Calm and Cool

Friday, November 2, 2007


Durring our recient trip to apple hill we visited a apple farm that had a craft fair with various arts and crafts vendors selling their goods. I notice these two (yes there are two dogs here. one on top of the other) dogs sitting as still as can be in a chair. They were just sitting taking in the sunshine.

13

Thursday, November 1, 2007


Last Friday my oldest daughter turned the big 13. I can't believe we now have a teenager. Where does the time go? On Friday night we had a party for her and her friends. She wanted to have a birthday party with a theme this year and chose the theme of endurance. Those of you not familiar with the TV show endurance, it is a show similar to the show survivor but endurance is a show featuring teen's instead of adults. We set up six different endurance themed games throughout different areas of the house plus the backyard. They had a blast.


Our backyard already has a tropical feel to it so the staging of the backyard was easy. You can see them sitting in our "tiki hut" beyond the flame where they were having the elimination ceremony.

ABC Wednesday Letter "O"

Wednesday, October 31, 2007


"O" is for Ocean. I took this shot some time ago at Natural Bridges Beach in Santa Cruz Ca. It was one of those magic photo moments when the natural light was just perfect. I like the shot so much I use it as my desktop background on my computer.

Sisters

Tuesday, October 30, 2007


My girls going for a late afternoon walk.

Down the country road

Monday, October 29, 2007


Fall colors down a country road.

Life rolls on

Friday, October 26, 2007


Well this week has been a big week for my oldest daughter. Today she turns the big 13. Yup now we have a teenager in our house. Actually it seems like we have had a teenager living in our house for some time. Tonight is the big birthday bash with her friends. The other big event is that she got her braces off her teeth this week. An amazing before and after!

So just like my girls rolling down the hill at Apple Hill, (they just could not resist going for a roll) life rolls on.

Have a great weekend.

A few more butterflies

Thursday, October 25, 2007





A few more butterflies for your enjoyment. In the second shot, I was taking a picture of the small purple flowers and my butterfly friend came fluttering into the frame. Nice timing. I like how he is out of focus. the third shot looks like he has his headlights turned on. If you enlarge the shot you can see his antennas look like they are lit up on the end.

ABC Wednesday Letter "N"

Wednesday, October 24, 2007


I struggled to find a "letter N" for today. Then it appeared before my eyes. My 7 year old was laying on the floor reading and I said to myself "you know she has a cute nose" So here it is "N" is for nose.

Fall Butterflies

Tuesday, October 23, 2007




Outside in the yard yesterday I noticed two butterflies fluttering through the flowers. So I grabbed my camera and started shooting away. Fun!
Don't forget to enlarge for a better view.

Oodles of Doodles and a poodle

Monday, October 22, 2007




This weekend we went to a Doodle Romp. What is a doodle romp? It is a gathering of people and their Labradoodle dogs. Labradoodle's are a cross between a Lab and a Poodle. The dogs have a great personality, are hypo allergenic and shed very little. We don't have one yet, but I can see that a Labradoodle is in our future.

Basking in the Sun

Friday, October 19, 2007


During our Apple Hill trip we still seemed to find some flowers in bloom. All the remaining flowers seemed to be enjoying basking in the fall sunshine knowing that their time was coming to an end.

Apple hill Pumpkins

Thursday, October 18, 2007


More from our weekend trip to Apple Hill.