March Matters – 2023 A to Z Theme Reveal

Okay folks, it’s almost time for that super exciting A to Z Challenge that happens every April. Are you ready?

Last year I did my take on dating adventures. That was fun. The year before was traveling through San Francisco. That was pretty interesting and I was amazed at the places I had never seen before even though I’ve lived in the Bay Area all my life. I’ve also done a few years of showcasing my concert albums and even the A to Z of Michael’s Arts and Crafts store.

This year I happened to stumble upon another interesting bit of the San Francisco experience called “Illuminate SF.” Throughout the city there are different light installations that “celebrate the City’s culture of creativity and innovation.” Unfortunately I missed the “Festival of Lights” that runs from the day after Thanksgiving through January. We were busy with moving my mother-in-law from Oregon to California so I didn’t have time to prep for it. Illuminate SF has been going on for 10 years now and though some of the exhibits are only temporary, there are many that have become permanent fixtures. Those are the ones I’m going to find for you.

Here’s a sneak peak of some of the ones I’ve captured so far:

As with every A to Z I’m giving a heads up that I will be using my creative license to cover all the letters. I hope you will come along on this light trip with me. Are you doing the A to Z this year? Lemme know so I can follow you too!

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March Matters – 2023

February went by in a blur. My mom-in-law is settled in her new place next door and it really is working out well. I go over twice a day at least to make sure she has taken her meds and do little things around the house for her. We’ve gone to the library 3 times and even took a stroll through the dollar store. That is way more than she was doing when she was in Oregon.

Now it’s time for me to prep for the A to Z Challenge in April. I have an idea of what I’d like to do this year but I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull it off. More research is required and I thought I was going to be able to get some pictures taken the other night but it turns out I was driving instead of my husband and we couldn’t quite coordinate the timing. I knew what I was looking for but by the time I was able to explain it to him so that he could take the picture/video, we had passed it – LOL. Any of you married folks out there know what I’m talking about? It was not easy to just go around the corner to take another try at it so I told him I’d plan the route more carefully and have him drive next time so I could hop out of the car to take the pictures and he could come back and get me. I better get my act together though because the theme reveal is on March 12!

I’m excited to be going to the Scrapbook Expo on Saturday. I didn’t go last year and the year before it didn’t happen because of COVID. Hoping I can get some good deals on necessary supplies but will probably come home with some extras too. I won’t have my niece there to help keep me away from the papers. I am a paper addict.

I will leave you with a couple of pictures I’ve taken recently. We have had some gorgeous skies and the other day was a hailstorm that was quite exciting. It’s the closest thing we get to snow around here. See my little miniature gnome garden in the background? I need to redo it as the wind has knocked it over a couple times and things have broken.

Sunrise

Sunset

Train passing

That’s all I’ve got for now. Hope everyone out there is doing okay.

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