Certain scents evoke a strong response – a sense memory so strong that you are instantly transported to a place, an event, a time in your life. For me, Jasmine is one of those scents. You find it everywhere in San Diego. Night Blooming Jasmine reminds me of walking my dogs in the evening in my old neighborhood here in San Diego and walking through Balboa Park on my way to a performance. It reminds me of meeting my husband and stealing a kiss as we walked to our cars along the back road behind the theater. It is such a heady, glorious scent. It is one of my favorite things about being in San Diego.
We have finished our rehearsals in the rehearsal hall and will move onstage Tuesday for the beginning of tech rehearsals. Monday night is the memorial for Craig Noel, the founder of the theater. Several hundred people are expected. I look forward to seeing many old friends.
I see Darcy most every day. Here is a photo from my walk home today:
Awwww.
For the first time since I arrived here, I did some stitching. This is my project based on Theresa McFayden’s Freestyle Embroidery EZine. Since I will have more free time in the coming weeks, I hope to add more to it.
By the way, as I was yet again sitting on the sofa, I experienced another earthquake yesterday. This time I was talking to my husband on the phone and I told him it seemed worse than the last. It was. It was a 5.3 earthquake with a 4.5 aftershock.
I think 2 earthquakes are enough, don’t you?
Claudia:
Love your sweet embroideries and Darcy’s latest photo op. I, too, love the jasmine’s heady fragrance. I have wonderful bushes growing right outside my studio windows. ahhhh.
I agree…two earthquakes is quite enough!
Have a great week, my friend.
xoxo
Donna
I love the fragrance of jasmine too. Your latest stitches are so sweet. You are truly inspiring me to start stitching too. I am sorry to hear about the latest quake. Two earthquakes are more than enough!!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Hi Claudia,
I think scent definitely takes us on delightful journeys. I love your stitching..I must check out Theresa’s Ezine.
I know you are staying busy and yes! two earthquakes in the short time you’ve been there is a bit to many….It seems like Mother Nature is quite unhappy lately…so many serious events.
Have a wonderful day…
Hugs,
Stephanie ♥
two earthquakes is more than enough…i can’t wait to see more of your stitching project!!!
Claudia,
2 earthquakes are enough! It must be almost time for you to come back to your cottage. The stitching is wonderful.
Take care.
Carol
Oh yes…2 earthquakes/tremors are plenty! Darcy is so cute:)
How exciting to be moving into the rehearsal stage of your work, and so nice to start another stitching project. I love the free style StitchALong.
Wow! That must have been some phone call to Hubby…earth shaking! LOL!
hi claudia,
yes, 2 earthquakes are more than enough. maybe it was just how you felt while talking to don (i feel the earth move under my feet …).
a sweet stroll of a post from start to finish!
xo
elyse
I’ve only felt one earthquake before. Kind of creepy and unsettling when they happen, especially since we lived in Arizona at the time and it happened in the middle of the night.
Di
Absolutely they are enough! Oh, that is scary! I’ll be glad when you get home to NY and will be away from earthquakes. I love CA, but this the most frightening thing about being there. I felt the aftershocks of a San Francisco quake once, and it scared me a lot.
I love Darcy, and I love your needlework. Glad you are stitching again, Claudia.
XO,
Sheila
Two earth quakes are enough. Your stitchery is so sweet. Love the jasmine. It is also one of my favorites. Smells so good….yummmmmy.
Have a fun day. Busy! Dogwood
Hello Claudia,
Yes, enough indeed.
I think it’s sweet that you have those memories with just a single flower. And all of these memories are just lovely to look back.
Mizpah,
Li
(The embroidered flowers are adorable :-) )
Hi Claudia!
How I enjoyed reading this post! The way you wrote about your memories and nostaglic reflections of you and hubby! sooo sweet!
it’s true…scents really do take us back to specific times and places!
thanks for sharing!
ciao bella
oh and your free style embroidery…can’t wait to see you gradually fill that in! looks great!
creative carmelina
jasmine, embroidery and earthquakes. there is just somthing that is so southern california about this combo!
~janet
it sounds as if you are settling in.
thegardenerscottage
I love it when a scent transports you to another time and place, and your story of yours and hubby’s stolen kisses – such precious memories!! I love the embroidery, so pretty! …and here’s hoping that is the end of the earthquakes, 5.3, that’s quite bad, yes?!! Please stay safe Claudia !xo
Gotta love it when the earth rolls beneath you! Ive lived here all my life and it still catches me by surprise every time!Sometimes my dog scratches and shakes my bed and I think its a quake,LOL!
Definitely two quakes is enough Claudia! There seems to be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on lately.
Your stitchery project is so pretty. I’m sure it feels good to have a little time to relax and stitch something wonderful.
For me the scent of lilacs and mock orange remind me of days at my grandma’s house. I am always taken back to childhood when the lilacs are in bloom.
hugs
Darcy, I wish I could give you a hug!
Miss you sister,
Mere
Oooo, I love the freestyle embroidery!!!
I lived in the Bay Area for 15 years, and never got used to the earthquakes!
Take good care of yourself!
Hugs,
Zuzu