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A special birthday, a long drive, and a new adventure that isn’t going to be all new…

Posted on August 15, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I am back at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, so that means pictures of flowers and dogs and sunsets and lots of other stuff. I drove 500 miles, from San Diego to the place I was … Continue reading →

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Oh yeah…

Posted on June 22, 2018 by pouringmyartout

My younger daughter, Mollie, got me a custom father’s day coffefe mug… which is appropriate, seeing that I am an actual Scottish Lord, thanks to my other daughter, Jessica. But I told that story already, so you should already know … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 5; The reason for my first detour…

Posted on January 5, 2018 by pouringmyartout

There is one of the reasons I took the detour that started off this three-day, detour-laden road trip. My little cousin, Campbell… pronounced ‘camble’ for those of you who were wondering. Yes, I stopped by Santa Cruz on my way … Continue reading →

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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 2…

Posted on December 28, 2017 by pouringmyartout

The flaming plum pudding, a staple of our fancy English Christmas double-dinners. I won’t tell you about plum pudding again. I do every year. Search back for it, or Google it. But it is hard to take a picture of … Continue reading →

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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 1…

Posted on December 27, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Christmas dinner at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area has evolved into a complicated, two-headed beast. We do a full, traditional English Christmas dinner on Christmas day… and then we do it again the following day. It … Continue reading →

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Christmas monkey!!!

Posted on December 26, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Hey, don’t judge us… we have weird Christmas traditions. Okay, technically, giving cheap rubber masks as gifts isn’t really a tradition… yet… It might be, starting next year. My 94-year-old mother. She makes a good koala. Ummm…. We do have … Continue reading →

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Christmas, space ships… and a monkey…

Posted on December 26, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Christmas at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. Did I even do a post yesterday? I was so busy, I can’t remember. A huge, fancy dinner for 18 people… which we will do again tonight… with all the same … Continue reading →

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Well, you knew we would end up in San Francisco during our Christmas trip, right?… part 1…

Posted on December 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I had to go up in a very tall, scary, glass elevator for that photo. It’s Christmas eve, and we did our annual pilgrimage to the city. Bong, James Bong. That’s not even a real dog. We always head across … Continue reading →

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Getting in the mood for Christmas… Old, recycled posts of the holiday season… part 11…

Posted on December 17, 2017 by pouringmyartout

A Christmas story from long ago… featuring Conan the barbarian… We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a short story about my old friend, Conan the barbarian. When my daughter Jessica was about 5 or 6, she had … Continue reading →

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Stolen moments…

Posted on October 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

The attractive young lady in the foreground is Lucy. She is the step-daughter of one of my oldest friends. I love her like a daughter… but I still stole these pictures off her Facebook feed. They were taken at my … Continue reading →

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