Ella, Grandpa and Miriam!

We were so happy that Miriam made her first long trip to spend the day with us.
She did great....

Oh happy days!

A day with our granddaughter!

Dang she is cute!

Miriam and Brent are leaving for a WHOLE MONTH in Spain.
We can't stand it....
But we will be skyping each other.

Memphis Minnies Again!

I mean that in a good way!

Norma and Charles met Gail and Bob (owners of Memphis Minnies)
in Florida when we were all together...so they were excited
to see them and eat here...Gail and Bob are awesome friends and
great hosts...
THIS IS THE BEST BBQ IN SAN FRANCISCO!

Our Princess Ella!

How wonderful it is to be able to be so close to our new granddaughter.
This could never happen if we were travelling !

Fun with the younguns!

We got to hook up with all these wonderful young people for free ice cream at a local business.
This is fun seeing these people who are all doing extremely well in their lives.

Norma!

I took this while she (Norma) was busy listening to Gordon.
Thanks for the wonderful couple of days and the lovely
roses!

Another visit to the stairs!

Our guests Norma and Chuck saw the book Dorothy and Chuck
bought us and they wanted to see the stairs...
so off we went - fun day..

Wells Fagro Bank Garden!

Very nice...we walked about 5 miles going to the gardens.
We love this so walkable city..

What a difference a few day makes!

A finger of fog creeping in the city...turned out to be a great sunny day.

What city????

Miriam and Ella!

A perfect match....

She loves her grandpa....

and grandpa loves his Princess Ella.

Princess Ella is in the room!

Ella a little over a month has received her crown today...

Me!!! Perfectly Centered!!!

I love my Wii and I am doing things I could not do in the beginning....

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A trip to the Conservatory!

We happened upon a free day at the Conservatory of Flowers
and the De Young Museum....had a great day with Dorothy
and Chuck....Gordon was a jury duty while we got to play.

Mosaic Stairway at 16th and Moraga!

We found this fabulous stairway in the wonderful book that Dorothy and Chuck bought us.
It was a fun adventure, the book is called "Stairway Walks in San Francisco"

Wicked again????

Yes, we went again to see Wicked with Dorothy and Chuck!
This is the 2nd time we went to try our luck at the lottery
tickets and walla we won....

Ella and Gordon!

This is Ella and a baby picture of Gordon (in 1940)

Dinner with Gordon, Miriam, Brent, me, Dorothy n Chuck...
Fun times with family and friends.

Fun, fun and more fun!

Lunch at the BBB with Gordon, Nobie, Alexandria, me
Dorothy and Chuck...

We landed hard!

These are cement slides by our house - we landed hard...

New and Old Friends!

Alexandria n Nobie he is from Africa and she is from Italy.

Dorothy and Chuck visiting for 6 days.