A friend invited me to visit her in Palm Desert. I jumped at the chance, especially this winter when it has been very cold and rainy.
I had a fabulous time, but I didn’t take a lot of pictures. My pictures of the snow covered mountains around the Coachella valley were all out of focus! Boo-hoo!
On the way down I pulled into Redlands to visit the university. I had heard it is a lovely campus. No in depth visit, but love their church.
… and that deep blue sky!
Took a nice walk on El Paseo, unfortunately, a lot of shops are closed, but the public are in the median is fun.
Since the desert surroundings are pretty stark, it’s no surprise that people here love bright colors.
Isn’t this an adorable display? An old stove painted bright orange. This one is for my friend Becky, she is always on the lookout for orange.
Cute handbags, I noticed that the flowers are all the same, the bags are different colors. 
A fun way to display flowers. Talking about flowers I have to add something that has nothing to do with my trip.
I am really enjoying my Instant Pot, I have already shown you some of the things I cook, there is another benefit to this pot.
This supermarket orchid sits right near the Pot’s vent. I have never succeeded in getting any orchid to re-bloom. Shortly after I got the pot I saw flower buds!
This is what I came home to! An orchid bloom! All that steam led this plant to believe it was back in the tropics, and it is now producing flowers! Yay! I will probably fill the window sill with some more.