Weekend Reflections

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" Treat your friends as

 you do your pictures, and 

place them in their best light. "

                               Jennie Jerome Churchill

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Weekend Reflections

Thank YOU!

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Watching Water Dogs

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" If you want to relax, 

watch the clouds pass by -

- if you're laying on the grass, 

or sit in front of the creek; 

-  just doing nothing and

having those still moments 
is what really
rejuvenates the body. "
                        Miranda Kerr

" It is best to be yourself, imperial, 
plain and true. "
              Robert Browning

 " Abundance is not 

                                 something we acquire. -

- It is something we tune into. "

          Wayne Dyer

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Saturday's Critters


Thank YOU
for floating by!
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Novato

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Novato (/nəˈvɑːtoʊ/ nə-vah-toh) 

is a city in northern Marin County, 

in the North Bay region of the 

San Francisco Bay Area, 

about 30 miles (48 km) north of 

San Francisco on U.S. 101.

 2010 U S Census population: 51,904.

Today's Novato was home to several 

Coast Miwok villages: 

Chokecherry, Puyuku,  and Olompali, 

[at the present Olompali State Historic Park.^[9]]]

In 1839 the Mexican government 

granted the 8,876-acre 

(35.92 km²) Rancho Novato 

to Fernando Feliz. 

[The rancho was named after a 

local Miwok leader who had 

probably been given the 

name of Saint Novatus 

at his baptism.^[10] ]

Novato, along with 

the rest of California,

became part of the United States 

on February 2, 1848. 

" If you don't support the death penalty

 and citizens packing a pistol - 

don't come to Texas. 

If you don't like medicinal marijuana 

and gay marriage, don't move to California. "

Rick Perry

"I grew up in Marin County 

north of San Francisco, and 

in the 1950s and '60s 

it was a natural paradise." 

                                 Huey Lewis

 A railroad was built in 1879, 

connecting Novato to Sonoma County

 and San Rafael. The current depot 

was built in 1917, but closed in 1959 

and is largely derelict. 

The station is still standing.

The Presbyterian church, 

still a landmark in Novato today, 

was built in 1896. Until 2006 it 

housed a number of city offices,

 but was vacated that year due 

to safety concerns and condemned. 

The church has since been renovated,

and city offices returned.

Novato has warm, mostly dry summers 

and cool, wet winters.

 Average January temperatures were 

a maximum of 53.6 °F (12.0 °C) and a 

minimum of 38.7 °F (3.7 °C). 

Average July temperatures were a 

maximum of 79.9 °F (26.6 °C) and 

a minimum of 52.0 °F (11.1 °C). 

Novato was incorporated 

as a city in 1960

Thanks, 

Wikipedia

And Thank YOU

for strolling with us!

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Sky Watch

A  L  O  H  A  !

" This is the California 

that men dreamed of

 years ago, this is the Pacific

 that Balboa looked at 

from the Peak. . .

  this is the face of the 

earth as the Creator 

intended it to look. "

                         Henry Miller

Northern California

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Sky Watch Friday

Thank You!

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A Few Fences

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" When you look at things differently, 

the things you look at change, "

Wayne Dyer

Stop focusing on 

that fence over there!

Notice the glorious flower

right in your face!

San Gregorio CA

" Never refuse any 

advance of friendship, 

for if nine out of ten 

bring you nothing, 

one alone

 may repay you. "

                       Madame de Tencin

Comparing ourselves favorably

to the eccentricities of others

is much less valuable

[and fun]

than getting to know them!

'Texture'

" There is a season of sadness. 

A season of anger. 

A season of 

tranquility. 

A season of hope. "

                   Robert Veninga

The weather of your mood

will change. Just give it time

and a little shove

in JUST the right place

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Good Fences

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Lovely to See YOU

again my friend!

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Cali Gold

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CLICK PHOTO

Novato California

" Nothing is a waste of time

 if you use the experience wisely. "

                                            Rodin

Thank YOU

for Wisely

Wasting some time

here with us!

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Apart and Together

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" The person who follows the crowd

will usually go no further

than the crowd.

The person who walks alone

is likely to find himself

in places no one has

ever seen before. "

                         Einstein

" I merely took the energy 

it takes to pout and 

wrote some blues. "

                         Duke Ellington

" None of us will ever 

accomplish anything excellent 

or commanding except 

when he listens to this whisper 

which is heard by him alone. "

                                 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thank You!

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