Mother's Day 2013...the best!

 

Here we both are in the middle of a gorgeous San Francisco day having just returned from our first (hopefully annual) Mother's Day Brunch.

 

Grace and I walked a few blocks from the car to the restaurant in the Castro, and she had to take a look at Pottery Barn.  We both loved these "County Fair Drinking Jars"...so she got them for me as a gift. Another gift was that Grace vacuumed the whole house on Saturday...upstairs and downstairs.  Thanks Grace.  I think she still has something in mind for later today...scones?...cupcakes?

 

The County Fair theme is posted in our kitchen.  We always go to the Marin County Fair...looking forward to this year.

 

On our walk in the Casro neighborhood we spotted this little car...a Morris Minor?, not sure.
Grace: "I love this neighborhood!"

We had Mother's Day brunch at Catch, a seafood restaurant on Market and Castro.  Yum!  It was Grace, Betsy, Clare, and me.  We had crab sandwiches, omelettes, salads and mimosas...Grace had Orange Mango Agua juice.

 

Sister Nancy brought calla lilies and a fabulous To My Sister card for Mother's Day on Friday night.

 

Our garden is bursting out all over, but the most magnificent is this climbing rose tree.

 

See what I mean?

 

First photo of Grace within 15 minutes of getting her braces off last month.

 

Another great shot of beautiful straight teeth and smile.

 

Grace's self portrait of life post-braces.

Hannah and Grace's photo shoot on Pacifica's ocean bluffs

 

 

 

 

Balancing stones in Encinitas

 

Rock balancing (see Wikipedia) is an art, discipline, or hobby (depending upon the intent of the practitioner) in which rocks are balanced on top of one another in various positions. There are no tricks involved to aid in the balancing, such as adhesives, wires, supports, or rings.

 

This is the one I placed.

Grace visits Emily in Ojai

 

 

 

Nancy lounging by the rooftop pool

 

enjoying the view of the Santa Barbara mountains

 

July 4th

I watched the fireworks from Rosie's house in Telegraph Hill. I found this photo online.  Her house is on the hill to the right of Coit Tower, just a couple of streets down. Magnificent!

Main County Fair