A Happy Mother's Day

  Home-grown broccoli!     For the carnivores     Being silly after a relaxing Mother's Day weekend. I love this lady!

Easter Brunch

Easter weekend is always a nice time to celebrate the beginning of spring. Here are a few pictures that capture last weekend and the hope that all things springtime are here to stay.

Holiday Recap

It doesn't feel quite right to start of the new year's posts before recapping the wonderful holiday season with friends and family. Christmas and New Year's Eve...until next time!

Two Thousand Thirteen

Wow...it's 2013. The Mayans were wrong - or our interpretation of the Mayans was wrong - and here we are. The holidays were crazy, per usual, and I haven't taken the time to post on here the way I meant to. I've been thinking back on all of the wonderful memories I made in 2012, and marveling at just how fast time goes by. There was the trip down the coast at the start of 2012, ringing in the new year with friends in Malibu. There was the half marathon training, followed by the race, trips to the Sierras, Mendocino, and Bodega Bay. There were concerts and ball games, Las Vegas and Palm Springs trips, my first fundraiser with St. Jude and, of course, glimpses into the foreign lives of my not-so-distant neighbors. Thoughts of last year make me smile. And who knows what this year will hold?! But it's not without a heavy heart that I begin 2013.

New Year's Day brought the very sad news that a very dear person, and mother of an old friend, passed away. She was the epitome of loveliness and a wonderful reminder that life is what you make it when you choose happiness each day. She once helped me up when I was down, and I want to dedicate this post to her memory. I hope we all can make 2013 a beautiful year, despite life's inevitable heartbreaks and unavoidable disappointments. In the words a wise woman once spoke to me: We never know what the future will hold, so we must always be curious. Let's make it a great year :-)

Traipsing through Tahoe, Part II

Here's where we kick the traipsing up a notch: Christmas tree hunting on the Rubicon Trail. Remember to get your permit first!   Heart-sweater twins!    I think it's a sign.
  That one!     Whoa...that's big.   Until next year!  

Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos in the Mission.

4th Fun

Somebody is feeling very patriotic...

I hope you had a great 4th!

Independence

I hope you had a great 4th of July!

"Skippin' rocks at the river by the railroad tracks"

It's been too long! I have lots of lovely photos to post soon! Here are a few snapshots from the long weekend for you to peruse while I finish waking up and try to look alert. Looking for just the right rock to skip...