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  • Iris Tour Day One

    Iris Tour Day One

    Today I started an exploration of IRIS : a genus of over 300 species within the family Iridaceae. First look…  my own garden with a wild iris A stop at Schreiners Gardens in Oregon. A bearded collection from touring Schreiners. Some lovely Siberian iris The gardens in full bloom A spectacular day to be sketching

    MSRitzman

    May 19, 2026
    Sketching, Travel & Tours
  • New Orleans

    New Orleans

    Our visit to New Orleans was to take in some of the ‘cocktail culture’ and local architecture. Starting with the Sazerac House. A SAZERAC is known as the cocktail of New Orleans… it’s a tangled history of coffee houses, medicinal bitters, an Absinthe replacement and Cognac replaced with Rye Whisky after the phylloxera edidemic. It…

    MSRitzman

    April 2, 2026
    Travel & Tours
  • Gulf Shores

    Gulf Shores

    Here are some local scenes. BonSecours & Magnolia Springs on Mobile Bay Beaches Around the area We made a visit to Flora Bama… a ‘unique’ restaurant, bar and music hall on the border of Florida and Alabama Goodbye Alabama!

    MSRitzman

    March 31, 2026
    Travel & Tours
  • Miami Beach Robots

    Miami Beach Robots

    When we were in Miami Beach we saw many of these delivery robots on the sidewalks… we talked to them like everyone else!  The robots waited for the cross walk lights, stopped when a person was  passing on the sidewalk, and were generally very courteous.  People kinda just let them navigate along the sidewalks. They…

    MSRitzman

    March 30, 2026
    Travel & Tours
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