Mocos is Spanish for Boogers

Lydia keeps taking off her diaper and putting it on her "baby" doll.
She is also quite fond of picking her nose then holding out her finger to me/Pablo and saying "mocos" and "he go" (translation = here you go) then waiting for us to clean her finger off.

Jiggety jig

The list is long, of things to do. But the heat is intense, so I'll sit here with you.

It always feels good to be home again, but I must say that going to San Francisco to visit Adra and Jason was the perfect first family vacation. We didn't do anything wildly exciting, although Sahara would probably put the airplane ride and the carousel ride in that category.


We played a lot in parks which was great fun and we ate lots of yummy fruit and other food. We went to the Greens Restaurant - why o why don't we live in a city with lots of fabulous dining out options? and ate ice cream at Humphrey Slocombe. Check out their bizarre flavors.
And just like that we are back home.

We had a ductless heat pump installed before we left. EWEB offers an irresistable loan/rebate on these very efficient units and one of the sweet side effects of getting this type of heating system is that now we have AIR CONDITIONING!!! OK I'm a bit embarrassed to say I'm a native Oregonian and I am using air conditioning, but damn, does it feel good right now.

Meanwhile, I must harvest the rest of the garlic and water the blueberries. The laundry and dishes pile shall wait.

So long

Fair well!

We are off for our first flight with the girls. Just a short one to San Francisco to see our dearest Auntie Adra and Uncle Jason for the weekend.

And the Fair was an adventure as usual, but in a very unusual way with thunder, lightening, rain, more rain and lots of mud to play in. I didn't take my camera this year but perhaps I'll glean some fotos off of Joey or Hannah to share with ya'll.

And some parting fotos of my own . . . besides the Fair and getting ready for a trip we're busy with the garden and preserving.

Sahara enjoys helping and she is quite helpful now that she is almost five!


And although some of our garlic harvest got soaked by the rain while we were out at the Fair, we are quite pleased with the size and beauty of it.