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Several people are interested in seeing the inside of the "Snoopy" museum after my last post so here it is.
When you first walk into the museum, you see a tall ceiling and a huge mural with Peanuts characters.
If you look closer, you will actually see the mural is made up of multiple Peanuts comic strips - 3,588 separate tiles to be specific selected by Yoshiteru Otani.
Another section of the museum are more Peanuts comic strips displayed in glass cases and in poster form.
You can sit on the comfortable sofas and look through scrapbooks kept throughout Mr. Schulz's life.
On the 2nd floor is everything about Mr. Schulz's life from birth to death which you can read about here.
Mr. Schulz's office was moved to the museum. This was where all the magic was created.
This mural was painted by Mr. Schulz in 1951 for his daughter's nursery room at his Colorado home. You can see early signs of the Snoopy and Charlie Brown characters.
This is the life-size Lucy's Psychiatry Booth just like the one in the comic strips.
You can read more about the booth in Wikipedia.
In the back of the museum is the garden setting. I saw birds and various Peanuts characters like the ones below.
- Karen
12-foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus stands at the base of the popular Coit Tower in San Francisco.
On a sunny day, he enjoys a beautiful view of the bay.
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- Karen
Despite what the weather is outside, if you like the movies and wines, the Francis Ford Coppola Winery, is a good stopping place to enjoy for a few hours during a trip to Northern California's Wine Country in Geyserville about an 1-1/2 hr. drive north of San Francisco.
Except in the winter, you can buy tickets to swim in this 3,600 square feet (334 sq. m) pool during the other seasons.
In the spring, the pool is only open on the weekends; thus, the lack of swimmers on the Monday we visited.
You can lay by the pool and even rent a private cabine to change and shower.
This is what the cabine looks like inside.
Inside is one of several bars where you can sample different Coppola brand wines. We decided on trying the "Family Flight" offerings which gets changed around weekly.
We are not avid wine drinkers, but the 2011 Votre Santé Pinot Noir was my favorite.
A restaurant for fine dining. Enjoy the menu.
This is the winery's 2-story retail store and yes, there is a car from the 1988 Coppola directed movie "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" in the center of it all.
On the 2nd floor are the ships used in the filming of the 2006 daughter, Sofia Coppola, directed movie "Marie Antoinette".
Around the various areas of the winery are different movie props on display such as these from "The Godfather".
And, this desk and chair used by Godfather Don Corleone.
Props from the 1992 movie "Dracula".
We asked someone if the Oscars on display are real or replicates. We were told they are the real thing.
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(Note: Many of you wanted an update about the ill hummingbird baby we were trying to hand feed. We tried feeding him/her regularly baby bird food because the mama would no longer come by, but after a day or two, he no longer wanted to eat and we decided it was best to turn him over to the local wildlife center for better care. At this point, I am not very hopeful. Like reader/blogger, Jenny Woolf, mentioned "nature is cruel". Thanks everyone for your interest.)
- Karen
The two hummingbird babies in our backyard started out fine a few weeks ago.
But as time passed, one baby grew stronger and started taking over the nest leaving the other one with less space and having to hang over the side. The mother appears to be feeding both chicks as we sit and observe from a distance, but the one baby just did not mature at the same rate as its sibling.
After three weeks in the nest, the stronger one fledged and was able to fly away while its weaker sibling has not developed "normally". The mother no longer appears to visit so we will be taking him/her in and hand feeding it.
- Karen
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