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january...
wendy was here & we joined the throng on the plaza to greet
the newyear, handing out sparklers & groundbloom flowers! |
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february...
the big adventure, gavin & i went to haiti
for my brother david's wedding
(& kanaval!) & to finally hold in our arms the most beautiful
baby in the world, pamela
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march...
joined womenfriends for our annual EVC
retreat, this year at SeaRanch in sonoma county. it's a very
upscale community, but a bunch of us split the rental for a long
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april...
we thot winter was over, then on aprilfool's day, this is what
happened! looks like snow, but it's actually hail. didn't last
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may...
the first lemon on my lemon tree! it's been in the ground for
10 years & i was about to give up on it, then look at this
beauty! guess it just needed some time to get settled in. |
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june...
garden is a continuous delite,
i really don't want to do much besides stay home in it. it was
an amazing sunny summer, not at all like what we oldtimers around
here remember summers being like, meaning LOTS of fog |
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july...
"church of digging in the dirt" isn't just a (sortof)
joke, i'm actually a minister in universal
life church,
& here i am, having just married my friend kathy & her
sweetie riley! (all couples i have married are still married!) |
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august...
this was the Big Occasion, my 60th birthday! (60?? how did that
happen?) threw myself a big party, it was a beautiful day, yard
was full of my favorite people, here are some library folks helping
me celebrate. |
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september...
at this time every year, the chamber readers have their garden party for board members,
readers, & former readers in (former reader) lynne's amazing
garden. |
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october...
visited wendy in seattle, got a good autumn color fix & met her new dog stella. i fell
in love with her, but topaz is going to take her time deciding. |
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november...
westhaven
center for the arts
had a wonderful fundraiser, a "harvest hootenanny",
with apple pressing, great food, music, & a raffle. a good
time was had by all! |
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december...
the amanitas are back! they didn't show up last year, because
the woods behind my house had been disturbed by some heavy equipment,
so glad to see them arise again. |