Category Archives: family

0 dark whatever

Posted on 2025-12-06 by Holly

I can keep comforting myself with the fact that the days will not be getting any shorter after the next 2-3 weeks. The winter solstice will slide by resulting in a few extra minutes of light at each end of … Continue reading →

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a few prickly pears

Posted on 2025-11-14 by Holly

Dani has the cactus in their front yard, which has produced an insane number of fruits this year. In the past, I have taken home a few bucket fulls. But really, it is more work than it is worth. And, … Continue reading →

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My special helper

Posted on 2025-11-03 by Holly

Not that I really can afford this level of help . Taking up as much lap space as possible and totally blocking the keyboard. Because, why not?

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small boy, tired

Posted on 2025-09-30 by Holly

If you are about a year and a half old, you may have what appears to someone of my age as boundless, infinite energy. Combine that with a winning smile, a love of running around the house, and a stubborn … Continue reading →

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two small boys

Posted on 2025-09-28 by Holly

have so much energy. much more so than grandparents in their mid-seventies. So, it is yet another day I didn’t get to join the knitting group over at Avenue Yarns (and Thursday I will be on the NCL Joy so … Continue reading →

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No preschool

Posted on 2025-09-23 by Holly

I must have been out of my mind when I said I would watch out for both grandsons. For more than six hours. At their bhouse. Both because, obviously, the Jewish Community Center’s preschool program is closed on Rosh Hashanah. … Continue reading →

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Not accurate

Posted on 2025-09-13 by Holly

All of this occurred before midnight – so that is where it is being filed. For my entertainment – I am participating in a three day cross-stitch retreat. Acorns & Threads started offering the retreats on Zoom during the pandemic. They … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning

Posted on 2025-09-01 by Holly

Wasn’t it the Mamas and the Papas who sang a song about Monday Mornings? In any case, it finally sank through my head that it was Monday. Here, the garbage trucks run despite the holidays. Oh, yes, it is Labor … Continue reading →

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Cat-er walling

Posted on 2025-08-06 by Holly

Or something like that. This day started way too early since someone really thought that he needed breakfast around 0600. Although thinking about it, I guess I should be glad that it wasn’t 0500. He needed breakfast. And company while … Continue reading →

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It is a long hill

Posted on 2025-07-24 by Holly

Measured either from Henry Street. Or, if I am being completely honest – Solano Ave a block from the BART overpass. In either case, I would up with an unplanned hike… I should have predicted the confusion. Avenue Yarns has … Continue reading →

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Welcome dead ends here

Posted on 2025-07-23 by Holly

I didn’t quite drive off the road but came close. There is an avenue named Welcome in Richmond, California. I spotted the sign for the street along the right side of 23rd as Alex (my son-in-law) and I were heading … Continue reading →

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Hazards

Posted on 2025-06-21 by Holly

there are literally dozens of bad jokes about men, women and the issues of toilet seats. Up? Down? both? Well, let us add in the issue of animals in the house. Anyone who has a decent size dog knows that … Continue reading →

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two boys and the cat

Posted on 2025-06-20 by Holly

And the boys were by far easier than the cat. First, he didn’t want to take the sedation medicine. Then, he REALLY didn’t want to take it. The end result was a combination of sneaky and just jamming it down … Continue reading →

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Chubby puppies

Posted on 2025-06-17 by Holly

the eight of them are about four weeks old. Vizsla in case you were wondering. Not mine, they belong to Mako, who in tern belongs to daughter and son-in-law. The puppies are cute, they are a lot of work.

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Cranky House

Posted on 2025-06-16 by Holly

Ok, really it is supposed to be the Haunted House, also from Cottage Gardens. But partway through the house, it most definitely has an attitude. This was after a morning zoom meeting. I will say that the upgrades in Zoom … Continue reading →

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extra company

Posted on 2025-03-05 by Holly

The youngest stopped by this morning after doing a pre-school drop off of her nephew. With, of course, the other nephew in tow. Since she works remotely, I wound up with the little guy who really needed a nap while … Continue reading →

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More mini-village

Posted on 2025-02-24 by Holly

Since I promised to get Alex to his dental appointment this morning, it was going to leave me with hanging out time. The mini-villages are actually decent portable stitching – I scanned and imported the pattern to PK, and I … Continue reading →

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on to the sunflowers

Posted on 2025-02-20 by Holly

At least I think they are sunflowers. This is as far as I got before errand running time hit. Since I was going to be at the El Cerritto Mall for a while, I took a walk back along San … Continue reading →

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Winter Phoenix

Posted on 2025-02-10 by Holly

which was started in the SFO Airport on the 30th while waiting for the first leg of our journey to Morocco. The pattern is by the Blue Flower and came as hard copy as part of a kit from ForbiddenFiberCo. … Continue reading →

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Mel’s Original Diner

Posted on 2025-01-01 by Holly

I am sure that there are a lot of Mel’s Diners out there. The one in Pinole (Contra Costa County) here in the east bay is the one that Alex (son-in-law) and I have been going to every week or … Continue reading →

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