Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
A day at the aquarium
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is one of my favorite places to hang out. It's also the first field trip that I ever suggested myself--when I was still 3, I saw an ad for it on TV, and asked to go. My parents had never heard of it, but it turns out to be pretty great.
Of course, the main attraction for the masses is the big tanks with sharks, and we got to see them being fed today:
The lorikeets, which you can feed, are also a big hit:
However, I have now become a bit of an aquarium connoisseur, and so I have favorites off the beaten path, such as the leafy sea dragon:
But my favorite fish of all is the purple queen. This is one of the females:
I dragged dad through the place until we found it again...
--Maddie
Of course, the main attraction for the masses is the big tanks with sharks, and we got to see them being fed today:
The lorikeets, which you can feed, are also a big hit:
However, I have now become a bit of an aquarium connoisseur, and so I have favorites off the beaten path, such as the leafy sea dragon:
But my favorite fish of all is the purple queen. This is one of the females:
I dragged dad through the place until we found it again...
--Maddie
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Soccer season
Concert at the Getty
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Tickling the Ivories
I seem to have my great-grandmother's affection for the organ...
We love you, GG!
We love you, GG!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Praise the Lord and pass the remote
Maddie likes to pray before dinner, which for her means that someone else prays and she repeats what they say. So this was the scene from last night:
Yvonne: Lord, we pray for healing for our colds...
Maddie: Lord, we pray for healing for our colds...
Y: ...and we thank you for each other's fellowship....
M: ...and we thank you for each other's televisions....
Yvonne: Lord, we pray for healing for our colds...
Maddie: Lord, we pray for healing for our colds...
Y: ...and we thank you for each other's fellowship....
M: ...and we thank you for each other's televisions....
Sunday, January 10, 2010
New Year's Week 2010 at Vail
It was good times in the snowy tundra of Colorado. I started ski school in the newbie group, and by the start of the second day I had moved up so fast that my instructor had to instruct me not to tell anyone I'm three. Here's a sample:
And some other varieties of fun:
I also had a great time with family, including Bella the dog, who is as patient as she is large...
We even saw our old friends the Fergs:
Good times.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Christmas presents
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Halloween
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Fire and Water
Another belated post...
We went to the Channel Islands recently, which you get to by a shuttle boat. Practically no civilization on the islands at all (that lighthouse is no longer in use). They call them America's Galapagos...
Here's a shot of the boat we took the first day:
We saw these:
Really, though, this was the highlight:
Don't worry -- those dolphins are not about to become oceangoing roadkill -- they're surfing!
Seriously.
Oh, right... then we came home to this:
That photo was taken from our front yard. While we were gone, they had evacuated our neighborhood. We actually missed the worst of the scare; what you see there is a controlled burn on the hill above us, intended to rob the fire of fuel so it couldn't spread to the houses.
So we came back and had to breathe smoky air for a few days, and brush the ash off everything outdoors. Inside, though, things were fine. And now it's mostly back to normal. Well, as normal as Southern California gets...
In other news, I'm back to school again, and settling in a little more quickly this time.
--Maddie
We went to the Channel Islands recently, which you get to by a shuttle boat. Practically no civilization on the islands at all (that lighthouse is no longer in use). They call them America's Galapagos...
Here's a shot of the boat we took the first day:
We saw these:
Really, though, this was the highlight:
Don't worry -- those dolphins are not about to become oceangoing roadkill -- they're surfing!
Seriously.
Oh, right... then we came home to this:
That photo was taken from our front yard. While we were gone, they had evacuated our neighborhood. We actually missed the worst of the scare; what you see there is a controlled burn on the hill above us, intended to rob the fire of fuel so it couldn't spread to the houses.
So we came back and had to breathe smoky air for a few days, and brush the ash off everything outdoors. Inside, though, things were fine. And now it's mostly back to normal. Well, as normal as Southern California gets...
In other news, I'm back to school again, and settling in a little more quickly this time.
--Maddie
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