B-day Week .....

AKA THE GEOGRAM WEEKLY......

Monday,February 24....
Gram G B-day dinner... 
can she eat all that ?  NO....

B-day dinner with San Diego family....minus Gemma...What is she up to? 
Youngest and Oldest sons.....Bill and Gerry...

Only difficult part is.....                                                                                                                                                                   Now that I am officially 74 I must exude a                                           MATURE demeanor......maybe, with practice...

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A Tuesday walk through the Balboa Park Japanese Friendship Garden  with Amanda and young Berklee        

YUM!  It's the BLACKBERAY CHARLES... Orange,blackberry, beet, ginger, apple juices mixed in health smoothie.....tastes like....beets????  I drank it all in about 2 hours....























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Friday morning hike along Sunset Cliffs....

How does a senior lady maneuver down a slippery slope?   A little sliding action...

Berklee asked her mom why does Gram G walk so slow.... why, its to take pictures!

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Friday evening experimental dumpling dinner....but that is another story for another time....

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Gemma was at play practice during Gram G's B-day dinner....
Frozen Junior presented by the Carlsbad Community Theater.   She played 3 different characters


Saturday afternoon favorite fan!!  And flowers and fans....

Saturday evening Vietnamese vegetable noodle soup!  YUM! Even tried a bite of tofu...taste like scrambled egg...

Sunday morning brunch by chef William....enjoyed outdoors....


Sunday afternoon storm waves rolling in under OB pier 


The real California look










OB pier Monday morning from the air....







Goodbye, once again, San Diego!!  You are always good to me.... 

East of Sacramento....
I need to find out what forms those artistic patterns...

Hello rainy Portland/Vancouver!!  
Columbia River and I-5 Bridge connecting them!
It's good to be home!

Magnificent full moon Sunday evening, March 8!

I have been home for a week.  It takes that long to remember where home is and what is routine!  I confess I get tired more quickly and move more slowly.  BUT....can't do that for long....surprise arriving tomorrow, March 10!  You all check in next GeoGram week and find out what.  Oh yah!

This has been a good 2 GeoGram weeks in the life of Gram G.  

"May you live to see your children's children.  Peace be on Israel."  (Psalm 128:6)

Let the Party Begin!

AKA THE GEOGRAM WEEKLY....

February is our Birthday month for 6 members of our family.
These weeks are overly busy so we are having our combined celebration in March.

(3 generations of Feb B-day ladies....Gram G, Debbie, Micaela)






 I, however, started my party with a free B-day burger at Red Robin with our "ladies out to lunch" group early in the month.







And then started preparing for a surprise trip on the 20th....well, it wasn't a surprise for me.

Mt. Hood on the way to the airport....actually, I was on the way to the airport, not Mt. Hood

Where is Gram G?
.....in blue skies?


Ocean Beach, CA!!!

Friday, a day to sleep in, enjoy some sunshine and play 3 rounds of Jude's Journey, an original game created by his family with the help of nifty dates.....

What's this?  
Rain in southern Cali?
Granddaughter, Gemma, 
Happy, Happy, Happy to have 
"Weather"? 
(We have weather all the time in the PNW)



One of the reasons I am here at this time is to attend a  
DRUM LINE competition of grandson, Jude, before he graduates from high school this spring.  He plays the marimba....speedily, precise, emphatic and with passion! 

 

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How does one spend her last day of being 73?

What about a trek across bike trails and walking the rails once again?  All alone?  Into the unknown?

And eating LOCO MOCO at the beach....

Hawaiian beef and gravy over rice, topped with fried egg and a hint of tang!  Yummy....Aloha!!

 Beautiful, mild day for a walk on the beach...
unless one is a sea gull, then its a fly over...

Finishing up the day with B-day Eve cake with Jude, Gemma and dad.   Let the party week continue!!

Would you believe that I had this blog post complete and then some wrong press of my finger wiped it all out???  Believe me...

second go around....

 Let the party week continue!! It is NOW officially my 74th B-day... 12:30AM 2/24/2020 WOOT! WOOT!

This has been a good 2 good GEOGRAM weeks in the life of Grandma G

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, know that full well".

(Psalm 139:13-14)