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Just add water…

The thing… (you knew there was going to be a thing, didn’t you?)… about the desert is that if you add a little water, it turns into something completely different… They have a tiny little zoo in Scottsdale… and behind … Continue reading

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I am home from my little adventure…

We drove to Scottsdale, Arizona, to visit Jessica and Jason. And we took another hike in the desert… The desert has a stark beauty of its own, but it sort of acts like it doesn’t really want you there… Even … Continue reading

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And now, random pictures of… stuff…

There… that is a picture of San Francisco in the haze. I know it drives some of you crazy when I post a lot of things in one day, but I want to finish up the pictures of our trip … Continue reading

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I gave Willie a Christmas present…

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book. After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little … Continue reading

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Day trippin’… Part 2…

One of the best things in the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is the walk-in rainforest. You go inside this giant plastic bubble, and it is like you are in the jungle… And there are all kinds of … Continue reading

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Another lake on another day…

I love sharing the pictures of our Christmas times in the Bay Area with you. I sort of use the blog as a photo album. You get to see the places we go and the things we do, and I … Continue reading

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Oakland gets a bad rap…

We went down to Oakland while we were in the Bay Area to visit two little old ladies that I have known since I was a kid. They both live in the same retirement community, a tall building right near … Continue reading

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I have a lot of photos to share…

So we should get through the Christmas ones right now… because Christmas is over… We had the usual beautiful table, because my kids love doing that. It does sort of set the mood… And you might as well use mom’s … Continue reading

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My blog is now two years old…

And that thing I couldn’t tell you… I can tell you now… I was in the Bay Area for Christmas with my mom and family. I have been told not to tell you when I go out-of-town… for reasons of … Continue reading

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Say goodbye to Arizona…

These are the last pictures of our trip. And in keeping with my self-centered, self-serving, self-absorbed shamelessness, these are mostly just pictures of me in the desert… Because that is just how I roll… Hey, if you want to see Arizona, … Continue reading

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