2008, the end. 2009, the beginning
Snowy Fremont Peak, with a zoom lens from our kitchen window.
We were there the moment it began to snow~
Salinas looks pretty from so high up: and the bay beyond
The tree that lives on a rock at the peak, cold cold granite
Looking north to the Santa Cruz end of the bay, golden hills
our home is out there somewhere.
we hadn't been so cold since skiing in Heavenly, Tahoe
Fremont from the woods after the snow began to melt a few days later.
The night it began snowing in the hills there was hail down here and SImon didn't come home one night. THe coyotes were yip-yipping within a cult-a-sac and we got up to whistle for him a few times but he didn't come. In the cold morning we put on two layers of wool and walked for with Molly to search for tuffs of gray fur.
We found him scared shitless two storeys up in a neighbor's pine tree! Billy had to get an extendable thing from his school and taped a basket to the top and pushed him out of the tree. Our poor guy!!
Before that while we were near Fremont Peak we went for a leisurly stroll through San Juan Bautista where Billy found a surfboard at a thrift/antique store and we walked through the historical stuff there. It was a quiet trip through time.
THis was a wedding dress of a lady who had survived The Donner Pass incident as a child
This is one OLD wisteria!
Late 19th century porn on the wall
Driving north to Santa Cruz to do christmas shopping
Melting frost in the woods:
Simon got a pull the string toy from the people who watch him whie we're gone and he liked the tissue paper more and Molly Sue took over the toy.
Our Sweet Sue
THen came Christmas eve and we began our trip home to Lompoc. We don't look as sick as we felt
Driving through the Salinas Valley
Driving through Guadalupe
MOlly wearing my scarf
At Billy's parents' house where we stay
Driving to Santa Barbara, Christmas Day
fading rainbow at the base of the mountains
tired and sick at my grandparents' house
(I'm annoyed taking pictures without a flash) My cousin's little girl
WHo has a huge crush on Billy and followed him around like a blonde puppy
My mom's German family tradition of making Schtollen (sp?...) HEre it is ore-baked. I never got one of it baked with icing
Chester, my favorite buddy from 7th grade, my pookie princess
At my sister & Lodi's house, my mom & me & a twin:
Lodi's mom, Rachel, and our mom with the twins
Lodi doesn't like his picture taken. Rachel took this
My dad's parents with the twins, one my grampa's namesake
Rachel, self shot
Took the dogs out to Jalama, Billy & my dad were surfing
the waves weren't that grat though
Puppy Doo: He can swim and sing at the same time!
I'm the only one who still calls him Puppadoh. Everyone else calls him Nemo because they're embarrassed to say Puppy Doo :P
My mom and her boy
Mom & Dad
Billy
Back to Monterey, three hours later
even though this was technically taken on our drive down, you get the idea.
Molly Sue missed her woods so muches!! She ran straight toward the woods
I missed the woods too especially watching the birds of prey
and the odd things I find in the woods
Went for a beach walk New Year's Day after champagne and salmon on crackers
wind circles
home sweet home
We were there the moment it began to snow~
Salinas looks pretty from so high up: and the bay beyond
The tree that lives on a rock at the peak, cold cold granite
Looking north to the Santa Cruz end of the bay, golden hills
our home is out there somewhere.
we hadn't been so cold since skiing in Heavenly, Tahoe
Fremont from the woods after the snow began to melt a few days later.
The night it began snowing in the hills there was hail down here and SImon didn't come home one night. THe coyotes were yip-yipping within a cult-a-sac and we got up to whistle for him a few times but he didn't come. In the cold morning we put on two layers of wool and walked for with Molly to search for tuffs of gray fur.
We found him scared shitless two storeys up in a neighbor's pine tree! Billy had to get an extendable thing from his school and taped a basket to the top and pushed him out of the tree. Our poor guy!!
Before that while we were near Fremont Peak we went for a leisurly stroll through San Juan Bautista where Billy found a surfboard at a thrift/antique store and we walked through the historical stuff there. It was a quiet trip through time.
THis was a wedding dress of a lady who had survived The Donner Pass incident as a child
This is one OLD wisteria!
Late 19th century porn on the wall
Driving north to Santa Cruz to do christmas shopping
Melting frost in the woods:
Simon got a pull the string toy from the people who watch him whie we're gone and he liked the tissue paper more and Molly Sue took over the toy.
Our Sweet Sue
THen came Christmas eve and we began our trip home to Lompoc. We don't look as sick as we felt
Driving through the Salinas Valley
Driving through Guadalupe
MOlly wearing my scarf
At Billy's parents' house where we stay
Driving to Santa Barbara, Christmas Day
fading rainbow at the base of the mountains
tired and sick at my grandparents' house
(I'm annoyed taking pictures without a flash) My cousin's little girl
WHo has a huge crush on Billy and followed him around like a blonde puppy
My mom's German family tradition of making Schtollen (sp?...) HEre it is ore-baked. I never got one of it baked with icing
Chester, my favorite buddy from 7th grade, my pookie princess
At my sister & Lodi's house, my mom & me & a twin:
Lodi's mom, Rachel, and our mom with the twins
Lodi doesn't like his picture taken. Rachel took this
My dad's parents with the twins, one my grampa's namesake
Rachel, self shot
Took the dogs out to Jalama, Billy & my dad were surfing
the waves weren't that grat though
Puppy Doo: He can swim and sing at the same time!
I'm the only one who still calls him Puppadoh. Everyone else calls him Nemo because they're embarrassed to say Puppy Doo :P
My mom and her boy
Mom & Dad
Billy
Back to Monterey, three hours later
even though this was technically taken on our drive down, you get the idea.
Molly Sue missed her woods so muches!! She ran straight toward the woods
I missed the woods too especially watching the birds of prey
and the odd things I find in the woods
Went for a beach walk New Year's Day after champagne and salmon on crackers
wind circles
home sweet home