Lots and lots of cherry tomatoes…

We eat them and eat them but still have lots to share. Today we took two buckets full and put them in the foyer at church. Low and behold after church they were all on their merry way to other families tables.

knock knock...

For those who haven't seem the front door recently. Old door, new skin.

what diet?

This is what happens when you find strawberries in the refrigerator on a Saturday morning and no one is watching.

There’s more to Hawaii than just business…

A early morning walk along the famous Waikiki beach before heading out for meetings…

…and then realizing you have enough time between the Army Housing site walk and Air Force housing meeting to run to the North shore for a plate of jumbo shrimp

Business trips to Hawaii aren’t always dreadful.

it's a May weekend

This weekend we decided it was time to get the hydroponic garden going so....we took it all apart, scrubbed it, put it back together, and the planted tomatoes, cucumbers and peas.


After all that hard work, we deserved some foil dinners cooked on the BBQ and enjoyed outdoors.

Look What We Found in Cambria…

While on our trip up the coast we were browsing through the quaint little stores in Cambria. Dad found this on some children’s t-shirts. We had a good laugh. They reminded us of our camping trips when you guys were small. Who knows why this would remind us of our camping trips?

A Day at the Aquarium…

What a grand idea it was to turn the old sardine cannery into the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It makes it so much more interesting and even packs a little history into your day. Dad was so interested that he even bought a book about the cannery row days.


That it was originally a cannery is most evident at the entrance where the old boilers are still in place.

The first exhibit you encounter is the kelp forest. It is a huge round tank with everything from large schools of tiny, silver anchovies doing their synchronized swimming act, to a lone leopard shark. It is almost hypnotizing with the kelp swaying in the water and all the fish going round and round.


Of course we loved watching the otters at play. The river otters were having a wonderful time chasing around and jumping on each other, but who can resist the cute, fuzzy face of the sea otters. Don’t you wish you could take one home with you?

A whole section of the Aquarium was dedicated to jellyfish. They are amazing creatures. We saw some that were as small as a quarter.

And some that were at least a foot and a half in diameter. And the colors were absolutely fabulous. They are so beautiful, but so deadly.

Doesn’t this look just like a Dr. Seuss forest? I kept expecting a little man to pop out and say, “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.”

After leaving the aquarium we spent some time walking around Cannery Row. It is a very lively and happening place. We couldn’t believe how much it had changed since the last time we were there. It has become a fun tourist attraction in itself.