lovely california

70 degrees, slight breeze, green and color EVERYWHERE, the ocean...it was awesome! Minus the fact that I had the flu, but being sick in california was much better than being sick in hot Tucson.  All in all, a good trip. The people we stayed with were awesome - thanks Tom and Lori!  But ya, it was a great time...here are some pics of where we stayed. In Encinitas, near Moonlight Beach...heck ya!

off to san diego

coleen and i are off to san diego for the weekend as a "happy birthday to me" and "last roommate hoorah"  before marraige.  please pray for us as i feel like im coming down with the flu and we're struggling a little bit to communicate and it feels like satan is behind it...thanks

the drive home...

lovely painting by birgitta alapides

interesting...

So to continue the series of antique hat pics, per Susan's request, i give you...Hat #3!

And no, I'm not trying to look like I'm kissing the air.  I think it's a "my face itches" thing

playdough present from a student

im going to miss them so much :(

Mom's Hat #2

Yes, the hat is covered in chicken/turkey/pheasant feathers...im not sure which 

Derby Day, Tucson style

It's Derby Day. 

The official starting day of the Kentucky Derby where apparently woman wear BIG hats, like people do in England. I don't know how we lost that custom out here in the West, but I thought I'd try to bring it back Tucson style...so I wore this hat all day. 

no just kidding.

However, my mom has millions of hats and when I went home in October, the time I wasn't in the hospital with my Grandpa I was REALLY bored. I mean staggeringly bored.  So I took a bunch of pictures of myself in a bunch of my mom's hats...here's the first. It was my great-grandma's and I think she originally got it in Tucson...come full circle