Strawberries and Observatory

Carlsbad U-Pick Strawberries


Yummy

Lots still waiting to be picked



Wash 'em off first then eat!



Tasty berries!



Beautiful flowers

Then drove up to the Palomar Observatory.  It was colder up there in

the mountains (42) than it ever got in SD where we live.

Ended our day by eating at a buffet in the area where

I ate a total of four (thin) slices of their lemon meringue

pie.  I've been trying to find a good recipe for the lemon

part of lemon meringue pie lately and theirs was so good!

Home Run for Kimo!

Kimo got a home run on National Wooden Bat Day!  Good job, Kimo!

Richard Henry Dana Mariners Award

Emi was selected by her teachers to be the

recipient of the aforementioned award.

The school principal called me earlier this

week to tell me so that Tom and I would be

sure to be present, so I had to keep the secret for

several days!  Emi was so excited to get this award

and Tom and I are so pleased with her and

her efforts!  Way to go, Emi!

We love you!

More Phone Pictures

New microwave

Dad and daughter volleyball match

Where I go walking

Osprey

Shelter Island

Even Tom's shadow is cute!



Kimo watching to see if I'm watching  : )



Emi watching her music!

Our parrot kite

Phone Pictures



Favorite booth at the antique mall



Check out the headlight covers...

San Diego Bay

Kimo turned 14!

Birthday dinner at Todai-the dessert part anyway



Tom loves Todai too





Udon noodles for Emi



Extra large camping chair

Extra large chess set

San Diego Zoo

We had a good time at the zoo today, crowds weren't too bad,

the weather was just right, peacocks were showing off and

there was no line to see the pandas; unheard of!

The zoo has so many spectacular plants it seems like
a botanical zoo!

Do the kids look like they are looking down on me,
since they are both taller than me now?

The rather interesting back side of a peacock...



Emi was embarassed by the peacock's mating ritual!



Male panda

Female

Living Photos or People as Pixels



(People as Pixels by Craig Allen)

I've always like these living photos.

In the photos below, in order to keep the photo's

proportions correct, the number of people used in

the distance has to increase.

There are only 17 folks across the base of this Statue of Liberty,

yet there are 12,000 people in the torch alone! Yikes!