seasoning salt…yummy!Leila dressed...
Today, I called the dealership to make an appointment to get my car fixed. With another prayer, we headed the 40+ miles to the dealership. We dropped the car off and drove off with a rental. Later the dealership called to say that the left strut had gone bad. As the car had over 50k...
Monday morning, we left Monterey early and drove west. We stopped by Lover’s Point where I took these next two pictures. We then drove the 17 mile drive through Pebble Beach. We stopped at Carmel by-the-Sea for a great breakfast at Kate’s Place and to browse around some of the stores. Whenever I hear or...
This evening we had reservations for a wonderful dinner for at Peppoli’s at Pebble Beach. We had an excellent meal. We had an excellent Capressi salad with red, yellow and green tomatoes and the freshest mozzerella cheese I have ever tested. We then had a great corn and fennel soup followed by our dinner dishes....
After leaving Safari West, we drove down to San Francisco and stopped at Muir Woods to see the huge Redwood trees. Their size and age are amazing. We found a shaded place in the woods and stopped for a quick lunch. This morning, we had purchased a sandwich to share at Dean and Deluca…for $8.75....
Today we went to Safari West in Santa Rosa, CA. We got to see giraffes, gazelles, zebras, rinos and many other 600 animals in the 400 acres preserve. We started with a two hour safari drive and explored the animals in authentic safari vehicles. Then we walked around seeing more animals and birds.
As we were headed north, on our way out of Napa, we saw several hot air balloons getting ready to land. We pulled onto a side road to get some pictures. They were colorful against the blue early morning sky. I was talking pictures of a balloon that landed by the road, then turned around...
Saturday evening, we had reservations at Ubuntu Restaurant in Napa. I had read about it in a magazine as a “vegetable” restaurant. It was an interesting experience. All the food in the restaurant was vegetarian. We had fresh olives for an appetizer, they were delicious. The salad had greens and flowers on it that I...
After deciding to drive further, we stopped by a vineyard by the side of the road to get some pictures of grapes, olives and other vegetation. Bob snapped a picture of me……while I was taking pictures of these.
After church and a picnic lunch, we went north to Elmshaven, the home of Ellen White, and toured around. It was there that we realized why a warning light was coming on in the car intermittently. The drivers side fender was lower than the wheel instead of a few inches above it and the car...
