Saturday, July 11, 2009

Quirkly Berkeley

Berkeley, California is a fun city, different from San Francisco but quite quirky in its own right. Our son Brad and his fiance Becky live not far from the university (UCLA Berkeley), in a tiny house that Brad has dubbed the Hobbit Hole, due to its small size and hobbit-hole-like entrance cut out of the back gate. In the back yard, Brad has managed to eek somewhat of a Garden of Eden out of the small patch of city dirt that's there. Fruit trees, berry bushes, vegetable plants, herbs: an amazing market basket of thriving plants!

Brad always takes pains to point out the wonderful bead shops that dot the city streets of Berkeley. I poke into a couple to find local treasures that I can use in future creations, when I am back at home and with time enough to string beads and do other playful activities.

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