Mendocino and Friends

We had such a delightful surprise the other day when Dwight and Karen Nelson stopped by on their way back to the Sacramento airport. Dwight had spoken at the inauguration of Heather Knight at PUC.

Next enjoy the pictures of the fantastic orchid on Hanna's patio. This plant doesn't look like much most of the year, but wow, it sure
is beautiful when it blooms. Next, we took cousins from Germany to the Mendocino coast last Friday. We stopped at the Navarro Winery to get

some of their wonderful grape juice (yes, real grape juice) I took these fun pics of the newly born lamb. Notice that in the one pic the umbilical cord is still visible. We then continued on to Mendocino, which is one of our favorite destinations and just shot some fun pics of seagulls, cormorants, family, flowers, and my beautiful bride. Hope you enjoy the pics half as much as we enjoyed the day. Have a good day yourselves right now!

Sorry for the absence!

OK, I know it's been too long, but I really have been very, very busy! Obviously that means that I should be posting more so that you would know what I have been busy doing, but I do tend to procrastinate just a wee bit. So, let me show you just a few pics of late activities. We have had two cousins and spouses from Germany with us for the past week and a half. One of the couples has never been to the U.S. before and the other only once. They don't feel like venturing out on their own with a car so we have squeezed in as much as possible with them and have had a great time. These pics will show just some of the activities which include a trip to Ukiah where you will see some of the cherry blossoms (note the busy bee), the sheep, and a fun little lizard. Also I took off a day to go to a ball game between the Oakland A's and my Seattle Mariners. Yeah, we lost, but I included a pic of Ichiro about to hit the ball. We did hit a day of perfect weather in SF and enjoyed walking across the bridge. That night we BBQ'd some really great salmon,if I do say so myself. One pic shows the group after the crossing and looking just a bit weary! They will still be here for another week and a half, but will be in Ukiah for much of that time. God has blessed us with such a great family and so many other things to be thankful for. I hope your life is equally blessed.