Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Ella is FOUR!
Ella turned four years old three weeks ago and she celebrated by having four friends over for a backyard party. They played in the playtents and tunnels, chalked on the patio, went on the swings & slide, ran around the yard, ate pizza bites and cake, and laughed and screamed under and riding around on top of the parachute.
This is what Felix thought of it all:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
In Case You're Wondering...
Some of the friends and family who read this blog may not know Los Angeles very well, but, rest assured, we are nowhere near the wildfires that are going on all over Southern California right now, as I'm sure you've heard about in the news. Most of the fires are in the north of Los Angeles County, easily 30 or 40 miles (or 50-60 km) away from our house, and are confined to the Malibu area (where Nicki and I had our wedding) and the Santa Clarita areas, and to the San Diego area, far to the south. It does however make for some apocalyptic scenes in the skies above our home, such as in this picture I snapped this evening:
The brown hue you see are not storm clouds; it's smoke. Tomorrow we will likely wake up to ash on our cars, house and yard. The fires are a somewhat regular thing here, and some years it's worse than others. 2003 was the last time. It always seems to happen in October, especially with the Santa Ana winds; hot, dry winds which fan the littlest spark to set off brush that has been dried out over a long summer without rain.
Anyway, we're not in any danger.
Dianne, my mother-in-law, came to visit and left on Friday. The previous Friday, the 12th, we went up to the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, and we drove around that area. Dianne snapped this picture of huge home in the hills above Pepperdine, known as Castle Kashan. It was named after a deputy oil minister in the Shah of Iran's government, who emigrated here. Here's the picture:
Castle Kashan was burned to the ground on Sunday.
The brown hue you see are not storm clouds; it's smoke. Tomorrow we will likely wake up to ash on our cars, house and yard. The fires are a somewhat regular thing here, and some years it's worse than others. 2003 was the last time. It always seems to happen in October, especially with the Santa Ana winds; hot, dry winds which fan the littlest spark to set off brush that has been dried out over a long summer without rain.
Anyway, we're not in any danger.
Dianne, my mother-in-law, came to visit and left on Friday. The previous Friday, the 12th, we went up to the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, and we drove around that area. Dianne snapped this picture of huge home in the hills above Pepperdine, known as Castle Kashan. It was named after a deputy oil minister in the Shah of Iran's government, who emigrated here. Here's the picture:
Castle Kashan was burned to the ground on Sunday.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Felix is ONE!
Our little monkey is one year old today. Here he is, the seasoned restaurant-goer, perusing the menu at Fromin's Deli. More pictures to follow...
"Hmmm.... what shall I have?"
"I think I'll have the pancakes."
"WAITER!"
"Hmmm.... what shall I have?"
"I think I'll have the pancakes."
"WAITER!"
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