He's here! He's Really Here!

This is my last day of vacation and I convinced John to take us to the coast for the day. We picked up Joanna around nine and after stopping to replace a burned-out turn signal bulb, we headed to Pacific City -- THE BEACH!! To prove Joseph is definitely here with us and has been for two wks., and because I'm sure his mom would appreciate it, we took pictures!!
The first picture is a mosaic at the entrance to the beach with tiles made by school children. The last picture is Haystack Rock #2. Haystack Rock numero uno is in Cannon Beach a little further up the coast. Too bad my zoom isn't great because there were 2 surfers and one sea kayaker by Haystack. It was a lovely day. We walked the beach and then walked and window shopped.
Almost forgot, chowder bowls at Mo's -- THE BEST!!

Tidying Up

I still can't seem to get it right when it comes to putting blogs in the proper order. I put them in the order I want them and it comes out backwards. I know this and yet I still do it backwards. The last thing I wanted to include was that Jeanie and I jumped on Bart on Thursday and headed back to the city. We went to the Museum of Modern Art and saw a great combined exhibit of Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keefe. There was also an exhibit there of Richard Avedon...I think I spelled that right. We then shot over to the Asian Art Museum and saw "Lords of the Samurai." All of it was great and we got a good dose of culture. No pics but a great time.

More Fun After King Tut

After visiting King Tut we ate lunch in the park and then walked through the Botanical Gardens. Ana got into the photography thing again and took some great shots.

A Visit With King Tut

Jeanie, Ana, Mark, Kristin and I headed to San Francisco last Tuesday to visit King Tut. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside but got a few photos outside. Ana particularly enjoyed taking pictures from the tower at the deYoung Museum where we had a panoramic view of San Francisco.

Kristin's Quilt

Kristin got an early birthday present from Mom (Grandma) while we were in Fremont. Mom wanted to be there when Kristin opened the quilt and Jeanie wanted to see it as well so we had an early celebration with one very special present. The quilt is gorgeous and Kristin loves it. And we even got cake!!

Our Garden

Just a few shots of our garden this year. We're trying raised beds for the first time and really liking them. We're growing lots of lettuce, green onions, 2 kinds of tomatoes, squash, bush beans, peppers, cucumbers and melons and carrots. We have 3 rows of raspberries and 4 rows of corn. Sookie's growing in the birdbath :>) And that one shot that looks like nothing is my friend, The Dragonfly, hanging out in the raspberries. He even tried to land on my shoulder once. He's so cool looking, two sets of black and white wings. He buzzes all around when I'm working in the garden. We used to have a lot of Tiger Swallowtail butterflies until Sookie began hunting and catching them. Guess the word's out in the butterfly word. Bummer! Ooh, forgot to mention cilantro, lemon balm, spearmint and lots of wildflowers in 2 other beds that didn't make the pics.
Sure enjoyed seeing all of you at the wedding!

Mr. and Mrs. Pez visit winery!