Goodbye Moon

Above – Moonset this morning from the house.

Below (L-R) Barbie Kramer, Cheryl Odell, Mary-Louise McPhee, Chris (Cheney) Bayley, Gretchen Church & to the left of me is Linda Haselton Burke. I’ve known Linda since before I can remember, Cheryl and Gretchen from elementary school, and the rest from jr. high and high school. Linda and I reconnected at the 2015 OB Street Fair and have stayed in touch. Monday night Linda held a little get together at her beautiful University Heights home to celebrate my birthday, even though it was really an excuse to get together with long-time friends.

I do believe this was my Girls Scout troop 393!

Joanne, Jen’s mom, sent me these photos of the Ohio Thanksgiving vacation. Maya and Sparty have a lot of cousins there.

Fun times yesterday waiting in line (outside the door) at the DMV. I realized around noon when I had to show my ID to have my signature notarized that I totally flaked on renewing my drivers license which expires Saturday! Already a bit on the stressed out side working in the office, trying to get to see Bill, teaching yoga at both lunch and in the evening and not being anywhere near packed and ready to go. So, I packed up my stuff, went to the hospital to see Bill only to find out he was in dialysis and they wouldn’t let me go in to see him, and waited in the sitting room for the doctor to respond to a page so I could talk to her (which she never responded to). So I left the hospital, drove to the DMV (now about 3pm) to find no parking places in the lot. I had to park a block away on the street and then wait in this line just to get to the information desk. By the time I was issued a number, there were 45 people in front of me. I got that mission accomplished, but failed the vision test so I’m now required to wear my glasses while driving. Whew! Hmmm … do you think that was too much information?

Finally, rest at last. At least for my students. I could have used those restorative poses myself!

After class we drove back up to the hospital to see Bill (9pm) only to find him sleeping. Another missed opportunity. He looked very peaceful an content and that was good to see.

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Lifeguards – Hard at … Play

Above – waiting for that perfect wave.

We often see the lifeguards practicing their life saving maneuvers along Sunset Cliffs (on the ground), but yesterday we were fortunate to see them practicing their “other” skills, which included having some lifeguard fun.

The three in the photo below swam all the way from near Ladera Street where we saw them later drying off by their car.

It was a beautiful day and fun to see them out playing a bit in the surf.

We also checked in on Bill yesterday and still waiting to hear from the doctor regarding test results. He was awake and talking to us in the afternoon. The nurses at the VA Hospital are taking great care of him!

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Maya gets a haircut

Above – the place where Bruce and I met 45 years ago.

Ron stopped by yesterday to change a lightbulb too high for Bruce to handle. What we found out after it got dark … it was the wrong light. Please come back!!

The hair cut begins with a wash. Looks like she could use a face wash too … haha!

A cut in Engine No 7. I think that’s appropriate!

The final touch – a braid.

Posing.

With a pink ribbon …

Selecting the perfect toy.

Afterwards, Maya convinced us to go to the park so she could play on the monkey bars. She made it across FIVE of the bars. What a strong 3 year old!

An opportunity to capture the braid from above.

Back at the house (after having some hot chocolate) Maya and Pappa draw pictures.

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Skype

Above – Kando Sunday night during our Skype session. He wasn’t very talkative …

Below – Alo “See my bus.”

Maya inspects Daddy’s jobsite, a taco shop on El Cajon Blvd.

Ron Mix – Former Chargers #74, former workmate, attorney and friend. This photo was was hanging among many celebrities’ photos at D Z Akins Sunday.

Also Sunday – Waiting for the rain.

Another Monday morning restorative class with Bear the Dog …

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Brrrrrr

Above – Selfie with Bear on our walk this morning.

Below – The palm tree out my living room window.

Oh no … my shoes blew off the porch!

… and the owl blew over.

But that’s not all. Look what happened to our poor garden gnome.

And orchids in disarray …

Oh my!

It’s an angry ocean today.

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Peace for Paris

Above – Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning (taken from bedroom window early this morning) …

Below – Red skies at night, sailors’ delight (taken from bedroom window last night)…

This must mean rain!

The OBYoga Water Bottle on vacation again (must be nice …). Here, relaxing at Joshua Tree courtesy of my student, Merle who is on an artist retreat.

“Would you look at those crab legs!!!”

Antonino Tarantino says hi to Robb, Akuch and family.

Robb, Akuch & family reciprocate from the floor in their cozy apartment.

Chinese Fire Drill!! (Is that politically incorrect?)

Hey, the light’s not going to get any greener!! hahaha. I guess you had to be there …

In this YouTube video published September 10, 2014, young British Muslims at Active Change Foundation show their solidarity against ISIS and its actions.

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Brotherly Tummy Time

Above – Tummy time.

Below – Brotherly tummy time. They look so peaceful.

If you live in OB … WATCH OUT!!

Another morning at Sunset Cliffs (Wednesday).

An array of sea birds.

Happy Birthday to Chantz. In his honor …

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November Sunsets

Above – Momma’s boy. Sparty was happy having lunch at Pizza Nova with Papa Bill and the rest of us yesterday. Most of all I think he was happy to be with his mommy.

There’s nothing like November sunsets!

Below – Saturday night’s sunset (top, from the front porch; bottom, a panorama from the deck upstairs)

Here’s the sunset from last night. I love the clouds in this one.

There’ll be more sunset photos. I never get tired of them. Never.

Dinner Saturday night. The leftovers turned into salmon tacos for dinner last night. Yummmmm.

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Jack in the Box

Above – Sparts. No comment …

Thursday we had lunch at SD Rowing Club, courtesy of Maeann.

This is the mobile wood fired pizza oven and it’s owner/cook.

The view from the “Garty Pavilion.”

Inside – photos on the wall.

Ores

This morning – Bruce & Bear dropped me off, and then drove away …

Today is last day of Manouso workshop. Muscles are SORE!

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Entertainment

Above – Sparty keeping entertained while his dad makes dinner.

Ron had Bruce and me for dinner Wednesday night. While Ron cooked, Maya and Sparty kept themselves entertained with the pots and pans for quite a while.