Strawberry Kiwi

I read this poem on a student’s blog  from Atlanta. I found it through Space, the online litterary magazine for our english class. I  liked the way the author took details from the environment around her, and turned it into a poem about where she is from. One of my favorite quotes from the poem is from the author’s description of her room:

“I am from music blasting from speakers,
From piles of shirts, shorts, socks, and sneakers
From every wall, you see a picture
And laughs and memories are within these mixtures”

I can relate to the imagery here, because my room is somewhat similar. It’s kind of like a window into her life. I like the way she turned things so regular and simple into meaningful and descriptive poetry.

One of my absolute favorite foods is chocolate. I like almost all kinds of chocolate. I love the smooth rich taste when you put it in your mouth, and the way it melts. It is so good. I also like almost anything chocolate flavored, like chocolate ice cream, brownies, chocolate milkshakes, you name it. Basically, I like most all desserts.

Another food that I really like is Cesar salad. I like flavorful, garlic flavored dressing, and the crispy, crunchy lettuce. Cesar salad is also good with chicken in it.

In addition to chocolate and Cesar salad, I like bread. My favorite kind of bread is baguette. I like it with butter, or turned into garlic bread. I also like pita bread. It is so yummy toasted and dipped in humus. This brings me to tortilla chips. With salsa, they make a delicious snack.

The last thing that I can think of that I like is lemonade. It is prefect to quench your thirst, and satisfy your taste buds. Sometimes I make it by hand, and then it tastes even better.

Even though this might make me sound gluttonous and piggy, I’m not, and just absolutely love  these foods. 

 This is kind of a “picturementary” of my vacation to California this past summer. First, we took the train from Union Station, in D.C. to San Fransisco. The whole ride took about 4 days, but it was fun seeing all of the scenery go by.

Views of San Fransisco from the train.

Looking down on San Fransisco from on top of a huge hill:

Then, we went into San Fransisco and stayed with some friends. During our time in San Fransisco,  we to Stinson beach, went biking through the city, and visited with our friends and relatives who live there.

After a few days in San Fransisco, we went to Yosemite, Sequoia Kings Canyon, and Mt. Lassen national parks. While in the parks, we camped and went hiking and sight seeing. Here are some of the things that we saw:

We visited Crystal Caves, and saw cool rock formations:

We also saw lots of HUGE trees, so big that they seems to go on for miles:

Here is the trunk of one of those trees:           And looking up at one from the bottom:     Another tree trunk

On some of our hikes we saw waterfalls, rivers, and lakes, and there were some places where you could swim:

There were also giant canyons where we could see down for what seemed like miles.

And Big rocks that were especially pretty at sunset.

We saw geo-thermal features at Mt. Lassen national park, like this burning hot, bubbling mud pot: