Tidbits

We enjoyed Monday with Aunt Patty and Uncle Bill, before they left Tuesday to see their other family south of here. 

On Wednesday, the girls played D&D again here, and on Thursday, Violet and I went to Elsmere Canyon for a walk with her school hiking club.

(That's Violet, under the oak canopy, down the trail a bit.) 

She found a rock she believes will be perfect for making into a petroglyph for an art project.

There were so many types of wildflowers to admire!

Unfortunately, Vi wasn't feeling well on our way home, and was sick. She ended up missing her in-person classes.

Ellie came over for a few hours, and I took her to the newly refurbished Old Orchard Park. She loved it! Here, she's sliding down the created hill on cardboard; this is like part of the playground at the Santa Barbara Zoo our girls used to love.

The park has a lot of interesting interactive elements, like this thing that spins as you run on it. Really great for working on your balance!

This is an art piece commemorating the Oak of the Golden Dream in Placerita Canyon.

Random pic here: Uncle Bill pulled out our stove to see if he could fix our faulty burner. Underneath, we found all of Winston's missing pipe cleaner "toys," and a couple of glitter pompom balls. This guy!