August at MDC

J listening carefully to explanation of joy of pastries

Grandpa illustrating the joys of being tickled

Department of Definitions

Inappropriate: unsuitable, unseemly, unprofessional, unfit, indecorous, improper. Usage example: Oh that DJT, he's always inappropriate

Department of Cancellations:

• New York in September: refund for American Utopia received, this item is now closed (for refund purposes, that's a lot better than "postponed")
• Colombia and Mexico City in November: no update from three airlines on refunds or credits; THB filed a claim with the trip insurance company; they rejected the claim to cover the flights (if airlines do not refund fares). The don't cover CO-19 cancellations. What other reason is there to cancel trips nowadays? Oh, if the tour operator filed for bankruptcy. That is not our situation.

Pics by Category

Things That Fly

Beach Scenes

How hot was it on Aug 14: SEVENTY FIVE!                                             

Mask down, glasses off, time to hit the water

THB looks great with his hair cut

Another leg of the Pacific Grove beach path

This was a more typical day in the last two weeks of the month: very grey, overcast and gloomy

MDC Events

                             THB and DB add a piece by Annabeth Rosen (made 2001)

Fires southeast of MDC are throwing ash into the air

One more artful display in front 

After 20 years, THB and DB replace the "dining room" rug with something more utilitarian

Roofing two units just below us, building new trellises

painting the water outlets and valve covers

Garage Art

Food and Dining

 Someone left a nice chunk of raw fish on the beach...and beneficiary is:

THB and DB dine al fresco in Sausalito w/ MM

Excellent!

Twins Visits

Pool time

2 little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell off...

A trip to Roaring Camp in Felton to take a  steam train ride

Masks off, conductor hats on, social distancing 

This bridge burned a long time ago, now there is a zig-zag up the mtn to bypass it

Next day: a surrey ride, helmets on!

Two steering wheels: why are going in circles, sister?

And, the last ride of the twins' stay at the beach: FREE!

pre-breakfast in bed with Grandpa

The next day: a pedal boat ride, KB and THB do the heavy duty, DB makes sure none of the monkeys fall out. $40 for half hour, the pedal'rs decide to ease back to the dock a bit early

Life jackets: On

Fortunately the twins did not ask for a Tesla ride, that can get pretty expensive

Twins teaching DB how to do the Sesame Street pattern dance (San Ramon)

Restrooms: 

Sunsets, Sunrises, and Moonsets 

August 13

Mid month sunrises (first two) and sunsets

 August 21-23, fire season

Sherwin Williams Project in E-ville

August 21

Pedestrian Bike Bridge project in E-ville, next to S-W project

August 21

Bridge repair project over slough near entrance to MDC 

E-ville Scenes
We switched over to the Mercedes for the twins visit and THB ended up doing something he had avoided for 5 months: holding a gas pump handle (for those that don't know, THB's background included many shifts as a teenager in the family's gas stations)

Why is THB standing here, there's nobody around

                Our local BofA branch is closed, and only one of 3 atms is working...guy in front of me waited and waited and then his transaction didn't work

And, finally, 2 months late, one of THB's all-time favorite sporting events stats: the Tour de France. Will it make it through the next 3 weeks?

         In 1989, THB, DB, LB and KB sat on this very beach in Nice, lovely. This year the TdF started in Nice

                                                                                        MASKS UP!!

Miscellani

    Yoga in the plaza where THB and DB have their weekly pizza lunch date

With a pandemic underway, is it okay to drink if not recycled?

                            Another free ride for the twins?  Helmets on, life jackets on 

            You can't tell the players without a scorecard, and now THB has one at the tip of                                                                                        his nose

Sheep(r) Drop: Proceed With Caution