House of Blues

To start the week off, I went for an outing with Stephie. We went to the local San Jacinto wildlife preserve and worked out how to get a daily permit (which was confusing because they also give out hunting licenses there on the weekend). 

We were going there for birdwatching, and we did see lots and lots. There were ducks, ibis, herons and other water birds. The marshes were man made, but still very pretty, and reflected the mountains in the water. There were dragonflies everywhere too. 


We walked around them and stopped for a snack, and got to see so much because Stephie brought her binoculars and was pretty knowledgeable about the sorts of birds we were seeing. At the end of the day Stephie drove us back, and it will be a nice place to bring people as it's so close and we got to see so many birds. 

This weekend we headed into Anaheim for a concert on Friday night. We went to the House of Blues to see Frank Turner's Lost Evenings. The venue was part of a little mall, so we arrived really early and got some dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and then some boba for dessert. 

They had some stores there as well, mainly catering to people going to the Disney parks which were just across the road, and they had so many Halloween decorations up. Some moved and made noises, and they had a whole skeleton band set up singing Halloween music. 

The event was fun, and they validated our parking for the whole night which was something we weren't expecting. There were two stages inside, and six acts total. We managed to see four of them, and they were all really good. They also had the band Koo Koo Kangeroo hosting. We'd seen them a few years ago and are completely crazy. They had people compete in a sunny D drinking race and a crowd surfing race between acts. 


Frank Turner was great, and he performed only songs from his first four albums, so it was like going back to 2012. 

On Sunday, I was working a special open day at the Botanic Gardens in the morning, and then Mitchell joined me for lunch. We had a lovely picnic and then walked around the rose garden. 



Lots of love,
Emily and Mitchell
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