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Botany and History

Posted on January 4, 2025 by TheJessicaness

The Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo is twenty miles from our place and has free admission. There are over a hundred acres to explore – art installations, Florida-flavored water, paintings for sale, and bird watching. Heritage Village is under half … Continue reading →

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Auld Sod

Posted on May 15, 2024 by TheJessicaness

This nickname was started by almost a quarter, roughly two million, of the Irish population who were forced to immigrate to the United States after the potato crop failure of 1845, caused by the late blight, led to the Great … Continue reading →

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Into The Land of a Thousand Welcomes

Posted on May 14, 2024 by TheJessicaness

This phrase stems from the Irish greeting of “céad míle fáilte” and we would see these words in action more often than we would hear them in Gaelic or spoken with their lovely accent in English. There are only some … Continue reading →

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A Day Around Oxnard

Posted on September 16, 2023 by TheJessicaness

We get up and outside for a walk, such a great way to start or end a day or to entertain your mind and body in the time between. We settle for some on-the-house breakfast and will return outside for … Continue reading →

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Caffeine, Coffee, Cuppa

Posted on January 21, 2021 by TheJessicaness

I’m up early, so I’ll join Farid’s roommate, Eliot, in the kitchen for some caffeine and conversation. When Farid wakes up, he makes us breakfast and more coffee. We have no set plans, just to get out and see the … Continue reading →

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