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The wisteria at 276 Alden looks great this year

We had a spooky crow gathering like something out of The Birds

Kitsu and Beckham like their heating pad bed

We toured Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

We finally ate our precious home-grown avocado. It was perfect.

We spent a week in San Diego visiting the Zoo and Zoo Safari Parks

We saw a very bright rainbow over the park today.

We visited the Healdsburg Museum while it had an exhibit called 'Our Favorite Toys'. The totally custom Healdsburg Model Train stole the show

Moon at sunset

A sunset walk in Riverfront Regional Park

The view out our dining room window

Check out 'Argentina Highlights' on YouTube

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Album

Check out pictures from Chile!

Steve & Robin in Bolivia

We had to have another big limb removed from the 'Octopus' at Blynn Cottage

Michelle brought Pumpkin to Seaside, and we had a great time riding around town in it.

We did get to spend some quality time on Seaside Beach

We stopped at the Trinidad Rest Area - one of the best rest stop on any highway anywhere.

We have our first avocado growing after years of trying.

The Healdsburg Ukulele Club played Italian Night at the Prunepackers game on July 1. We had a genuine Italian directing. We sounded great.

The Healdsburg Ukulele Club had a summer party. Thaddeus suffered a fall just before.

We made each other a feast on our 47th anniversary. Leg of lamb, rosemary potatoes, asparagus, and Georgian wine.

Father's Day 2025

The ponds in Shilo Regional Park are still full of water.

Could we get avocados at last??

The six of us enjoyed Crete & Malta in May

We made a meal fit for T'Challa today

Robin putting the finishing touch to the spring picture swap.

Tammy and Andrew ran some marathon prep in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park after performing in Crescent City. Here's a moment to cool down near the end of the trail.

Ladies and gentlemen, here is Humboldt Taiko's Kamome performance

Click here to see "Humboldt Taiko At Kamome.

It was a cold windy day of our cherry blossom viewing (hanami), but the tea and sake was delicious

Dad watching his birthday candle slowly lean from the hot bread pudding.

We bought a Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. We don't export watts to PG&E anymore - we use our unused solar production to charge this baby.

Andrew showed off some nifty focaccia when we went up to celebrate his birthday. You can see his crown from the party resting on his throne.

We took a trip to the monkey islands in Lake Gatun

We really enjoyed our trip to Costa Rica and Panama. Click below for the full album

Our big tree got a haircut

We tried a new recipe - Chicken With Burst Tomato Sauce. It came out great.

I made gluwein for New Years Day.

Before Tammy and Andrew headed back home after Christmas, we strolled around Healdsburg Plaza, which was all decked out.

Ben sent Jan a Christmas card in the shape of glasses. She had to try it on.

Andrew and Robin enjoying Christmas

Tammy opening a present

We were at half strength this Christmas. Wendy and co were sick, and Jan was recuperating.

Steve and Robin above Prizren, Kosovo. Check out the album of Albania and Kosovo.

Dick and Midori came to visit the cottage this summer.

The Healdsburg Ukulele Club played for the local farm team - The Healdsburg Prunepackers

We enjoyed a day at Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve.

I tried out chacha in Georgia. Everybody and his brother in Georgia makes it. See below for the album from our visit to the Republic of Georgia

We enjoyed fine wine and interesting culture in Georgia and Armenia.

We enjoyed our return to Turkey in April '24. Click here for lots more.

Robin sitting down to enjoy a new favorite she made: Lemony Shrimp & Bean Stew

Robin spent a happy afternoon planting and feeding.

Suddenly, our Japanese Maple went boom!

It's now a birthday tradition. Dad gets 6 pounds of lemon drops.

We planted this olive tree we bought for bucks in our back yard in Corte Madera 11 years ago. It was snapped in half by a big buck, so we dug it up, potted it, and duct-taped it back together. Now, in Windsor, we got our first crop of olives. They are curing now.

Wendy is recuperating at our house after badly breaking her leg on the job.

Our kitchen table has become a nursery for garden herbs. That's Four Bean Chili in the foreground. The recipe can be found over in Recipes.

We feasted at Thai Orchid for Andrew's Birthday.

Back to Kauai!

Not even eight months after our first roofing contractor tried to fix the garage leak it came back with the heavy rains, but our neighbor found a great roofer who promptly fixed it.

We had a great time in the Baltics, visiting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The clouds parted and the sun was setting on Mount Rainier as we went to get some groceries at the IGA in Packwood, Wash. The camera does no justice to Rainier - you just have to look.

We took the Silver Falls Loop Trail out of Ohanaprecosh Camp. It was just what the doctor ordered after the grueling hike yesterday.

We visited the Chihuly Garden And Glass Museum at Seattle Center yesterday. It was outstanding. We loved our trip to Pike Street Market too.

We returned to Morocco to see the places we missed in 1981.

Did I tell you we got to ride camels in the Sahara?

Check out the album from our Greenland Cruise.

Costa Rica '22

We had a great eight day getaway.

We visited Sequoia National Park in the snow.

We visited Sequoia National Park to get away. Click for the photo album.

In January, we took a cruise from San Juan Puerto Rico to Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, Sint Maartin, and St John, USVI.

We visited Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Bryce Canyon National Parks.

Grand Geyser, tallest predictable geyser on earth

After leaving Seaside in 2019, we visited the Canadian Rockies.

We visited Walla Walla with Jan and Raye.

Before going to Seaside in 2019, we stopped in at Crater Lake and Heppner, Oregon.

We took a great trip to snorkel off Molokai on our recent trip to Maui.

Robin in front of a massive sequoia on our fourth trip to Sequoia National Park.

We sailed on the Aranui V to the Tuamotus, Gambiers, Australs, and Pitcairn Islands.

Here's a video of our trip to Pitcairn Island, refuges of the Bounty Mutineers.

We spent a fun couple of weeks in Colombia.

We spent August up in Seaside, and visited Oysterville.

We went back to Africa in March of 2018, this time to Kruger National Park in South Africa, plus Lesotho, and Swaziland.

We went to Yosemite with Dick & Midori in February of 2018.

We spent a very happy week in Maui, celebrating my birthday.

We traveled everywhere in India in October of 2017.

We heartily enjoyed barging, bicycling, eating and drinking in France

We toured Death Valley, and the Utah National Parks.

We took a cruise around Cuba.

We took our first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa. We visited Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibian, and South Africa.

We spent a few really good days hiking around Lake Tahoe. It's been years!

We visited Shasta, California (Gold Rush era county seat of Shasta Co.), Packer's Bay on Lake Shasta, and Castle Crags State Park.April is a good time to go.

We had always wanted to go to Borneo, so we visited the Malaysian part of it.

We visited Kristin and her kids on the Big Island, right after Christmas. The kids were great sports about the 8 mile hike we put them through.

Dad and Midori joined us on a cruise from Barcelona to Dubai

We spent the last few days of July in Vancouver and Vancouver Island. We really enjoyed museums and restaurants of Vancouver, hiking the Pacific Rim National Park Preserve trails near Uclulet, and Afternoon Tea at the Empress Hotel.

We spent almost three weeks in Poland, visiting Warsaw, Krakow, and many places in between. I'll never drink Russian vodka again.

For six days, we stayed in Kihei, and then for the final three nights, we stayed in Lahaina. We got in some whale watching, fine dining, good hikes, and lots of snorkeling.

We spent ten days in Iceland, in the depths of winter, chasing the northern lights, hiking, snow shoeing, sampling the local fare. Steve snorkeled the Silfra Fissure in Thingvellir National Park - truly unforgettable. And cold...