I'm so lucky to have been able to retire early with a pension.
After 33 years of working in an office cubicle, I'm finally able to travel!
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
in any direction you choose.”
Dr. Seuss
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Mount Borradaile, Australia
April, 2016 |
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Kakadu National Park, Australia (guarded by wasps!)
May, 2016
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Night cruise on the Danube River at Budapest
September, 2016 |
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| Belvedere Palace in Vienna in September, 2016 |
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Gyor, Hungary
September, 2016
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Berlin, Germany
November, 2016 |
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Prague, Czech Republic
December, 2016
When I first auditioned on April 1, I thought it was an April Fool's Day joke. But I got a call back saying I got a part! I played a Country Music Fan on Tuesday, then a Pharmacist on Friday. Long days of filming, but so much fun!
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Movie extra for A Star is Born with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga April, 2017
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Lady Gaga mural for Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California
April, 2017 |
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Crossing the street in Strasbourg, France June, 2017
Singing with the Blues Brothers on the streets of Cologne, Germany July, 2017
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Painting lessons from Van Gogh in Amsterdam
July, 2017 |
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Saw a Banksy Exhibit in Amsterdam
July, 2017 |
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LEGO Lisa on Halloween in Rancho Mirage, CA
October, 2017 |
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London, England
November, 2017
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Standing on the Prime Meridian at the
Royal Observatory in Greenwich
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Finally made it to Stonehenge!
April, 2018 |
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Covent Garden in London
April, 2018 |
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In Windsor for the Royal Wedding
May, 2018 |
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King Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace
May, 2018
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No luck finding Hugh Grant at Notting Hill :(
June, 2018 |
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Singing to the vegetables during a heat wave in London
June, 2018 |
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Toured Schlumberger Champagne Cellars in Vienna
July, 2018 |
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Free museum day in Vienna, visited six museums in one day!
July, 2018 |
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Used Google maps to help locate Hundertwasser buildings in Vienna.
(Ten days in Vienna was not long enough)
July, 2018 |
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Three weeks in Bath, England was not long enough!
July, 2018 |
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A beautiful trip to The Cotswolds in England
July, 2018 |
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Went to Paris with a friend visiting from Santa Barbara
August, 2018 |
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English pub crawl with my sister
September, 2018 |
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Pretending to be entering the Prime Minister's door
at 10 Downing Street in London, England
September, 2018 |
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Christmas with 'Prince Harry' the dog in Santa Barbara
December 2018 |
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Wildflower 'super bloom' at Joshua Tree National Park
February, 2019 |
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Visited scenic Hawaii
March, 2019 |
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Went on a movie site tour at Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii
March, 2019
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Memorial Day weekend getaway with Aunt Lisa
May, 2019 |
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Back to Hawaii
June, 2019 |
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Donut shop in Santa Monica
July, 2019 |
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Searching for 'Street Art' in London August, 2019
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Hamleys Toy Store on Regent Street in London :) August, 2019
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Tower Bridge and Saint Paul's Cathedral August, 2019
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Recreating The Sound of Music in Salzburg, Austria
September, 2019 |
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Found a Klimt Mural in Vienna
September, 2019 |
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Starting to get chilly in London
October, 2019 |
"When a (hu)man is tired of London,
(s)he is tired of life."
Samuel Johnson on September 20, 1777
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Lisa taking iPhone photos of crashing waves
at Makapu'u Beach, Hawaii
November, 2019 |
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Searched for petroglyphs on the Big Island of Hawaii for three weeks
February, 2020 |
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Seahorse wrapped around my finger at Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm in Kona, Hawaii
February, 2020
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March, 2020 :(
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Played with LEGOs during the 2020 lockdown...
S'mores!
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Picnics at the Santa Barbara Mission Rose Garden
(outside, six feet apart, wearing masks, using hand sanitizer...)
July, 2020
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Spent a week at Corona Del Mar, Newport Beach
August, 2020
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Montecito Country Club
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Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara
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My first Zoom on Christmas Eve, so fun to see everyone again! |
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View of Montecito, California
January, 2021 |
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Mudlarking in Montecito
February, 2021
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Mudlarking continues in Montecito, CA February, 2021 |
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Volunteering at a Covid-19 vaccination site
March, 2021 |
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Got vaccinated, woo hoo!
March, 2021 |
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A trip with Tia to Kualoa, Hawaii
April, 2021 |
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| Who had more fun, the 20 or 60 year old? |
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| Fun in Waikiki |
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Explored the Leeward side of Oahu
June, 2021 |
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Wahiawa Botanical Gardens on Oahu
July, 2021 |
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A rainbow in Ko' Olina, Hawaii
August, 2021 |
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A surprise visit from my best friend at
the Disney Resort at Ko' Olina, Hawaii
September, 2021 |
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Finally back home in Santa Barbara
September, 2021 |
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Back to Hawaii
November, 2021 |
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Mele Kalikimaka from Kauai
December, 2021 |
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Volunteering at the Food Bank
January, 2022 |
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Happy Birthday to me,
I'm officially a senior citizen!
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Searching for seaglass in Montecito
April, 2022 |
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Went whale watching with my neighbors
April, 2022 |
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And back to Hawaii she goes...
May, 2022 |
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Photographed coral in Hawaii, so fun!
(Hammer, mushroom, flowerpot,
bowl and potato chip coral) |
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I 💚 Hawaii
May, 2022 |
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Summer Solstice Parade in Santa Barbara
June, 2022 |
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Danced with a Fiesta flash mob
during 'Old Spanish Days'
August, 2022
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Played my ukulele at a winery
August, 2022
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Back to Oahu!
September, 2022 |
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Aloha from the Polynesian Cultural Center
September, 2022 |
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A scenic trip to the Big Island
September, 2022 |
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Danced in Thriller flash mobs
October, 2022 |
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Mele Kalikimaka
December, 2022 |
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Hula Boot Camp in Waikiki
January, 2023 |
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View of Diamond Head
February, 2023 |
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Flower and Garden Show in Montecito
April, 2023
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Wildflowers along the Gaviota Coast
April, 2023 |
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Rooftop party in downtown Santa Barbara
May, 2023 |
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Made a star mask for the Summer Solstice Parade
June, 2023 |
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Enjoying free concerts at Chase Palm Park
July, 2023 |
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A baby dolphin with it's mother
in the Santa Barbara Channel
August, 2023 |
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And back to Hawaii she goes
August, 2023 |
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Sunrise in Kaneohe, Hawaii
August, 2023 |
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Impersonating a car dashboard bobblehead
September, 2023 |
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I think I have enough photos of sunrises
on Kauai to fill a calendar!
September, 2023 |
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Danced with a Thriller flash mob
at Carpinteria Cemetery
October, 2023
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Built a Lego version of the North Pole
December, 2023 |
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Spent a month near Ko Olina, Hawaii
February, 2024 |
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Oscar Party
March, 2024 |
"It's not what you look at that matters,
it's what you see."
Henry David Thoreau
Singing with the Blues Brothers on the streets of Cologne, Germany 
