A summary of recent meals together. Mostly donuts before school. But still...
This is the best time of the weekend!
Oskar and Dad went for a night camping behind the barn at a ranch about 30 miles away, then next day a spot of fishing at Lake Del Valle on the way back. A very pretty wooded valley lake created by a 1960's dam (of course, part of the CA State Water Project - one of the last great public investments in CA), just 5 miles south of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - yes that laboratory where almost all Cold War nuclear warheads were developed.
By the time I got the camera into time lapse I was able to capture just a four second snippet of our typical Golden Gate / Marin sunset.
When you live in a house with a 26' high living room, you'll need a lost balloon retrieval method sooner or later.
Behold duct tape wrapped inside out on the extensible 16' painter's handle, captures a balloon string neatly in moments!
"What's going on in here?" ... "The fish is doing some excavation!
...every morning all week - all good!
The old I'm so upset my toast is taking too long I'm going to stop my usual flibbertigibbet and flip my bottom lip
We've had over 1 meter of rain here in the past three months. We all feel like we're just coming out of hibernation. The front deck living room is open for business and everyone is happy about it!
Moments before the scream signaling the cessation of convivial sibling relations in the tub... I give you Oskar bubblebeardmonkey
