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Skillz
While we were on the houseboat this year, Gene taught me to embroider: This is the only new skill I learned in 2012, which sounds sad now that I come to write it out, but I actually feel pretty … Continue reading
Yard photos
I am still startled by how much I love our newly landscaped backyard. I spend so much time out there: if it’s not absolutely freezing, I’m out there pretty much whenever the sun is shining, even if I’m wrapped up in four layers. Here’s the yard about a year before the remodel. This isn’t an … Continue reading
Stew
There are wild foxes roaming the streets of London! We saw three of them and each time I was so excited that I did a little fox-sighting dance. “Do you get this excited when you see raccoons in Alameda?” Thomas asked somewhere after the second dance. “No,” I said. “Raccoons are vermin. Obviously.” “Ah,” he … Continue reading
Europe Fail
Since I cannot go to Paris at present, yesterday I decided to go to San Francisco and pretend I was somewhere else. (Excuse my photo effects, please. I’m experimenting with an Android app called Vignette and possibly going a little overboard with it. But it’s so fun!) I got up early (for me) and took … Continue reading
Weirdo
Kris: “I need a close-up photo of my face for my writing website. But I need one where I’m not wearing some kind of costume or making a strange expression.” Gene: “Has that ever happened?” Kris: “Sigh.” … Continue reading
Triclops princess
This weekend we had a pumpkin-carving party. Let me first explain that I go through this funny thing every autumn. I am a sun-worshipper — the more summery goodness, the better, as far as I’m concerned. Except around October, when I start imagining how great it will be to wear rust-colored sweaters and tall boots … Continue reading
Escapism
We spent the weekend in Portland for the Oregon Brewers Festival, which was held at a park in downtown Portland. Do you know what else is in downtown Portland? That’s right. Powell’s City of Books. Now, I am not saying it’s unreasonable to expect me to stick around a beer tasting festival that I have … Continue reading
Year One
Sunday was our first wedding anniversary, and we spent it picnicking with some friends in the park where we got married. A few highlights from the day: Waiting for other people to arrive Kris: How about we call our dads right now to say Happy Father’s Day? Gene: Good idea. [Picks up phone.] Kris: And … Continue reading
New hair!
Not wild about the bangs, but I do love the colors.
Tacos for the sassy girls
As Michele and I were sitting dockside at the Lake Chalet’s Taco Tuesday (an outing ably captured by Michele elsewhere), waiting for the rest of the girls to arrive, our waitress plunked a plate of tiny tacos down in front of us with a flourish and said “Tacos for the sassy girls!” For a brief … Continue reading