California Time Part 2

This rose was in bloom so beautiful when we arrived.  

Well Monday, a few of us went searching for a store that sold a certain kind of shoe.  Found the store, it was closed.  But here are a few sights we saw on the way.

Then we all went to lunch at a cute little restaurant, where I bet they thought "why did we let those midwives in!"

We talked our usual, birth, placentas, unusual placentas, blood clots,  lacerations, (with photos) and could we laugh!  Loud!

Here are a few photos.  While there, since the area we ate in was an outside cafe' area, there was the potential of insects sharing our meal.  A bee did sting one of us, and so our lovely hostess told us (after someone killed the bee) that they were an endangered insect out here--so do not kill them.  Thus the following photos were from that conversation....it was one of those that you just had to 'be' there ....but here are the funny photos!

showing us where she was stung on her neck

the 'killer' of the bees!

going into hiding

As we left the cafe', these fine officers of the law were waiting outside for us...well not really for 'us'. But they were actually out side the door!

Oh!  Forgot, in the morning when we had left to find shoes,we also went shopping to trader Joes.  Laurie Z from Michigan, had never been to a trader Joes so this was her first time.

spent a little fun time checking out the place...

Later in the afternoon we had a teaching "blood born" yuk stuff. 

 Then later for dinner we went out to some oriental restaurant and had a long relaxed dinner.

Ok so more later!