more non-travel pics

 

Special Guest Day at Neil Armstrong Elementary School

C&J combined kindergarten classes

mini concert

just in front of the back row, the twins are on their knees

C's gingerbread house (consumed later at home)

Auntie is also a spec guest

J's art in the hallway

C modeling DB's latest knitting project

Future hotrodders of America

Sandy takes DB and twins for a walk

Winter storms hit MDC, these pic are after the first big surge

barriers put in several places, this one is in front of unit  324

this shows how the lagoon south of the colony has been replenished by the ocean

this set of pics is the next day, an even bigger surge happened around 11:30am

this log was not laying on the boardwalk the day before

while we watched from the back deck of 324, a surge pushed through the holes in the barrier (which is catching most of the small trash); no water touched the units this year

another set of barriers in front of the 170s, they had been overturned the day before and the crew pushed them back in place

this was the only boardwalk displaced by this storm; last year many of the boardwalks were moved around and about 80% put back

this boardwalk was not put back in place and thus a new route to the beach was created

sunrise

E-Ville Historical Society placards and other random pics (mostly of twins)

sunrise over the Salinas valley

More Huchuin Park Pics

the gnome display recreated after S-W construction ends

Bench dedicated to Joel; back in the day he built a garden and golf range on the park site

There was a late-at-ngight bike-in at the park in early December

Lots of glow sticks, dancing, laughter, frisbee tosses and of course lots of bikes

HANUKAH CANDLE LIGHTING

LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE DREIDEL GAME

The gift from SB and AB, a mini mock-up of the Nutcracker, is an instant success. J is the puppeteer and C handles all the backstage stuff (J coincidentally has on the traditional puppeteer outfit). The girls had just seen a mini live version and knew in what sequence the show is performed

Auntie's b'day party

the party is over

Poster in Iyasare restroom: single village mezcal?

Drone shot of an art luncheon hosted by JS

latest E-ville art purchase, now on display at the Center for Community Life, pencils and  tape measures

there are more damaged cars outside the loft, mostly because of increased parking at all times and more traffic

Finally! The grate covering the CVS in Target pharmacy is repaired. The holdup, per a pharmacist, was who would pay for repairs, CVS or Target. Service has improved. 

The E-ville Historical Society posted sites of interest on placards on lamp posts running from the end of Park avenue, jogging over to 40th, and then coming back down Park from San Pablo. Eventually THB learned how to follow the map on the app downloaded on to his smart phone. Sometimes the small print eluded THB's eyes

 THIS PLACARD IS NOT LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER PLACKARDS - pics in numerical order

                                        

Part of the Emeryville Warehouse Lots (EWL)

                                        

                                        

                                    

                                        

                                        

                                            

                                        

                                    

Across the street from EWL