3-17-10 Wednesday (Mindsucker?)

The other day I mentioned some pink trees and had hoped to snap some photos of it for identification.  So, what is it?

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IMG_0003Above: It certainly is pretty but had tons of bees on it.

Below: A pretty white flowered tree.IMG_0004

 

DIH - Curved Road Last year while in San Diego we toured the Birch Aquarium.  With some walkin’ energy still remaining, we strolled the grounds of Balboa park – a very massive park.  Later that evening we had dinner with fellow gay RVer's at the High Dive.  After dinner, Jim and I walked around Old Town.  A busy and fun day.  Check it out here.

 

I applied for a position which went through an employment agency.  I got this email back:

 Mindseeker

Scary stuff.  Oh – and not very professional either.

image Speaking of employment, we had dinner with Deanna tonight.  She was kind enough to giver her opinion on my resume and cover letter.  As I anticipated, she had great recommendations which I’ll work on tomorrow.  Dinner was at O’Charley’s.   None of us were that impressed with the food.  It was “OK”.  The server was fantastic and I called the manager over to tell him so.  She never wrote a thing down and remembered everything.

10 comments:

  1. Mindsucker Answer...(drumroll please) It's a DUCK!!
    Okay sorry...I believe this tree is a Cherry tree. OR it could be a fruitless plum tree. But I think it is a Cherry. It's beautiful!!
    Sharon

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  2. Garret- I believe that pink tree may be a cherry tree. The white may be an apple tree. They look like the ones we had at the National D-Day Memorial. Harold

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  3. @Harold: Welcome! What a surprise!

    @Sharon: Thank you. You make 2 for Cherry. :-)

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  4. Yeah, well, I arrive promptly in time for cherry popping then.

    In response to your knife question:

    Serrated knifes are OK for cutting some types of meats, but only when they are cooked and well rested.

    A general purpose knife-and the one I use for nearly everything-is the Henckel Professional S Series 10" Chef/French knife. It is expensive but it's pretty badass.

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  5. Garret, I'm voting for a Dogwood tree.

    If you find out, let us know.

    We had a weeping cherry tree (it died after 20+ yrs)...and the blooms didn't look exactly like what you have pictured so that's why I say Dogwood.

    MarkinPalmSprings

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  6. I was going to say cherry tree too, although I wouldn't know a cherry tree if it came up to Casa Hice, rang the bell, introduced itself, and shook my hand.

    But I do know that cherry blossoms are pink. Your pink blossoms look different than cherry blossoms tho. Almost Camelia like. I'll do a little investigating and see if I can figure it out for you. Because, after all, once the laundry is washed down at the lake, what else do I have to do?

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  7. @Chef: I love Henckel. We have steak knives and a general set from Henckel but seems the only knife we're missing is a non-serrated knife.

    @Mark: Chef would have popped your cherry tree.

    @Alix: You have 2 hilarious comments in your uhhhhh comment. Who's helping you? You're simply not smart enough to come up with such zingers.

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  8. Garret and Chef Green:

    Wusthof 7-inch Santoku is the only way to go (unless it comes in a nine-incher. It's all about size, you know). I spent one mortgage payment on a whole set of Wusthof Grand Prix knives, but use the Santoku almost exclusively.

    PS: I'm going to Comment Night School, Garret. Glad you noticed an improvement.

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  9. I'm going with a type of flowering plum. It's definately not a dogwood or crab apple. And cherry trees are useually more broad.

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  10. Alix, the dryer I just purchased today was 1/3 of my mortgage payment.

    I'm reminded of the cherry blossoms at the cherry blossom festival in Washington DC each year. Not that I've ever been there but I've seen pics. :)

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