100 Things I Like: The Food Gatherers

It's September. It's harvest time. Give thanks! to all the workers who are out there picking and gathering the vegetables and fruits for our bellies. There is nothing easy about their jobs.

To get this photo, I leaned out the car window and snapped away as the husband drove east on Highway 156 through San Juan Valley.

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100 Things I Like: Toot! Toot!

The Union Pacific freight train rolls into Hollister.

Unless I'm running late, I don't mind getting stuck waiting for trains to rumble through. Not like it's a regular thing anyway, or the train is very long.  There's nothing like the "Hey! I'm here!" sound of a train whistle.

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100 Things I Like: The Farmers Market

Today is Farmers Market Day in Downtown Hollister, from 3 to 7 p.m on Fifth Street.  Only three more market days left until next year.

Yes, I know this isn't the most flattering shot of the market. I just like the way the Granada Theater sign sticks up above the canopies.

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100 Things I Like: The Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus at the San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

The prickly pears are in bloom again.

Imagine Katherine Hepburn saying that as she tenderly holds a bouquet of prickly pears instead of calla lilies in the movie Stage Door.

I'm not so keen on eating the fruit or the pads. For me, the appeal of this plant is its look. It makes my imagination run rampant.

By the way, if your curious about the prickly pear plant, check out this page at the UC Small Farm Program Web site.

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100 Things I Like: El Teatro Campesiño

Popul Vuh: A Cosmic Pageant

Our small, yet vibrant, rural San Benito County has richness of culture—as in art, music, and theater. The renown El Teatro Campesiño, for example, run by Luis Valdez, makes its home in San Juan Bautista. This past summer, the theater group had been performing its Popul Vuh trilogy, of which the first and second parts were performed free in the Mission City. Thank you El Teatro!

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