Lindsy came for the day so we could “can” some salsa. 
Her first time to do canning.. Salsa was very good..
She arrived about 11am.. and got started! We had so much fun!
So happy she could come for the day..
Beautiful Clearlake in California
Pacific Ocean/Mendocino Feb 2016
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Canning with Lindsy
Monday, September 28, 2015
Our Granddaughter Gemma turns 5!
The baby of the family, Gemma turns 5!!
Jamie invited some friends and lots of family for this celebration! Fun watching all of them having so much fun!
All the “G’s” (Gianna, Gillian & Gemma) were all excited about the birthday party!!
Gemma’s favorite movie is Frozen..favorite character “Elsa”..
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Lake Davis with the Potter’s & Herman’s!
Lake Davis Reservoir is only at approx. at 48% capacity, due to our 4 year drought.
This was a sort of impromptu trip, sort of. Planned in August tentatively to go in September, providing the weather would hold. About a week before we had a meeting at Keith & Mary’s to discuss the “plan” of action, food, times, etc.. But instead of going on the 23rd, Mary suggested we leave a couple of days earlier.. Worked out for all of us. New friends Mike & Candy whom also have a Rockwood Trailer like us. However theirs is newer than ours and don’t seem to have the “bugs” ours does! Thank God!
Keith & Mary hosted most of the dinners at their camp as well as breakfast.. Yummy cooks.. 
We had dinners and couple of breakfasts together. We did fishing, hiking and lots of exploring. Our exploring trip proved to a bit of a challenge. Ev and I decided to take a drive up to the fire look out just west of the lake. It was challenging to say the least.. we were lost on those dirt roads for about 2 hours! Craziness!
But we made in back to camp in one piece..
We played corn hole a couple of days.. A lot of lazy afternoons.. Tony, Mary’s brother joined us on a couple of occasions. He lives in Portola..
Weather was delightful the whole week. We were only going to stay 4 nights, but decided to stay an extra night. that Friday night we tried the new Italian restaurant in town..
Mike & Julia were also up there while we were there. They were kind enough to come and share some of their fish they caught with us.. It was yummy too!! Thanks Guys! Everything was ‘fab”..
We really had a fun week!
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Charles & Laura B-day celebrations
We had a lovely dinner with friends. We celebrated Charles 59th bday and Laura 79th bday.. We had friends Dave & Terry Mallow with us to celebrate!
I made a ham with some bacon scalloped potatoes cauliflower .. oh yummy yummy!! cheesecake for dessert!
We again did more celebrating of birthdays for these same great friends at the Boat House 9/26/15
Monday, September 14, 2015
Manchester with the Mohoffs/Brooks
Another great time at Manchester for the annual abalone weekend! Woo Hoo!!
Phil & Toni joined us this year.. Think they had a grand time too..
Our big dinner feed is always Saturday night. Of course we have wonderful meals every day!
Always great times with great friends!
On our way home on Sunday we could already see the effects of the Valley Fire that started on Saturday. Sunday morning at the coast we were socked in with both smoke and fog. We weren’t even aware of what the effects of this fire was until we got home late that afternoon. The lake was socked in with smoke. Cobb Mountain was destroyed, Middletown was on the brink of total destruction, Hidden Valley Lake was also devastated by the fire.
This fire would prove to be the one of the worst fires in CA!
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Fun times with Jim & Shirley and more!
We are so blessed to know so many wonderful people whom we call our friends! Friends is a great word!
This week we spent time with some very good friends, Jim & Shirley! OMG we love you both so very much! We always have such a fun time with you both! You are always so positive and uplifting and all we do is laugh!! Live, Love and always Laugh!
I got a text from Shirley on Monday. She wanted to know could be meet them for lunch this week?.. Jim then calls on Tuesday morning and said “lunch at Happy Garden” at 2pm today”? I said, we would see them there!!
We walked in and there they were just so excited to see us! And we were excited to see them too!! We were amazed that one of our other friends were also there having lunch! Milt & Priscilla.. Small world sometimes.. We all had a cocktail together, had a short visit with them and they were off....
After lunch we decided we should head to the “barn” and have one more and then go home.. so we did! Had fun.. Met up with “Rooster” and had some great laughs!
Jim & Shirley invited us to join them at Brassfields as there was going to be a bunch of old cars on the grounds for viewing.. And that Jim & Jan would also be there!! We packed up a picnic lunch and met them on Wednesday.. Saw other “friends” too.. 
Jim & Shirley kept us busy this week!! They again invited us to the Langtry Winery concerts under the stars! “Twang Ditty” entertained us with country music..This was going to the last one of the season. We met them at their home before hand so we could share in some appetizers before going to the winery.
Had a terrific time again!! Lots of laughing! Meeting new people! We met Karen (actress) & Roger (retired deputy sheriff)! They just happened to be sitting right in front of us on the lawn in their chairs.. We all shared great stories and danced and just had a great time! Then after party at Jim & Shirley’s! Karen & Roger also joined us! Fun people! Jim & Shirley are just amazing friends! Love you both dearly!
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