Jane's Birthday Party

On June 13, 2009, friends and family gathered at

the Brooder to celebrate Jane's 60th Birthday.

All signs lead to Jane's

Patti, Beth, Jane & Katy

Patti, Jane, David & Katy

Leonard, Shirl, Gary, Jane & Judi

Patrick
Patti & Tom

Pauline
Aunt Betty & Uncle Loren

Uncle Loren

(L to R) Jane, Melinda, Aunt Betty, JoAnn,
Uncle Loren, Mark, Chrystie & Rosemary

Dennis, Shirl & Leonard

Andrea, Katy & Kathy

Nate & Alice

Teresa & Bob

Katy, Sheela, Jane & Kristina

Judi, Gary, Shirl & Leonard made
Vanilla, Peach & Lemon Ice Cream

The Birthday Girl

Walt & Jared

Patti & Tom played cowboy music

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Jane reads her birthday cards to an attentive audience

Jane's Gardens

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Coco & Willys

Coco and her litter-mate Willys were re-united for the first time since they were 8 weeks old at Jane's Party.

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Moon, Jupiter and Venus over Los Angeles

December 1, 2008 5:30 pm

Smoky Sunset

November 15 2008

Smoke from the fires burning across Southern California made for a beautiful Sunset in Palos Verdes on Saturday, November 15th, 2008.

Point Vincent Lighthouse with Catalina Island in the distance under a cloud of smoke from the Southern California wildfires. Taken Saturday, November 15, 2008

Catalina Island under cloud of smoke from Southern California wildfires, taken from Palos Verdes, CA on Saturday, November 15, 2008.

Ash from the fires in Southern California on the hood of my car in Redondo Beach, CA on Sunday morning, November 16, 2008.

Happy 4th of July!

There is a Block Party going on out front in Vincent Park. Did some gardening this morning and it's cooled off today. I'm out in the studio and Coco is napping on the yellow blanket. We will join the party later.

It's good to be back here at the little pink beach house. It's been an eventful couple of weeks. I was in West Virginia last week for business. Lots of work and lots of fun too. Went white water rafting on the New Gauley River, totally awesome experience! We floated underneath this bridge. It's the 2nd longest expansion bridge in the world.

There were lots of deer at the resort, I saw this one on the last night walking back to the lodge.

The night before I left for West Virginia I saw the Police at Dodger Stadium. Great show, they really sounded great. Foo Fighters opened and they were awesome.

It's been busy in Hollywood too...

The White Stripes took over the old Tower Records building for a free concert. Hundreds of kids camped out to buy the new CD and get a wristband for the show. The office sent over breakfast burritos for them.

Later that same night there was an accident right in front of the store...luckily there were no injuries.

The week before was filled with celebutant drama....Paris Hilton lives down the street from the office so we had a birdseye view of the news helicopters following her back to jail. If you look carefully in the upper right hand corner you can just make out a couple of them circling their prey...

Coco is waking up now so we must go join the party out front. Happy July 4th!

Coco Settles In

The Little Pink House

We moved into the new house this weekend.

Above is the house and outdoor patio area.

Above: The living room looks out into the garden

Above: The Kitchen isn't really this dark, it's just the photo

Above: The Garden Area

Above: The office/Dave's studio/garage

Above: The Laundry Room!

Above: Coco has dealt with the move with the greatest of ease. She unpacked all her toys and tennis balls and has made herself at home. She loves being able to run in and out of the house although she is reluctant to do her business in the yard. She prefers the park across the street.

Saw the Oscar Meyer mobile on La Cienega on my way to work this morning...

Happy Easter!

Today is Easter sunday and we are in springville at the Jessups. Today also marks the one year anniversay since Coco came home. We will celebrate all day, first with the Jessup's at RICC where Natie is the Easter bunny. then we will go up to Jane's to see Coco's mom & dad and brothers. After that we return to the J's for turkey dinner.

Linda gave Coco a bunny rabbit for Easter.

Nate aka Easter Bunny

Easter Bunny Linda and Coco