Flying Kites with A&K

Here's A and his mom.
They have a box kite from
REI.
Very cool kite, although we
both agreed it flew a little crazy at first.
A's mom, K, got control of it after a while.
Fun afternoon!

Flying Kites

Flying Kites
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Another fun day with A & Z.
We went to the beach to fly kites. A had a kite too. A's mom went and got a kite just for the afternoon so that A would have a kite too.
A had an orange/yellow box kite from REI which was very cool.
This photo shows the type of kite Z has. Friends have asked what kite it is, so I thought I'd add it to the photo. It's a classic Gayla Delta Kite. It's made out of nylon with a rainbow pattern. It's a nice, easy to fly sturdy kite. We love it. I googled them on the internet and found out that I used to fly the BAT kites made by Gayla when I was growing up. The one I had was a thick plastic black/white and had red "googly eye" stickers for eyes.
Gayla is a good solid kite company which has been in business for a while. They are still making them.

Sunset in Low Res. # 2

Here's another sunset in low res.

Sunset in Low Res.

Sunset
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I finally downloaded photos from my "full" photo storage on my cell phone. Here's one of a cool sunset. Now I can take more photos again with my cell phone. I love these Low Res. photos. Things get simplified.
It can be very cool to see what it does to images.
More on Low Res. later. To be continued...

Henry Cowell Redwoods

Henry Cowell Redwoods
Originally uploaded by projectpink

Another one from 4th of July vacation. We went on the loop trail
at Henry Cowell Redwoods.
Here's one with Z, H & C sitting on a redwood tree log bench. H & C are Michelle's two boys.
Z is mine. I couldn't resist. If I had more time I'd turn all of them into
antique photos. (Maybe I will, eventually, as one of my many unfinished projects) It was fun.
Good times!

Ol' Buggy Ride

ol' Buggy Ride
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Here's one from 4th of July. I've been meaning to
Sepia tone it and put it in a faux antique frame since our trip to SC in July.
Actually the trip to Henry Cowell Redwoods and Roaring Camp with
Michelle (Green Kitchen) was the inspiration. It reminded me of
all of the sepia toned photos I did at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk one summer. Yes, I worked in the Antique Photo Old Time Saloon. It was actually kind of fun. I got used to the loud arcade sounds and thousands of tourists that stop by.
I still have great memories of the Boardwalk. This particular photo was taken in the backyard of Katie, who was my high school art teacher and continues to be an inspiration and good friend as well.
Everyone who knows Katie knows what I mean.

A & W Root Bear

We have been very into rootbeer floats this past month. Especially lately with the warmer weather. A&W rootbeer is still my favorite after all of these years.
It has to be regular A&W. Diet A&W is not the same. Although I do admit that I have come to love the weird taste of Diet Coke. It's just Diet Coke that I like in Diet. Most sodas I would rather have regular. I am trying to cut down on soda, but that is a whole other blog post in itself. Right now I'm just talking about the pure enjoyment of a classic A&W rootbeer float.
On a sidenote: I love these Wacky Wobblers. This "root bear" would be in my collection of bobble heads if I had more room to collect. I'm trying to embrace the "let it go" way of thinking for cleaning out space. Yet, I keep holding onto things. Yes, I do have some ol' Dodger Bobble Heads around. Will I get rid of them? No, probably not. I am tempted to go to the LA Dodger game this Tuesday for the Joe Beimel Bobblehead promotional giveaway. My husband thinks I'm kidding, but if he seemed the slightest bit interested, I would totally go just for the bobble head.
On a super side note: the Summer Olympics have been fun to watch. Go USA! I've been watching the swimmer Phelps win some medals. He's amazing.
That's it for now.
Oh, and my little guy Z got a big boy bed this weekend. Yep, a twin size. He's not so little. Well, he is little, but he's out of his crib now. Watch out. Potty training? That's still on the horizon. He is aware of the potty, but doesn't want to really use it yet.

Park Slide

Park Slide
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Another fun afternoon at the Park with A & Z.
They had too much.
Both of them did not want to leave and did their best to get in
"one last one" on the slide and playing in the sand.