Wednesday, May 24 Gram G landed in San Diego once again!! Time to enjoy sunshine, family, homemade gourmet cooking, beach and surprises....visiting sons, Gerry and Bill and families.
OB...home to Bill, Amanda and Berklee...
I arrived in the dark. Missed getting a great lit up pix of Coronado bridge.
Also missed seeing and getting a photo of Crater Lake cause I sat on wrong side of plane....bummer...
Happy Mother's Day gift waiting at Bill and Amanda's!Just right for Gram G....
It's gonna be great fun....
Paint your own GNOME!....
At home? While you roam?
With a comb? In the foam?
Like my poem? Is that a moan?
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Thursday it is off to the ZOO!
Good name, Smart monkey!!
How to count flamencos....
Count the legs and divide by 2? 1?
Looking for pandas....Bai Yun and Gao Gao....
Hard to see, tucked in her cave..
Easier to see lounging outside...
Sunbathing crocodile....
Curious, cute, baby cheetah....
Riding the upper deck of the zoo bus with Amanda and Berklee...
Admiring the "what is it" tree....
Berklee impressed with Grandma's playdoh pink doggy and blue hen...
Amanda's French onion soup baked with bread and provolone cheese...
Salad of fresh grown greens...
Pulled pork sandwiches with oven roasted corn...
A Friday stroll through
Point Loma
Native Plant reserve....a touch of desert
In the sun....
In the shade, sittin' in a tree...
A late afternoon windy, chilly beach time with Daddy Bill
Pelicans in formation.... across the sun
Saturday afternoon mile long walk to and back from the beach with Jude, Gerry, Gemma and Berklee... Another windy, chilly, sunny, enjoyable beach encounter....
Saturday evening cookout at Bill and Amanda's with Gerry, Jude, Gemma and niece Mindy, Devin, Shelby and little dog, Bruno.
Grilled tri-tip steak, mashed red potatoes, watermelon pizza, kale salad, zoodles with shrimp. YUM....
A surprise visit from family friend, Gigi!! Came for dessert, a smooch and a folk song
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How about a Sunday morning drive through Los Angeles??
About a 2 hour drive from Gerry's in Carlsbad.
Hanging out with Gerry, Jude and Gemma for Sat and Sunday night into Memorial Day....
A refuge from the city hustle...
church courtyard.
Church service interview panel with Debbie, Jonah and Gerry
Lunch group....Jude, Gerry, Debbie, Julianna, Gemma,
Gram G
Memorial Day breakfast in Carlsbad with the Schmidt Gang
This has been a good 7 San Diego Encounter days in the life of Grandma G.
"The dessert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy...they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God." (Isaiah 35: 1-2)
