I made the one on the top, Sara made the one on the bottom

Augusto playing with a log

"staged" cheesy picture

Hiking with Sara and Augusto

Some food I made.. a bunch of veggies.. and my toe

Sara likes this picture.

Busy days in February

So, I apologize for not updating this blog in such a long time. Things have been very busy with all of the new changes in my life and all. Also, I was mostly staying at home for the first half of this month.





The other day it was 84 inside my apartment, and also outside. I live about 1/4 mile from the beach in Ventura. This would be a very hot temperature even for summer... The next day me and Sara were on Mt Pinos about 50 miles away and it SNOWED.

California is weird.

Speaking of Sara, she got her hair cut when she was in France. It's very cute, see?

I got a haircut a couple of months ago, but I already need a new one. Also, my beard needs to be trimmed. This is me after work today. The picture is kinda dark.

Two Tree Hill

This is Two Tree Hill above Ventura. I am trying to figure out the new formatting of the blogger program. They eliminated the easy upgrade through 'hello' and now i have to go through Picasa which is slower and kind of stupid. I guess I can't complain since it is free.

Post-rain Fog

After the rain last week, some neat fog formed up against the Santa Susana Mountains.

Sara in Ireland

The following pictures are pictures Sara took in Ireland. I hopefully will set this blog up so that she can post other pictures on here. She will be in Ireland for another week, and then moving on to France. 

Sara with her sister Ruth and Ruth's two kids 

Irish cottage 

 

Are cute, rosy cheeks hereditary?

Catherine (cute!)

Ventura Mini-Miracle Storm

Despite predictions of a wet winter, December and most January were very dry. In fact, LA was about 5 inches below average rainfall for the rainy season. As of last week, no rain was in the forecast except the slightest chance of drizzle this weekend.

Well, something happened. A cutoff low off the coast sucked in a bunch of moisture, and then the storm just stopped. It stopped over Ventura, and rained all day. It's been raining most of the night too. We've had well over an inch, and that little blob of rain just isnt moving.

It's been a slow, steady rain, just the kind to take the edge off of a drought . It looks like the storm may stick around for a few days, too. After that... well the long range forecasts were wrong about this, so they probably will be wrong about next week also.

 

Wet pier 

Ventura pier 

Erosion 

clouds up against the low hills behind Ventura