The Return

Blue went back to school on Wednesday. He wasn't thrilled about showing up with his recent pox still visible, so Young ordered a Mexican Wrestling mask online. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the package didn't arrive until yesterday, when it was too late.



By today the pox are practically gone.

Vote NO on Proposition 8

We finally got our yard sign posted:



Proposition 8 would deny same sex couples the right to marry. Why people want to do this, I can't figure out, but the Mormon church has evidently put up huge sums to pass it. They know people aren't going to vote for it if they actually realize what it's about, so they are funding ads that claim that if 8 isn't passed, the "homosexual agenda" will be taught in kindergarten.

This one is going to be close, and it is important - so if you are a California voter, for god's sake vote no on 8. And where ever you are, consider contributing to the No on 8 campaign to counter the lies.

More 'struction

The wall slowly disappears...





You can see from the living room into the kitchen now.




and we finally discovered what was in that mysterious beam across the dining room:

Congratulations Leanne and Moya

Photos by Richard Watson



It was a beautiful wedding, with two beautiful brides!

Holy moly! It's always something

Jacob mentioned yesterday evening that he was getting some itchy bumps. One look and my heart sank. After hours of calls to and from the advice nurse, doctor on call, oncologist on call, they prescribed antivirals and I drove around until one in the morning finding a 24 hour pharmacy that actually had them in stock. This morning he is covered with polka dots.

On the plus side, he does not have a fever - so it doesn't look like it's going to be serious (knock on wood when you read this please) - and it's chicken pox, NOT shingles - crumby but not horrible, I hope.

Pictures to follow if I am permitted.

Great Photos

Another great picture from Reuters:



Performers dressed as tigers take part in Pulikali, or tiger dance, during festivities in Trichur city, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, September 15, 2008. The ceremony was organized to mark the end of the annual harvest festival, "Onam".  REUTERS/Sivaram V (INDIA)

And from the New York Times, a slideshow from “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Here's one picture, but you have to see them all!

Goodbye Kevin

Kevin Brennan and his wife Leigh are returning to Ireland. There was a great farewell concert at the San Gregorio Store where he's played every 3rd Saturday for twenty some odd years (some odder than others.) Musicians who played with Kevin over all the years showed up and sat in with Claddagh.



I got exactly one picture in focus - after that the joint was rocking too hard - here's Grant wailing on the harmonica...