Elsa meets Great Aunt Barbara

Elsa met Great Aunt Barbara last week while she was visiting. Here is a photo of Barbara showing her how the zipper works on her Baby Doll. Elsa was intrigued and put a dime in the little pouch. Barbara is great with kids and Elsa loved getting to know her.

happy light

Came in this morning and discovered this miraculous transformation of my "Happy Light." Sometimes I just love working here.

A Very Special Family Reunion

Sunday was a very special occasion for our family. My two sisters and brother all met together in the same place and at the same time. What makes this rather remarkable is that it has been 40 + years since this has happened. Due to life circumstances and being in different locations, the four of us were never able to gather at the same time.

My sister, Barbara came visiting from Texas so we all met at a local pizza parlor. It was such fun and so very good to be together once again. Barbara and I are the daughters of Warren with our mother, Ruth. We are ages 75 and 73.

Nancy and Warren are the children of Warren and his wife, Milly. Nancy is 65 and Warren is 63.

We were not raised together but lived in the same area for most of our growing up years so we would see one another at family gatherings.

Nancy, Warren, Barbara and Elizabeth

My wonderful brother-in-law, Dave Bosch was there, too. He is more like a brother-in-love. Nancy and Dave are such dear family to me. Dave and I get along really well and like to tease each other, too!

I am so happy to be able to share these photos with all of you. Barbara and I are having a wonderful visit.

Elsa photos - fun with hair

cool article on Marin Rowing

This article ran in the SF Chronicle today -- pretty neat.

Be sure to click on the photos! (none of yours truly, but some good shots...)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/28/BAEP15P421.DTL

Dogs go to heaven!

A Couple of Images

While I was down at my silent retreat I had an image of a bunch of peonies. Peonies are my daughter, Porter's favorite flower. They are so beautiful and colorful. I did a watercolor sketch of a few of them in my journal. Here they are....


Porter sent me this sweet photo of herself and Elsa hanging out on the porch at Silver Lake. Elsa is the 4th generation of Merrimans to enjoy this magical place. When you are there, you have virtually no contact with the outside world, very nice!