more stuff we've been up to
The rest of the stuff we've been up to since the arrival in California.
Constantine: How to describe this? Um... It's dark, very much so. It has a couple of funny parts, but those are mild. Visually it is intense. Every scene has layers. Anyone who has done any serious research on the supernatural, on myths and mythology, on theological constructs, or on the conflicts and similarities between those things will get sucked in and be comparing the movie's theories and myths with the ones found in history and life. Fascinating - really. I found myself wanting to take notes so I could pull out things from the boxes of books still packed in my spare room. The basic premise - in the eon long the battle between good and evil, how do you truly know the definition of good and evil? Also, how do you keep the 'good' from slowly sliding into evil from sheer strain in war? And what about those who are dragged past the normal shades of gray into darkness? Or is gray part of evil? I've now seen this three times and my questions keep bringing me back to it and comparing it to what I've already learned elsewhere. I think it's time for me to brush up my Hebrew and Latin so I can hit the original sources.
Get Low: Robert Duval, Gerald McRaney, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, …; The only one word comes to mind - poignant. And it really is. I found it beautiful but sad, bittersweet but at the same time the end is very perfect. The movie takes place in rural, mountainous Appalachia. Everything from the soft, familiar drawls and the wording to the small town with early 1900's architecture reminded me of places I've been in rural East Tennessee, western Maryland, and southern Virginia. Robert Duval portrays Felix Bush, a hermit who after 38 years of living in solitude wants to tell his story - to get the truth out about him and his past instead of all the 'friend of a friend' stories that exist about him. To do so he arranges a grand Funeral Party with himself as guest of honor and a raffle for his 300 acres of prime, virgin timber land. Parts of the movie are downright poetic comedy and others are such well told serious drama that the theatre was completely silent. I've never seen Bill Murray in a serious movie where I actually saw him as particular character before and I was very pleasantly impressed and surprised. The movie was well done, the acting very impressive and believable, the plot well rounded and the ending very fitting. A definite keeper.
March:
Gladiator: I've wanted to see this since it came out but at the same time I did not want to see it. Why? Well, because I've read about gladiators and the big gladiatorial games since I took Latin in 10th grade. Before that I read about Rome and it's legions starting with my paper on Cleopatra in Mrs. Sanabria's 3rd grade class in Puerto Rico. Why not? Because I know what the games entailed and seeing that kind of death for so little reason is rather gruesome. The movie was surprisingly well done. It was beautiful in places because Rome of the time was a beautiful place made up of marble and fine buildings, the Imperial court full of extremely beautiful things and people taking advantage of their wealth to show off what they could. It was tactful (really did not need to see the brutality that I read about in history classes and Latin texts). And due to the subject matter it was also painfully, horrifically tragic. Artistically I feel pretty impressed by it. The scope... the feel... the way it melded. It's one of those too pretty, too painful movies that hurts as much as it draws you in to watch. Yeah, I'm going to see it again. Probably not this year. But definitely.
The Fighter: Christian Bale, … Very interesting movie. It was not on my list to see but nonetheless, I really liked it. It follows the real life struggles of a boxer from New Jersey and his very dysfunctional family as he trains to become a welterweight champion. His older half brother had a shot at a promising career after a surprise KO in his fight against Tyson in the eighties, but lost it all by becoming a crack cocaine addict. His mother refuses to see what is going on and insists that her son still has a chance and that through 'managing' her younger son will redeem the eldest. In many places the movie is brutal - it is a rather forthright view of how far crack addicts go to deceive themselves and their loved ones as well as how far families go to not see the problem. It also shows the sheer hard work and brutality that is the boxing industry. And yeah, it is brutal... the only thought in my mind was that it is the modern form of the Roman gladiatorial games - blood, bruises, brain damage and broken bones included. For all of that, I still liked it even if it made me ask myself did that make me part of the mob.
Shall We Dance? I have not seen many Richard Gere movies. I have to admit I've liked all three of them. This one I adored. Gere is a will and testament writer at a big firm in New York. He puts in long hours and rides the train to and from work, slowly growing old and tired. At least until he spots a dance studio and a woman in the window. From there he decides he needs to try something different, to spice up his life and bring enjoyment into it again. To his surprise, ballroom dancing does just that. His wife thinks he's having an affair. His teenaged daughter is caught between amazement and mortification when she finds out. And in the end... it's beautifully done. Cute as a button. A very gorgeous chick flick. Yeah, I guess I am a sucker for happy endings after all.
Million Dollar Baby I usually like Clint Eastwood's movies. Westerns. Cop dramas. Regular dramas. This one did not get my interest even though I tried. It's about boxing which is not my favorite subject but since I liked The Fighter, I thought maybe, okay. Cinematographically it seems dark, the lighting and scenes, mostly in gyms and arenas is understated and right for the sites. Unfortunately, I only managed an hour into the movie before I yielded. Boxing enthusiasts would find the training and the gym scenes worthwhile... at least they should. And Eastwood as the trainer and owner of the gym probably works, especially with his quiet menace on screen. I really liked the way he and Morgan Freeman seemed to click. I also liked Freeman's voice over, but then again, I like his voice. I simply did not get into the movie itself and within an hour was bored even if everything (little though that is) about movies pointed out how well made it was. Drats. I've been wanting to see it for over a year, just because I knew who was in it.
Tangled. Just as good the second time as the first.
April:
The Book of Eli: This one really got me. It took me until the very end of the movie to realize why Eli was doing the clicking - and I've read up on echolocation for the blind in modern times. The plot and main themes of the movie were well done and carefully crafted. The post-apocalyptic world fit in with many of the postulated futures even if the background reason for the apocalyptic war blind sided me. And Denzel Washington as Eli was simple perfection. Watched twice before I had to return to Netflix. Wanna see it again to see if I missed anything else. Violent? Well, yeah. Dark? Definitely. Fairly morbid? Oh, most assuredly. But on a whole, very well done. Up there with some of the darker 1950's era science fiction I've read. But so very vivid because it's done on screen and the director managed to lace it with a trace of hope, lots of despair, a handful of bittersweet losses, and a good helping of stubbornness. Could I envision it actually happening? Um, looking at the news lately, yeah I can. Unfortunately. Still found it awesome.
Little Fockers : I did not particularly intend to ever watch this movie. I don't tend to like the kind of humor that the previews and trailers showed. I did not enjoy most of the movie even though I really tried to like it... as I said, not my kind of humor. I did like the portrayal of the marriage of the older Fockers - especially the eldest Focker's comment to his son after seeing him in a fairly compromising position “Of course you didn't sleep with her, we Fockers aren't made that way.” Fidelity is a big and very important part of marriage. My absolute favorite lines - “Should you have an affair? Of course, with your wife! Go to a hotel, just the two of you...” The way Roz Focker (…) delivers it is delightful. Otherwise, I mainly was wincing through the movie. Everyone else, however, seemed to enjoy it immensely.
Letters to Juliet First warning: This is an unabashed chick flick. Second warning: The cinematography is absolutely awesome. Third warning: The actors fit like puzzle pieces in a grandly woven tapestry. I did not expect to like this movie, don't know why. I seem to like chick flicks more than I ever thought I would. My daughter begged me to see, so I did. I've never wanted to see anything in Italy but Rome and the Vatican. This movie has convinced me otherwise. The scenery is gorgeous. The people seem to be just as gorgeous and funny. Anyway- the movie... The site of Juliet's house in Verona is a real place and has, since the canonization of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, become a place for lovelorn and bewildered women to visit, asking for insight. Local women known as “the secretaries of Juliet” answer letters left for 'Juliet' to the best of their abilities. When a visiting writer finds a fifty year old letter, she answers it with their blessing. The original writer of the letter, now a widowed grandmother, comes back to Italy to find out if the man she fled fifty years previously still remembers her. Together with her grandson and the American writer who responded to her letter to Juliet, she searches out her original love. The movie is part quest, part romance, part mythic journey of growth and knowledge.
Country Strong : Garrett H, Gweneth Paltrow, Freehan, Tim McGraw; a very poignant view of the music business and the results mega-stardom on a star's life. The most surprising part was that Tim McGraw did not sing at all during the movie. He did, however, do an awesome job portraying the manager husband of a country superstar with a career and life destroying drug/alcohol addiction who is struggling with the fact that he blames her for losing their child to an alcohol related stage accident and ignores his actions that sabotage their marriage and her rehabilitation. Gweneth Paltrow is very convincing as Kelly Cantor, a woman who is nowhere near recovered from the loss of her child, the slow, painful death of her marriage, and unable to control her alcoholism after being removed from rehab in an attempt to 'save' her career. Garrett H (Beau Hutton) & Freehan (Chiles...) portray two newcomers to the big league music business who are brought along on Kelly's comeback tour in an attempt to keep the star from falling back into her alcoholism. There are two lines that describe the movie the best - “Love is ALL that matters” and “You can have Love or Fame, not both”
McGuyver: The Lost Treasure of Atlantis Checked this out from Netflix because even now I like McGuyver. Even better, I hooked my kid on it. Yes, it is a cheesy movie. Yes, it was obvious from the start that they would find and loose the treasure. But then again, this is a McGuyver ep made large. Seeing Richard Dean Anderson in late 80's/early 90's with big hair gave me the giggles. Listening to Brian Blessed purr out his lines was a delight. Plot... mmmm. Yeah, there was one. Yeah it had holes. Pretty movie though... full of British scenes and lots of psuedo sets that were remarkably set like. But it was fun and that is all that really counts.
McGuyver: The Trail to Doomsday Second TV movie on the disk. From start the bad guy was evident, it's almost always the brother or partner in these. Daughter and I argued over death of a main secondary character but quickly came to agreement and near the end we found out we were right. Our main disagreement and point that kept us watching was to find out if the KGB agent really had turned her back on being a spy. Did she? You have to watch the movie. Besides, it's pure McGuyver... lots of explosions and his adamant refusal to use a gun even though explosions and RPGs really do kill people.
Books:
in 2010 but I forgot to write down when:
Cabinet of Curiosities - Preston & Child
Brimstone - Preston & Child
Still Life with Crows - Preston & Child
and yeah, I'm still slowly working my way through the Middle English of the Lancelot & Guenever tales. Unfortunately I get tangled up and then lose track of it because it tangled me up. Then I pick up a faster paced modern book. But I WILL finish it. Someday.
December: (I have thank Melissa and Paul for their B&N Giftcard again since it got me seven of these during the after Christmas sale!):
Ruthless Game - Christine Feehan
Ghost Shadow - Heather Graham
Burn - Linda Howard
Coyote's Mate - Lara Leigh
Lion's Heart - Lara Leigh
Dead City - Joe McKinney
Mount Dragon - Preston & Child
Relic - Preston & Child
The Book of the Dead - Preston & Child
Blown Away - Sharon Sala
Torn Apart - Sharon Sala
January:
Water Bond - Christine Feehan
Ghost Night - Heather Graham
Almost Forever - Linda Howard
Bengal's Heart - Lara Leigh
Tanner's Scheme - Lara Leigh
Mercury's War - Lara Leigh
Reliquary - Preston & Child
Fever Dream - Preston & Child
February 2011
Debt of Honor - Tom Clancy
Ghost Moon - Heather Graham
Apocalypse of the Dead - Joe McKinney
The Dance of Death - Preston & Child
Cemetery Dance - Preston & Child
March 2011
Executive Order - Tom Clancy
The Wheel of Darkness - Preston & Child
On Basilisk Station - David Weber
Mutineer's Moon David Weber
The Armageddon Inheritance David Weber
Heirs of Empire David Weber
April 2011
The Honor of the Queen David Weber
The Short Victorious War David Weber
Field of Dishonor David Weber
In Enemy Hands David Weber
Echoes of Honor David Weber
Sewing
finished Dec 2010- Winter Tree
started Dec 27th finished Feb 20th 2011 - celtic bookmark
started Feb 20th finished March 2011 - Valentine piece
started March 25th tulip heart - ran out of thread pending until I find a proper sewing store
restarted April 11th 2011 Garden piece project
Places We've been:
December:
The Grand Canyon
Chico 1894 Episcopal Cathedral
Bidwell Mansion
Chico Tree Reclamation area
January:
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge (mostly is not publically accessible)
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in Willows
Bidwell Lower Park/ 1-mile Park
Skyline Ridge overlooking Chico
February:
Woodson Bridge on CA-99
Chinese Temple in Oroville
Oroville murals (three of twenty)
Chico University Campus
Skyline Ridge overlooking Chico
March:
several almond orchards
Sacramento State House
Bidwell Upper Park
Five Mile Park
Old Sacramento area
Chico Murals & Art Furniture (we're still finding more)
Honey Run Bridge Park
April:
Turtle Bay - McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Garden
Burney Falls State Park
Chico State University Gardens (roses are in bloom now)
Constantine: How to describe this? Um... It's dark, very much so. It has a couple of funny parts, but those are mild. Visually it is intense. Every scene has layers. Anyone who has done any serious research on the supernatural, on myths and mythology, on theological constructs, or on the conflicts and similarities between those things will get sucked in and be comparing the movie's theories and myths with the ones found in history and life. Fascinating - really. I found myself wanting to take notes so I could pull out things from the boxes of books still packed in my spare room. The basic premise - in the eon long the battle between good and evil, how do you truly know the definition of good and evil? Also, how do you keep the 'good' from slowly sliding into evil from sheer strain in war? And what about those who are dragged past the normal shades of gray into darkness? Or is gray part of evil? I've now seen this three times and my questions keep bringing me back to it and comparing it to what I've already learned elsewhere. I think it's time for me to brush up my Hebrew and Latin so I can hit the original sources.
Get Low: Robert Duval, Gerald McRaney, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, …; The only one word comes to mind - poignant. And it really is. I found it beautiful but sad, bittersweet but at the same time the end is very perfect. The movie takes place in rural, mountainous Appalachia. Everything from the soft, familiar drawls and the wording to the small town with early 1900's architecture reminded me of places I've been in rural East Tennessee, western Maryland, and southern Virginia. Robert Duval portrays Felix Bush, a hermit who after 38 years of living in solitude wants to tell his story - to get the truth out about him and his past instead of all the 'friend of a friend' stories that exist about him. To do so he arranges a grand Funeral Party with himself as guest of honor and a raffle for his 300 acres of prime, virgin timber land. Parts of the movie are downright poetic comedy and others are such well told serious drama that the theatre was completely silent. I've never seen Bill Murray in a serious movie where I actually saw him as particular character before and I was very pleasantly impressed and surprised. The movie was well done, the acting very impressive and believable, the plot well rounded and the ending very fitting. A definite keeper.
March:
Gladiator: I've wanted to see this since it came out but at the same time I did not want to see it. Why? Well, because I've read about gladiators and the big gladiatorial games since I took Latin in 10th grade. Before that I read about Rome and it's legions starting with my paper on Cleopatra in Mrs. Sanabria's 3rd grade class in Puerto Rico. Why not? Because I know what the games entailed and seeing that kind of death for so little reason is rather gruesome. The movie was surprisingly well done. It was beautiful in places because Rome of the time was a beautiful place made up of marble and fine buildings, the Imperial court full of extremely beautiful things and people taking advantage of their wealth to show off what they could. It was tactful (really did not need to see the brutality that I read about in history classes and Latin texts). And due to the subject matter it was also painfully, horrifically tragic. Artistically I feel pretty impressed by it. The scope... the feel... the way it melded. It's one of those too pretty, too painful movies that hurts as much as it draws you in to watch. Yeah, I'm going to see it again. Probably not this year. But definitely.
The Fighter: Christian Bale, … Very interesting movie. It was not on my list to see but nonetheless, I really liked it. It follows the real life struggles of a boxer from New Jersey and his very dysfunctional family as he trains to become a welterweight champion. His older half brother had a shot at a promising career after a surprise KO in his fight against Tyson in the eighties, but lost it all by becoming a crack cocaine addict. His mother refuses to see what is going on and insists that her son still has a chance and that through 'managing' her younger son will redeem the eldest. In many places the movie is brutal - it is a rather forthright view of how far crack addicts go to deceive themselves and their loved ones as well as how far families go to not see the problem. It also shows the sheer hard work and brutality that is the boxing industry. And yeah, it is brutal... the only thought in my mind was that it is the modern form of the Roman gladiatorial games - blood, bruises, brain damage and broken bones included. For all of that, I still liked it even if it made me ask myself did that make me part of the mob.
Shall We Dance? I have not seen many Richard Gere movies. I have to admit I've liked all three of them. This one I adored. Gere is a will and testament writer at a big firm in New York. He puts in long hours and rides the train to and from work, slowly growing old and tired. At least until he spots a dance studio and a woman in the window. From there he decides he needs to try something different, to spice up his life and bring enjoyment into it again. To his surprise, ballroom dancing does just that. His wife thinks he's having an affair. His teenaged daughter is caught between amazement and mortification when she finds out. And in the end... it's beautifully done. Cute as a button. A very gorgeous chick flick. Yeah, I guess I am a sucker for happy endings after all.
Million Dollar Baby I usually like Clint Eastwood's movies. Westerns. Cop dramas. Regular dramas. This one did not get my interest even though I tried. It's about boxing which is not my favorite subject but since I liked The Fighter, I thought maybe, okay. Cinematographically it seems dark, the lighting and scenes, mostly in gyms and arenas is understated and right for the sites. Unfortunately, I only managed an hour into the movie before I yielded. Boxing enthusiasts would find the training and the gym scenes worthwhile... at least they should. And Eastwood as the trainer and owner of the gym probably works, especially with his quiet menace on screen. I really liked the way he and Morgan Freeman seemed to click. I also liked Freeman's voice over, but then again, I like his voice. I simply did not get into the movie itself and within an hour was bored even if everything (little though that is) about movies pointed out how well made it was. Drats. I've been wanting to see it for over a year, just because I knew who was in it.
Tangled. Just as good the second time as the first.
April:
The Book of Eli: This one really got me. It took me until the very end of the movie to realize why Eli was doing the clicking - and I've read up on echolocation for the blind in modern times. The plot and main themes of the movie were well done and carefully crafted. The post-apocalyptic world fit in with many of the postulated futures even if the background reason for the apocalyptic war blind sided me. And Denzel Washington as Eli was simple perfection. Watched twice before I had to return to Netflix. Wanna see it again to see if I missed anything else. Violent? Well, yeah. Dark? Definitely. Fairly morbid? Oh, most assuredly. But on a whole, very well done. Up there with some of the darker 1950's era science fiction I've read. But so very vivid because it's done on screen and the director managed to lace it with a trace of hope, lots of despair, a handful of bittersweet losses, and a good helping of stubbornness. Could I envision it actually happening? Um, looking at the news lately, yeah I can. Unfortunately. Still found it awesome.
Little Fockers : I did not particularly intend to ever watch this movie. I don't tend to like the kind of humor that the previews and trailers showed. I did not enjoy most of the movie even though I really tried to like it... as I said, not my kind of humor. I did like the portrayal of the marriage of the older Fockers - especially the eldest Focker's comment to his son after seeing him in a fairly compromising position “Of course you didn't sleep with her, we Fockers aren't made that way.” Fidelity is a big and very important part of marriage. My absolute favorite lines - “Should you have an affair? Of course, with your wife! Go to a hotel, just the two of you...” The way Roz Focker (…) delivers it is delightful. Otherwise, I mainly was wincing through the movie. Everyone else, however, seemed to enjoy it immensely.
Letters to Juliet First warning: This is an unabashed chick flick. Second warning: The cinematography is absolutely awesome. Third warning: The actors fit like puzzle pieces in a grandly woven tapestry. I did not expect to like this movie, don't know why. I seem to like chick flicks more than I ever thought I would. My daughter begged me to see, so I did. I've never wanted to see anything in Italy but Rome and the Vatican. This movie has convinced me otherwise. The scenery is gorgeous. The people seem to be just as gorgeous and funny. Anyway- the movie... The site of Juliet's house in Verona is a real place and has, since the canonization of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, become a place for lovelorn and bewildered women to visit, asking for insight. Local women known as “the secretaries of Juliet” answer letters left for 'Juliet' to the best of their abilities. When a visiting writer finds a fifty year old letter, she answers it with their blessing. The original writer of the letter, now a widowed grandmother, comes back to Italy to find out if the man she fled fifty years previously still remembers her. Together with her grandson and the American writer who responded to her letter to Juliet, she searches out her original love. The movie is part quest, part romance, part mythic journey of growth and knowledge.
Country Strong : Garrett H, Gweneth Paltrow, Freehan, Tim McGraw; a very poignant view of the music business and the results mega-stardom on a star's life. The most surprising part was that Tim McGraw did not sing at all during the movie. He did, however, do an awesome job portraying the manager husband of a country superstar with a career and life destroying drug/alcohol addiction who is struggling with the fact that he blames her for losing their child to an alcohol related stage accident and ignores his actions that sabotage their marriage and her rehabilitation. Gweneth Paltrow is very convincing as Kelly Cantor, a woman who is nowhere near recovered from the loss of her child, the slow, painful death of her marriage, and unable to control her alcoholism after being removed from rehab in an attempt to 'save' her career. Garrett H (Beau Hutton) & Freehan (Chiles...) portray two newcomers to the big league music business who are brought along on Kelly's comeback tour in an attempt to keep the star from falling back into her alcoholism. There are two lines that describe the movie the best - “Love is ALL that matters” and “You can have Love or Fame, not both”
McGuyver: The Lost Treasure of Atlantis Checked this out from Netflix because even now I like McGuyver. Even better, I hooked my kid on it. Yes, it is a cheesy movie. Yes, it was obvious from the start that they would find and loose the treasure. But then again, this is a McGuyver ep made large. Seeing Richard Dean Anderson in late 80's/early 90's with big hair gave me the giggles. Listening to Brian Blessed purr out his lines was a delight. Plot... mmmm. Yeah, there was one. Yeah it had holes. Pretty movie though... full of British scenes and lots of psuedo sets that were remarkably set like. But it was fun and that is all that really counts.
McGuyver: The Trail to Doomsday Second TV movie on the disk. From start the bad guy was evident, it's almost always the brother or partner in these. Daughter and I argued over death of a main secondary character but quickly came to agreement and near the end we found out we were right. Our main disagreement and point that kept us watching was to find out if the KGB agent really had turned her back on being a spy. Did she? You have to watch the movie. Besides, it's pure McGuyver... lots of explosions and his adamant refusal to use a gun even though explosions and RPGs really do kill people.
Books:
in 2010 but I forgot to write down when:
Cabinet of Curiosities - Preston & Child
Brimstone - Preston & Child
Still Life with Crows - Preston & Child
and yeah, I'm still slowly working my way through the Middle English of the Lancelot & Guenever tales. Unfortunately I get tangled up and then lose track of it because it tangled me up. Then I pick up a faster paced modern book. But I WILL finish it. Someday.
December: (I have thank Melissa and Paul for their B&N Giftcard again since it got me seven of these during the after Christmas sale!):
Ruthless Game - Christine Feehan
Ghost Shadow - Heather Graham
Burn - Linda Howard
Coyote's Mate - Lara Leigh
Lion's Heart - Lara Leigh
Dead City - Joe McKinney
Mount Dragon - Preston & Child
Relic - Preston & Child
The Book of the Dead - Preston & Child
Blown Away - Sharon Sala
Torn Apart - Sharon Sala
January:
Water Bond - Christine Feehan
Ghost Night - Heather Graham
Almost Forever - Linda Howard
Bengal's Heart - Lara Leigh
Tanner's Scheme - Lara Leigh
Mercury's War - Lara Leigh
Reliquary - Preston & Child
Fever Dream - Preston & Child
February 2011
Debt of Honor - Tom Clancy
Ghost Moon - Heather Graham
Apocalypse of the Dead - Joe McKinney
The Dance of Death - Preston & Child
Cemetery Dance - Preston & Child
March 2011
Executive Order - Tom Clancy
The Wheel of Darkness - Preston & Child
On Basilisk Station - David Weber
Mutineer's Moon David Weber
The Armageddon Inheritance David Weber
Heirs of Empire David Weber
April 2011
The Honor of the Queen David Weber
The Short Victorious War David Weber
Field of Dishonor David Weber
In Enemy Hands David Weber
Echoes of Honor David Weber
Sewing
finished Dec 2010- Winter Tree
started Dec 27th finished Feb 20th 2011 - celtic bookmark
started Feb 20th finished March 2011 - Valentine piece
started March 25th tulip heart - ran out of thread pending until I find a proper sewing store
restarted April 11th 2011 Garden piece project
Places We've been:
December:
The Grand Canyon
Chico 1894 Episcopal Cathedral
Bidwell Mansion
Chico Tree Reclamation area
January:
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge (mostly is not publically accessible)
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in Willows
Bidwell Lower Park/ 1-mile Park
Skyline Ridge overlooking Chico
February:
Woodson Bridge on CA-99
Chinese Temple in Oroville
Oroville murals (three of twenty)
Chico University Campus
Skyline Ridge overlooking Chico
March:
several almond orchards
Sacramento State House
Bidwell Upper Park
Five Mile Park
Old Sacramento area
Chico Murals & Art Furniture (we're still finding more)
Honey Run Bridge Park
April:
Turtle Bay - McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Garden
Burney Falls State Park
Chico State University Gardens (roses are in bloom now)