Les Artistes

While the babes were over last week Q discovered some paper on the table. Then she wanted a pen. Then she wanted to draw on everything. Which prompted me to clear away my work and give her some clean sheets of paper. Not to be left out J wanted at part. But heaven forbid they should share pencils – I had to bring out another set. It was funny to watch their different techniques. Q was more concerned with arranging her pencils than coloring with them.

Trying to steal some of J's pencils.

Hard at work

Poke!

She thinks she is so funny!

Valentines Day

I think they are putting strange things on candy hearts now. Step Up? I mean I guess that's good advice - but what does it mean? As in line up? Step up and be a man? Does it refer to dance? There is a Shake It - shake the box of candy? Dance? And Race Me? I'm apparently quite out of touch - as I just found myself laughing at every new saying that fell out along with the standard Be Mine, etc. Happy Valentines Day!

Rain Rain

With these umbrellas, the rain probably should go away, but Q & J don’t know that. They were perfectly happy to play with them inside, until things started to get a little dangerous. Then the umbrellas had to be confiscated.

Thankfully the rain did arrive today. Hopefully the forecast is wrong and it’s here to stay for quite a while.

Grave Walk

You may recall, back in November D & I went to check out Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. This weekend we went on our first guided tour of the cemetery. They do tours every 2nd and 4th Saturday. One general tour a month and one tour that focuses on a specific element - like doctors, or symbols, etc.

Our tour guide, Ron, was lovely. He gave us a brief (2 hour) tour of some of the more well-known or interesting people buried in the cemetery. We barely brushed the surface.

 View from one of the hills

Greek revival themed mausoleum

Tomb that's a scale replica of the monument Queen Victoria build for Albert.

Love the detail in the granite

Sad little headstone fallen over

Again, my favorites are always the headstones with the paragraphs of writing talking about the individual. 

It really was a lovely way to spend the morning, even if it was a little colder than I expected.