Sander Steven Greaves poolside at The Sands...This place is sooo beautiful. Look at that kidney shaped pool. Another great photo by Debra and Charlie....

Sander Beau Jolie Turns One...

Sander Beau Jolie celebrates his first Birthday...and takes a break from Blue Ribbons. Dea Holt and Lauren Fortune are the proud sheppards of this ball of energy. What a beauty. I think Beau said he wanted The "They Run With Poodles Don't They" Suite...
Happy Birthday, Beau...

Sanders Christine and Cayenne Haslet enjoy a poolside moment...

Sander Steve Hedge Palm Springs Gardner to the Gods

The Fifth of July at The Coral Sands...that's today kids...photo by Sander Kristin Ranta

GO GET'M CAROLE SULLIVAN...

With fire in her spirit this girl will dance but DAMN we thought it would be this month at the End of the rounds of chemo. Unfortunately this past Monday scans have proved that Carole's tumor has surfaced somewhere else...there will be another surgery and more chemo. We'll get to the dancing later my Warrior. Cathi Anderson...(the one with hair to the left) Carole's faithful pardner of many a year is keepin' the whole thing sane. I love you both and yer lil' dog too. We will all hold you in our hearts as we head to battle once again with you.

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, that little Dickens...

This morning at five a.m. Dusty required the French door open a crack...that's about all it takes for her to squeeze through...when she returned her one ear was up and the other down and she could not stop shaking her head...she became somewhat listless...she is always pawing through vegetation, eating pyrocantha berries (they're poisonous) and routing out baby skunks...so I figure she's found a black widow and she's dying...I was in a panic...

I am happy to report some hours later that she scaled the wall in the white trash patio after a ferral cat...

Can We Give It Up for Bubbles, Please?

Bev ain't no mo. Gee, we loved her. Dig this, it's so true:
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Along with Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland, Ms. Sills was an acknowledged exponent of the bel canto (honey, read Can Belto) Italian repertory during the period of its post-World War II revival. Though she essentially had a light soprano voice, her sound was robust and enveloping. In her prime her technique was exemplary. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high D’s and E-flat’s, with seemingly effortless agility. She sang with scrupulous musicianship, rhythmic incisiveness and a vivid sense of text.
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Moreover, she brought unerring acting instincts to her portrayals of tragic leading roles in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and “Anna Bolena,” Bellini’s “Puritani,” Massenet’s “Manon” and many other operas in her large repertory. And few singers matched her deadpan comic timing and physical nimbleness in lighter roles like Rosina in Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia,” whom Ms. Sills portrayed as a ditsy yet determined young woman, and Marie, the tomboylike heroine raised by a military regiment in Donizetti’s “Fille du Régiment.”
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May choirs of angels greet you, Bubbles. We love you.

Happy Birthday to Loyal Friend and Sander Tom Reid

Tom Reid...of Seattle's Deluxe Junk fame picking the Blue guitar under Mrs. Clark...both treasures we found together when he was here last. This man is to be adored. Precious cargo. A very happy Birthday, Tommy, one of the very best people on this planet. Ruby loves you.

Kimberly Nichols and Ruby Montana Spending a Fun Filled weekend at The Sands