She's awake! The surgery went great!!

Francesca and Violet: Ready for Surgery!

She is super excited!

Happy, All-Checked-In Girl, waiting for her surgery...

Magnet sand table: excellent!

Francesca's eye surgery

She is going in tomorrow to get her tear duct fixed. We go in at 6:30 am and surgery is about 8. It is out patient but has to be general anesthesia. Send us prayers or thoughts or vibes or any or all of the above!

Francesca is drawing GG a card

One of many-- now mom just needs to get them in the mail!

Mountain man

Self portrait

While about 100 of this same basic picture was being taken, Francesca organized a Bar-bar-Q and trick-or treat walk. This event is still ongoing.

Art shot by Francesca.... She was waiting for her mom to finish some computer work at Floyd's coffee

(Those are holiday lights.)

Francesca enjoys Blaize's present from Nana and Pawpa

A water writing contraption. The real fun is filling up the reservoirs on the water pens. At least the 'ink' is non-staining!

Happy Birthday to Blaize! VIDEO:2:36

Mommy and Daddy on second Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day hike in Forest Park with Val

Happy birthday boy. He is a star.

Of course right!

Brilliant use of linear expression and color juxtaposition

Right??!!

Hi Skype Joy and Skype Grandma Marsha

Francesca took a picture whilst skyping

Hi Nana and Pawpa!

Standing is a feat unto itself in the bouncy house.

Bouncy clip

Oh yeah.

The Bouncy House at Gymnastics!

Like a special birthday treat!

What form, what grace!

That little blur with perfect form bouncing in the background is Francesca Margot.

Francesca's card for Blaize says 'happy birthday to my brother'

Birthday boy eating a birthday orange

Does he look different? He's two years old!!!

seagull skeletons abound

Battle Rock, Port Orford.

Tile mural overlooking the Port

This is the skeleton of a baby whale

I wouldn't have known this of course, but fisherman types around the Port Orford dock filled us in.

My favorite chair in Port Orford

Taking in a place like this, the wonder and awesome thunder of the ocean, I just don't understand how I could possibly not be living on the coast all the time. And then, somehow, I go back to where ever I'm living. But someday. Someday...

Blaize at the swap shop. Captured by Adriana

He said he was swimming....

Classic Blaize... Shoes, necklace, hang loose shirt....

We are all super-excited.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

A spider, two octopuses and an alligator at the bottom

This was all going to be an apple, but Francesca's artistic vision shifted.

Blaize is making a spider web! And using both hands!!

Francesca waxes on about what she is about to draw

Thanks for the outfit, Grandma Ellen!

Blaize's spontaneous expression of love

Have I blogged this already?

Kids love this barrel!

Just a slice of morning routine... Mmmmm.... Cereal.

I missed this being out of town for two nights!!

This Leggo container is a great little boat.

Ahoy

Blaize loves the foam pit!

He is a rock star in his new gymnastics class!

Deer sighting!

Here's the front page of the Port Orford paper

(where I am for work- show is recorded tonight- airs tomorrow at noon)

These ice plants take me waaaay back

I remember crushing them and using them for hop scotch markers
In 2nd grade in Del Mar...
(Battle Rock in background.)

Hi again!

Good morning! I will see you kids tomorrow!!

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Battlerock, Redfish Rocks in background

And on left is Humbug Mountain

More Dumpy La Rue

I said 'MOVE!'

So many decisions to be made.

Francesca is a storm hunter. She is communicating with her compatriots on her device.

There is so much for a warmly dressed butterfly on a mission to do.

She is kinda the coolest kid, ever.