San Rafael, Family, Amtrak MisAdventure and Other Momentous Events

I went to San Rafael by Amtrak on Friday, April 8th.  I was house/pet setting while Clay, Janyll and Kaylie went to New Orleans for a few days.  This is a birdhouse outside Kaylie's bedroom window.  She said no bird has ever been in it.

Truffles

Kaylie at her best friend, Annabella's birthday/swim party on Friday, April 15.

Kaylie is in the pink and black swimsuit.

Picture of a picture of Clay that sits in their living room.  He was 11. Cody, Charlie's son in the back was 9 or 10.

Friday, April 15

I was in the driveway waiting for Clay and Kaylie to drive me to the train station in Richmond when I snapped this picture.

 View from train where we stopped for a couple of hours because someone walked in front of the train.

Brochure in the pocket in front on my seat.

Jennifer picked me up at train station in Sacramento around 10:00 p.m. and spent the night with me. It was nice to have someone to decompress with in the aftermath of suicide by Amtrak.

Erica and I walked downtown to Rite Aid.

Got together with Pat and Helen on April 30th.  Snow-capped Sierra's in background.

Pat at home

Sunday night, May 1

May 3, Jennifer, Jacey and I went to San Francisco to meet Stan and Margaret.  They were on a cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver and had a few hours in San Francisco.  We took the ferry from Mare Island in Vallejo to Fisherman's Wharf.

 Taken from ferry approaching San Francisco.  That's the cruise ship Stan and Margaret were on.

Norwegian Cruise Line

 Stan entertaining Jennifer with a story.  Lunch at Tarantino's

Lunch view at Fisherman's Wharf

Jacey, Margaret, Stan and Jennifer

 Stan and Margaret going back to the ship

On the ferry back to Vallejo

 Amgen 2011 Stage 2

 15th and P, Monday May 16
Across park from my apartment

 Scraggler

Visit with Betty, Indian Springs, Kaylie's 8th Birthday

Visited Betty in Denair, March 5-8

Looking out her front window toward Mt. Diablo

My visits to Betty coincide with her husband Bruce's hunting trips

Betty's son, Nathan Lewis, painting

http://www.nathanlewisart.com/

Betty and I went to Home and Garden Show in Modesto

We saw beautiful floral arrangements

and unusual orchids

Ate Betty's healthy and delicious food

We enjoyed, Shampoo, the play in Sonora on Sunday

March 9th, Karen Goehring and her Mother, Lucy came for a visit

Lucy Powell - This is the story of genetics...mother and daughter..72 and 92

March 14-15, Becky, Charlie and I went to

Indian Springs Spa in Calistoga

Indian Springs Spa

Charlie, shopping in Calistoga

Me, Becky and Charlie at Flatiron Grill

Shrimp and Grits at Flatiron

Kaylie is 8

Blowing out candles

Aunt Jen helping open Pets

Kaylie and Jen, Jim and Nathan (Kaylie's cousin)

Sunday, March 27 Westminster Presbyterian Church

Headed west on J Street to temp job in peach colored building on left

on March 28

Orchid given me several years ago by Joan; was one of Virginia's many.

This is the first time it's bloomed since I've been the caretaker.

 Kaylie's 8th birthday party in San Rafael

 Kaylie and Mommie Janyll

 Clay and Kaylie

 8 is good

Texas, Jen's Birthday, Moroccan Dinner

February, 1

Ice storms in North Texas keep us from

Graham so Mom's funeral could not take place.

Back yard at Stan's and Margaret's

on February 1

We had a memorial service on Tuesday afternoon at Stan's.

Mom's Children
Lanora, DJ, Stan, Liz and Don

Feb. 3
Flying back home

Love Field: Picture of food that I took picture of instead of ordering and eating.

Becky Bulb was in full flower and fragrance
when I got home.

Saturday, February 5

Dinner for Jennifer's 34th birthday on February 7

Jen with her dad

Jen with her Mom

 Jen with her husband, Chris,
her brother Clay (James) and sister-in-law, Janyll.

Jen's son, Michael and niece, Kaylie, Clay's daughter

Jen's Mother-in-law, Sandi and Grandmother-in-law, Fran and her daughter, Jacey.  Jacey and Sandi are giving themselves, facelifts.

February 20-26, San Rafael

President's Week

January 21, Clay and Janyll went to Oakland for the Prince concert.

Janyll, Kaylie, Clay and I awakened on 2/22 with a cold so I didn't take many pictures.

Early Spring in Terra Linda

Saturday, February 26

Moroccan Dinner with Rebecca, Sara and Brian

Zucchini and Onions

Sara's using a clay cooking pot to steam vegetables

Chefs conferring

Liz rolling truffles and dipping in chocolate powder

Dinner