Barb’s 40th Birthday – Redo

This weekend, my friend Barb turned 40…

Again

The stars came out and hung a giant, full moon for her birthday party, as we sipped our drinks under twinkle lights strung from a Parisian street lamp at Bastille in Ballard.

We noshed on good food

Enjoyed great company

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Two

There are stairs on the other side of this platform, but she doesn’t care. She does it her way.

Often that means the hard way.

She loves to explore.

she gets exasperated by her dear old mom, with that obnoxious camera

she vacillates between outgoing and shy

and most any problem [...]

Dear Gem – Month 12

It’s been quite a month: big news, big adjustments. Tomorrow morning I go in for the mastectomy. That means I will not be able to lift you for a while after the surgery, maybe even a couple weeks. It’s going to be a bigger adjustment than what you have already experienced, but we are [...]

TeTe

I finally got an up-to-date picture of my littlest brother (or should I say youngest), Steve, AKA: Stevie, Tete, Varmint, the Wall, or even Stewie (the Family Guy).

Happy Birthday Stevie!