Foam Thumb Mitt

About two weeks ago Jen slammed her thumb in the door of her Ranchero. Those are heavy doors. Her thumb turned purple & swelled up to the size of a lightbulb. It was very swollen & tender, so I used my museum-preparator skills & made her a foam mitt, sculpted out inside to protect the thumb while she was sleeping. Seemed to work pretty well. It would have been even better if I'd made one with a big fake thumb that had "WE'RE NUMBER 1!" printed on it. Maybe next time.

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Kit, Mary, Pancho, Ellie May & Victoria at Victoria's house.

It's also a time of year when people make a little more of an effort to get together in person.

Harald & Brad

Andrea

Be Brave In The New Year

Notice how calm the water is.

Time for the Christmas Boot!

CHICKENSITTING at John & Amy's

Still moulting a little, but otherwise a fine looking chicken. Very good at finding worms.

November Blooms

We have nice stuff blooming in the front of the house right now. End of November. California's great isn't it?

Barking Lot

By the time we get back to the Barking Lot, Boojum is ready to go. Looks like it's been a little rowdy in there today.

LOTS OF FRUIT FROM TREE & VINE

Sandy & Maureen

We ran into our neighbors from down the block, Maureen & Sandy. Sandy had some pretty Ginger flowers.

Temescal Farmers Market

When we got there, the Market was hoppin' busy - probably because it was about 74 degrees & sunny even though it was November.

Racing to the Farmers Market

When Boojum gets with two blocks of the Temescal Farmers' Market, she begins pulling on the leash like a lead sled dog. She's headed for the Barking Lot, where she knows she will get a treat. The Barking Lot is offered free by Red Rover Pet Care. They seem like very good folks. Check out the services they offer.

The other day she wasn't the only one racing down the street in a real hurry. I never seen a wheelchair go quite that fast.

DAILY GRIND

I wake up early:I try to do an hour or so of work in my office before breakfast:
Then I go wait at the bus stop, near what used to be the fabulous Jimmy's House of Sparkles car wash. You can see where the neon was removed a few months ago. If I was king, I would turn it into a beer garden. Maybe call it the White Horse Tavern:
Here my bus is approaching the Bay Bridge:
Here's the latest phot of progress on building the new bridge:
After working all day at SFMOMA, I go back home, eat dinner, & spend another few hours working in my office:

Painted the bedroom

BBQ for DJ & Mark

Pre-lunch chit-chat: (L-R in chairs:) Jen, Lise, Mark & Lee; (L-R on grass:) DJ & Boojum

Back on the 4th of July we had a BBQ for DJ & Mark, who used to live here, then moved to Philadelphia, and were now visiting. DJ does cool videocast gearhead stuff for the Exploratorium. She had just spent 6 weeks in the Arctic before she got here, making cool things like this.

The BBQ was a low key affair, just a few close friends.

Jen, DJ, Lise, Lee, Susan & Mark.

DJ & Mark shutterbuggin' me.

Lise makes fun of my "repaired" birdbath.

DJ, Lise & Lee picking corn out of their teeth.

Christmas lights on Aileen Street

BBQ for Steve & Arda & Nina

Had exceptional weather for Saturday's BBQ for Steve & Arda & daughter Nina. Steve curates the University Art Gallery at Wisconsin - Green Bay and also curates the WC Gallery in their home - see post below. Steve & Arda used to live in SF. Nina was born in Iowa City when Steve was getting PhD. Arda's a teacher, Nina's 13 now. Here are some photos from the BBQ.

Arda, Susan, Steve & Paul

Arda & Lisa

Steve & Csaba