Monthly Archives: February 2017

North, South & All the Way to the Top!

Above – More adorableness of the Boys of the North.

Wednesday morning with the little bugger…

Wednesday afternoon with Maya the B…

Brothers – Crafts, learning, play time and bath time up north …

Brace yourself for this one.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

& Happy Anniversary to my hubby – 43 years today!

Anniversary dinner Sunday night at Donovan’s La Jolla.

Toast in the bar.

Appetizer – Ahi Poke Martini

View from our dinner table.

… & of course dessert!
Happy Valentines Day to the Boys of the North …


… & everyone everywhere.

Below – after gymnastics last week – Sparty with Maya in her leotard and boots.
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Train, Tomato Soup, Woodacre & Hummingbirds

Above – Balboa Park Train after the Zoo (a month ago).

Sparty enjoying a bowl of tomato soup, nummy inside and out!

The Boys of the North – more photos from Woodacre Park.

Little tree huggers in the making. Isn’t this place beautiful?

Last and certainly not least – our newest addition. A hummingbird nest right outside our back door. The hummingbird and nest are hard to see, but look in the center of the photos. Sweet!

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Happy Birthday Dad

Above – A pencil portrait drawn of my dad many years ago by one of his firemen cohorts from Station 22. You’ll find this portrait hanging in my upstairs half-bath. You can’t sit on the toilet without seeing it. I felt it an appropriate place to hang it since he always referred to the bathroom as his “library.”


Today my dad would be 89 years old. He was taken by liver cancer at the young age of 48, on my 22nd birthday.

Don’t ever underestimate the love between a father and his daughter, or between a father and his son(s). It is powerful through life and death!


As each day passes, remember those you love and those you’ve loved, and hold them dear to your heart.


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Life’s a ZOO!

Above – No Zoo visit is complete until you’ve stuck your finger in a gorilla’s nose!


THREE weeks ago the 5 of us went to the Zoo. It was overcast and threatening to rain and all the animals were out.

We took the bus ride and we were glad we did. On the upper deck we could see everything.


We love the flamingoes. Maya can even stand like one.

Maya did a really good job of licking all the sugar off her dad’s bunuelo.

The Sky Ride.

Can you identify the poop?

Why, it belongs to the Giant Anteater!
Sky Ride on the way back.

Good advice …

The Zoo’s got some beautiful foliage.

I’m writing this post while watching the Superbowl. The Patriots aren’t doing so well late into the third quarter. The commercials are good though and Lady Gaga’s Halftime show was spectacular!

Revisiting this post. :57 left in the game & Patriots tied it up!! SOOO EXCITING. Best Super Bowl game I’ve ever seen. WOW!!

REVISIT #2 – WOW!!!!!! Great game! Unbelievable!!


I can’t leave out the boys from the North, so here’s a sneak peek of them at Woodacre Park. I love you boys!


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