June and New Blog Layout

.. the only URL that will work is https://bella.bluelf.me. For those with old links please update your bookmarks. Meaning http://bella.bluelf.me will fail as it’s missing the “s” in http. Sadly with the above http to https change, I lost all the numbers representing liked and shared posts. For now I’m starting with zero, so please start sharing again and point to (copy/paste) the URL with https:// specifically … Explore further …

The Huntington Library

We visited during the weekdays when it’s less crowded and allowed us to slow down and enjoy each garden, walk slowly and take photographs. When you get exhausted, find a grassy space under the shade of one of the many voluminous tree. It’s a pleasure to just sit for a moment, take in so many different blooming aromas from the gardens and listen to the water of the ponds. Explore further …

Recipe — Fusilli Pasta Salad

This salad is perfect for Summer and thankfully quick and easy to make, especially in this busy world we live in. You can make this for friends, take it to work or impress your friends at a party or maybe a new date. In any case, it’s a piece of culinary art that’s delicious and very likely as nutritious as it is beautiful when served on individual plates, accompanied with freshly squeezed orange juice. Explore further …

April and Easter

These are accentuated by the dazzling beams of the sun, dancing rhythmically in the Spring breeze, fully alive! It is as though the fickle flurries and whirls blow delicate music through the fields of rainbows, melodies to which birds and butterflies joyfully enter in celebration of that which is life’s ultimate experience … Explore further …