Chico Christmas after Christmas!

We went for a lovely walk at Upper Bidwell Park where the dogs could run free.

You've come a long way, Miss Janice Hewitt.....Happy Birthday, dear sister

Myla's teaset.
I'll make Sophia one for her birthday in May.

 My weekend with Mark, Glori, Ryan and Myla.  We decorated the lovely tree.

 Myla is training Muncha (Bella) and Zoe, giving them love and attention.

 We made 3 different cookies.  The pecan sandies were the very best with pecans from their trees.

 Friday night Don and I went to our gallery party at Mike and Dan's home.

 Thursday Don took the kayak out on a very calm ocean, like a lake, and caught 2 lingcod and 3 blacks!

Monday I had lunch in Ukiah with Felicia since she was visiting the area's Goodwill stores as part of her new job as safety manager.

 On the boat to Malolo Lai Lai, our island home for a week.

 On the beach in front of our bure.

 Beautiful trees on the island.

 A view of  /Auckland from the Sky tower

 Riding the bus to Wellington

 Wellington

 An old wooden church made of those beautiful woods.

 At the thermal geysers

 It was cute the way they have trained the all of the different kinds of sheep for the tourist.  They all laid down and seemed to be contently chewing their cud.

 There are no full blooded Maori people left after the Europeans came with their guns, but this woman has the chin tattoo design that was a sign of dignity.

In front of the Sky tower.  Except for whatever ailed us at the end, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip!

Myla and her pumpkins

Halloween time in Chico!

Party time at Oz.  Barbara and Norm Fast (our gallery managers) had a party in the barn and invited all of their band friends to compete in a band scramble.  It was a fun night.  It's been years since I danced so much!

Another happy visit with Mark, Ryan, and Myla while Glori stayed in Chico to take her Yoga Instructor classes.  Mark and I enjoy cooking together making  pecan and banana cream pies.  Mark bbq'd chicken and salmon;  all very tasty.  We went up on the hill to help with getting firewood with Don, Mark, and Ryan doing the heavy work with Myla and I helping out. We made pumpkin and apple crumb pies on last month's visit.

Happy Birthday, Glori!

Beautiful fall, but waiting for the rains to begin.

I realize that Charlotte is not as engaging of a pet as a cute little dog, but this is a closeup of her and you can see the golden filaments. Like Wilbur I was amazed watching her consume a bug almost as large as she is. Don likes the fact that she doesn't cost anything.  Can you see her legs?

Meet Charlotte II, my latest pet. I ran into her web since she lives on the maple tree on our deck behind our bedroom slider.  One of the pieces of her web runs from the edge of the roof to the tree which is a distance of about 6 feet.  How did she do that??  I was so fascinated watching her repair her web that I took a pic of her. Now I check with her regularly to see if I can get a better photo without the PG&E guide wire in the pic. But I haven't caught her out of her resting spot since then.  I showed her to Don this morning and he's a bit concerned that I'm so excited about Charlotte.

Our visit to the B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena.  The bottom photo is of the vet's assistant who trims the giraffe's hooves, etc. getting a 'kiss' from one of her favorite giraffes.

Brandon helped me set up and take down at the Montgomery Village Festival.  It was great to sell a few pieces and have friends stop by, Judith, Debbie, then Sean and Caitlin came late to help break down. Fun day.

Happy Birthday dear daughter!

Jay took this pix of Sophia with his eggplant and sitting on his pumpkin,  So cute!!

Such a good visit with Suzanne and Murray and Rex.  Murray did some fine bbqing.  They stopped to say goodbye at the gallery where I "worked" on Sunday.

 Myla turned 4 years old on the 24th.  It was a fun party at the gymnastics place where there  was some structured activities and lots of free play.

Mark added a professional touch to my square which I will use at a festival at Santa Rosa in September.