More view

The view

The campsite

Sitting around the fire keeping warm

On the way

Heading to big sur for our weekend camping trip, hosted by the bullens. It was a 5 hour drive.

The manly garden

These climbing ladders are made of #4 rebar. They're as deadly as they are rugged.

A sea of cars

On my drive in this morning

Beef bacon

Corned beef makes an excellent bacon. Amy's mad because I ate it for breakfast, lunch (corned beef and sauerkraut on rye) and dinner (hash) and used it all up. She fixed the problem by buying another $20 worth at Costco. She better be quick if she wants some for herself.
Apologies to my vegetarian east-coast lawyer type readers.

Our new babies

The mother bird scares easily, so i got another shot of the kids.

Trouble at the bel air

When we were in the parking lot, the chopper was circling. Kind of a nice neighborhood for so many cops.

Play doh

I think it's his elmo impersonation

Mr crabs

At the korean market

Dropping into berkeley

It's super steep on the hill. There was an awesome view of san francisco, but the trees kept blocking it.

The view

From just behind berkeley

San pablo reservoir

The backyard crew

Drew the irrigator

He helps aaron and julie with their water needs.

The terrace mystery

The hills around pleasanton are finely micro-terraced. What causes this?

Huffing the laffy gas

Well, not really. I'm using the daddy method to eat whipped cream with my waffle.

The new babies

The dove was scared off by our movement this morning and i caught a picture of the kids.

Our new guest

There's a dove that made the unfortunate decision to live in front of our house.