There were some (swooping around the ruins of the mission church destroyed in an earthquake), but when we asked one of the volunteers on the grounds he said that there aren't as many as there had been several years ago. Apparently due to urbanization and the swallow habitat being destroyed. They also have some fake swallows' nests under some of the eaves to give the appearance of swallow-ness, but we did spot ONE real nest.
Hello, my name is Natalie.
I'm an omnivore with some vegetarian tendencies.
I love to pore over cookbooks, browse good food photography, and voraciously read food literature.
Food is an art.
I'm interested in the history and origins of foods, and I find food science fascinating.
Travel and exploration are a couple of my loves- I've been to Mexico (but never the beach), Guatemala, England, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Gabon, and Australia- several places multiple times. I'd go anywhere though!
I cook a little for work and a lot for pleasure.
Favorite cuisines include French, Italian, and California.
Though I have two other jobs in addition, in real life my education is as an occupational therapist (mostly with experience in orthopedics), and I think about working in private practice OT one of these days with children who have a variety of disabilities while using cooking as therapy for things such as tactile defensiveness and fine motor control.
I don't have formal culinary training. Anything I know is from trial-and-error, reading, experience, and what others have shared with me.
Love the Mission, its grounds and the California poppies!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so pretty! Great photos.
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Any swallows at Capistrano?
ReplyDeleteThere were some (swooping around the ruins of the mission church destroyed in an earthquake), but when we asked one of the volunteers on the grounds he said that there aren't as many as there had been several years ago. Apparently due to urbanization and the swallow habitat being destroyed.
ReplyDeleteThey also have some fake swallows' nests under some of the eaves to give the appearance of swallow-ness, but we did spot ONE real nest.
And no Pat Boone.
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