Boulder, CO on roadtrip move to San Fran...

- A dandelion I spotted on our hike up to the Flatirons -
Jonathan and me in front of the Flatirons above Boulder, CO (pic captured by Gustavo)
Yay for tea!!!!!

...another photo of Ruthann...

a Goddaughter arrives!!

Ruthann Marie Pehl was born on June 16th, to the delight of everyone :-)

It was a Monday, and it just so happened that Emily and I were driving into the LA area that afternoon, so we were able to stop by the hospital that evening to have a visit with Ruthann and Jenny! As it so happened, we had the chance to say hello to Curtis, Thomas, and Jenny's mom as well.

Ruthann slept alot the first time we met her...as a matter of fact, we didn't see her eyes at all until Saturday when we all trekked over to visit her at home - we(Zifnab, Lanth, Jonathan, Em, and I) were all excited to see her eyes when she finally woke up during that visit. In this picture, she's looking in Zifnab's general direction as he's the one holding her ;-)

In this second picture, Em is holding her - I love this, because you can see how tiny Ruthann's little feet and toes are.

We all loved meeting her, and /I/ am looking forward to more visits with her soon :-)

~ a beautiful baby bunting ~

My dear sister makes the most amazing things out of yarn :-) She's truly a wizard at the art of crochet. For her baby gift to good friends of ours, L & T, she created this precious baby bunting and cap.

Finally, on Monday, when I was babysitting for Collin, the baby for which the works of art were created, I put him in the bunting and cap to take some pictures!

He looks very cute, and was very happy (or so it seemed), so I got tons of excellent pictures! He squirmed around, and he kept changing facial expressions. In fact, every time I thought I was ready to put my camera down, he would make a different face, yet again!! Anyhow, Em, these photos are for you :-)

Enjoy!

Woohoo!!!

Congrats to the Obama crowd for a great success in NC today!!!

Several North Carolinians made their voices heard in voting today, and it's amazing to see how many people care about this presidential race. It's about time people really got out to vote :-)

Yay Obama! Yay NC!!

(in other tidbits, here's another American putting in a good word for Obama)

Our new home!

Here we are in San Francisco, at our new home near Hayes Valley, Market St, and Civic Center :-) We'll be moving there in just a few short weeks...

old photos

This is an older photo I took from about a year and half ago of a shop window at Fortnum & Mason in London. They had some of the most interesting and elegant window displays I've ever seen :-)