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“Plunge into the sublimes seas, dive deep, and swim far.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

My apologies for being missing from WordPress this week. Miss O graduated from 5th grade — and more importantly won the Seymour Kaplan award for being a kind, supportive of others, and inclusive student. Then we cleared out of the house for the AirBnB renters and flew to Hawaii. So I haven’t spent much time in front of my computer but still want to memorialize this momentous week.

Celebrating Miss O’s fifth grade graduation. The cat is impressed but just doesn’t want to show it.

Seattle sunshine

Flying to Hawaii

Hawaii fun

The sign of the week. And we need some shady protection from the Hawaiian sun!

“If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.” – Proverb

Mr. D’s baseball team went to the championship of his Little League, Miss O is graduating from elementary school (5th grade), one of my dearest friends is turning 60, and my AirBnB renter wants to come a day early. This week I’ve been cooked, as the 5th graders say it. A swirl — of all good things — for sure! But we haven’t been too busy to laugh, thank goodness!

The Giants played gallantly in the championship game. They didn’t win but still earned baseball themed cake pops.

Miss O’s last field day for elementary school. The 5th graders competed against the teachers in the annual tug-of-war tradition — and won!

I’ve been getting so much wonderful help on preparing our house for renters. Including my incredibly strong mom who is still willing to climb ladders at age 87!

The animals are wondering – you wouldn’t leave us for 18 days, would you?

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” – May Sarton

We went to see the Blue Man Group — and Miss O wore pink! She knows who she is from the pink crocs up!

Miss O singing for her choir performance. Simone the cat doing her best imitation!

Mr. D’s baseball team won their quarterfinal game of the Little League playoffs. Probably because we spend a lot of time throwing and catching!

Sign of the week and my favorite flower basket. I can see it out the window when I’m working and it just makes me smile!

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Winnie the Pooh

The adventures to get the house ready for our AirBnB renters continue.

But we still have time to play baseball. Even Cooper is in to the game.

But not the cat. Maybe she’s too busy laughing about the sign of the week.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut

The cat trying to pretend she’s planted. The dog trying to pretend he’s small enough to snuggle on the couch.

Window spraying, pressure washing fun!

The first run after the ice cream truck of the season…and they weren’t able to catch it. Oooh!

The sign of the week and a little duck family.

“There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.” – unknown

Mother’s Day

I think I’ll go for a swim…No, it’s cold!….C’mon, it’s totally fine.

Coming home from school – and the gang at our local transfer station.

Sign of the week — and flower of the week.

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Proust

This week was all about spending a lot of time practicing the things we love – baseball for Mr. D, a musical for Miss O, gardening, and putting together IKEA furniture!!

There is something full circle about feeding and watering kids — so they can grow up to feed and water the plants. 🙂

Mr. D hit a baseball into one of our planters. It cracked a hole in the planter – isn’t that crazy? The rest of the pot is fine. And the cat hat to go to her annual vet checkup so she’s looking non-plussed in a box that has also has holes, but these are intentional.

Dunn Lumber with the sign of the week!

“Elegance is not being noticed, it’s about being remembered” – Giorgio Armani

Swinging

Contentment. The cat likes to pretend she’s on the fence to do some forest bathing but I think she’s just up there to keep an eye on the neighbor’s dog.

Scenes from the neighborhood. I was so captivated by the sweetness of the little girl walking slowly with her grown-up that I followed them for a block and a half in order to get a closer shot.

Pictures that make you smile!

“Some roads are so beautiful that you cannot know not whether you travel on the road or the road travels in you!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

We spent a lot of time in the car driving back from SF last weekend. So much so that when Miss O made a waffle, it kind of looked like a wheel.

We had as much fun as possible on our stops along the way back. But it was great to see the sign welcoming us home.

And to see Cooper and Simone.

We washed the car and got back to baseball (Mr. D is the catcher in orange).

I really appreciated the sign of the week after a week of buying gas on the road!

(featured photo is Mount Shasta)

“When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.” – A. A. Milne

We went on a road trip from Seattle to San Francisco to see family this week. So, you got to stretch your legs in any way possible, right?

A fun SF art installation on the JFK Promenade

Riding in driverless cars and playing virtual reality games

Ghirardelli Square and birds of paradise

The sign of the week — found at a rest stop in Southern Oregon and Miss O’s best shocked face!