Photo shoot

We have a rather casual photo club at work. On Wednesday we went to Pulgas Water Temple for an outing at lunchtime.

I liked this photo of a thistle the best.

Irish Beach

We went up to the Mendocino coast for a couple of nights over the July 4 weekend. It was sunny and beautiful most of the time, but I liked this moody shot taken when it was foggy.

Getting our Vitamin B3

We saw Tony Monaco at Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz, a club that mostly specializes in blues. So our appreciation of the music scene in Santa Cruz is broadening. Tony is a master of the Hammond B3 jazz and blues organ -- a fine funky time!

Click here to read about when we saw him last year.

Daniel's graduation

Daniel "walked" with his class and will complete a few more credits this fall to get his Landscape Architecture degree.


We stayed nearby in Morro Bay for a couple of nights and had a fun family gathering. Ken's mom came from Chicago, Ken's brother from Palo Alto, and our immediate family was all together.

Two concerts at Kuumbwa

The first week of June, I went to Santa Cruz twice -- both times to see young jazz musicians at Kuumbwa.


On June 2, Remy and Pascal LeBoeuf came back to their hometown, on break from music school in NYC. I sure hope Jonathan doesn't mind that I stole this photo.


My friend Linda and I saw the Bad Plus on Saturday, June 4. A spectacularly talented and original trio!

Click here to read more about these bands from when we saw them in Monterey last September.