Wednesday, June 15, 2016

San Sebastian

While Dave was on a business trip hanging movie screens in Barcelona and London, my friend Ben from Colorado was visiting. On Monday, he and the girls and I drove east two hours to the Spanish city of San Sebastian, on the Atlantic Ocean.


The forecast was for rain so the girls got to test their new rain boots in the waves... while people swam behind us. They didn't look particularly cold but I wasn't willing to try it (or deal with the aftermath of the girls getting wet!). It didn't rain on us but the wind was fierce.


Vivi collected scraps of sea shells (and a lot of sand).

We visited the aquarium, which I'd been to ten years before. 

Jelly fish

On our trip ten years ago, I'd fallen in love with some iridescent tile. When we remodeled our house two years ago, I used a picture to pick out tile for our powder room. But I didn't remember where I'd taken it in the city so I was shocked to look up and see the building.
Seven
So fun to hang out with Ben!
The bathroom
It was great to hang out with an old (and good!) friend...


Sunday, June 5, 2016

First day in Pau

The river Pau, about a half mile from our rental house.




Our gîte has four sets of French doors, because it is, after all, in France! The shutters are operational, keeping out the heat and the light and opening to let in air. 

Favorite things of the day

Dave:
walking to the river, skipping stones and looking for wildlife. 

Vivi: seeing two snakes and tiny fish that looked like tadpoles (to her). 

Adi: seeing a dead porcupine (actually a hedgehog)?

Mae: getting to play soccer in the yard with her cousin Paul.

Me: enjoying finally bring here, and how nice and well-located our house is.



Thursday, June 2, 2016

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Mae: 1st place!



Mae did a knee kick to break 3 boards at our Enshin karate tournament today and won her division!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Spring 2016


Mae and Vivi, planting peas
And washing up


Monday, March 21, 2016

Passport time

Applying for new passports in preparation for our summer in France !


Tuesday, February 23, 2016