My neighbor/client has a lilac bush in full bloom!  She is sharing!  These are my favorite.  They remind me of Grandma Violet.

An experienced team of 3, consisting of the mother/daughter duo Lee and Jess Hamner, and myself.  We called ourselves the Biblio-Racers.  We should have won for “Best use of Latin in a Team Name”, but instead we came in second place.  Tons of fun!

I’m a little discouraged about the prospect of SNOW next week.  I hope it was just a bad dream.  Meanwhile, look at my tulips!  

I’m taking my first art class at the Toledo Museum of Art.  Just for fun.  

Back in the 80’s, several members of my immediate and extended family  participated in the Austin-American Statesman Capitol 10,000.  I think I was 10.  It was one of my first 10Ks back when my dad was running marathons like I eat M&M’s nowadays. Fast forward to 2008. I recruited  3 of my cousins to do this 10K race in Austin.  We

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She wore her sunglasses at night.   We bonded during her short lifespan in my backyard.   Her carrot nose and tomato lips made Botox junkies jealous. As the rain poured on and the mercury rose, she arched her back and became quite erotic…. Stay tuned for the sad funeral.  (Grandma would say, FRU’ nee ul)

We drove to Napa Valley today.  Now, I  like a glass of wine (with a  nice finish), but for the afternoon I was more interested in getting some shots of the landscape.  It’s too early for grapes, but still intriguing, nonetheless.  The little yellow flowers remind me of Texas Bluebonnets (Except, you know—-yellow.)

These are the biggest trees I’ve ever seen, but I *still* thought they were bigger.  The REALLY big ones are further inland at Redwood National Park.  The tallest here is over 252 feet and the widest—more than 14 feet. Also—on the bottom photo, you can see Ed just to the left of the tree trunk in the background—-to give you an

Okay….there was a naked man laying on the beach.  Lucky for all of us I didn’t take a photo, but some people just shouldn’t lay on the beach naked in front of other human beings.  It was 50 degrees.  Anyways, enjoy these!

Oooh la la! We went to this GREAT neighborhood Italian place, L’ottavo Ristorante on Sutter Street.  Very small, quaint, and intimate. Away from the conference and locally owned.  I recommend the lobster ravioli and chocolate torte!  Great wine… Even BETTER conversation… And the BEST company!   Thank you!  OXOXOXOX!

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Our hotel is really cute.  

Yes, yes—the neighbors were probably talking.  We’re high society here on Harley Road. Here’s the real scoop.  I won a gift certificate for a limo service, so we decided to use it for the trip to San Francisco this week.  

Ed and I participated in an improv workshop in Toledo yesterday.  I was a little nervous, but so was everyone else.  It was a small group of 7 people.  It turned out to be TONS of fun.  At one point I laughed so hard I had tears streaming down my face.

Here are some photos from Christmas Day at Bob & Gretchen’s, using a program on my Mac called Photo Booth.  Can you tell who this is?