Family Time

Today we spent the day in Santa Rosa with grandparents Schwirtz, David and Harmony, and Julie and Richard. Everyone was there for a barbeque, a swim, chat in the front yard and lots of baby and pet viewing. It was hot, but not a problem under the shade tree. Star Trek episodes ran on in the house for people who did not want to brave the heat.

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Murphys

We took an unexpected trip this weekend up to the gold rush town of Murphys in the Sierra foothills. We came for a memorial service for my cousin at the park in town. This is Robert II's dad's side of the family. Robert thought it was important to come up and pay respects, even though he is not very close to this side of the family. Anyway, we met Bob I and Gertie here, who drove down from Shingletown.

Murphys is quite a place. It is on highway 4 going into the Sierras, on the road to Markleeville south of Lake Tahoe. There are trendy restaurants, cafes and boutiques. It looks like quite a pleasant place to have a home, or a second home, except for what appears to be a pretty regular invasion of loud motorcycles and cars on the weekends. Any house would need to be off the main highway. We'll check it out.

This is fathers day weekend, and since these days the only gifts we are giving are framed photos of Robert III, that's what Robert I got.

Clone Lawman

"He looks just like Bob." That's the first thing out of the mouth of anyone who meets Robert III. Yes, he looks like me. We've been looking at old baby photos, and at this point RIII looks even more like RII than RII did when RII was RIII's age. If you follow that.

This weekend turned out to be pretty uneventful, other than some drinks on Friday night at the Serpentine, where we sat at the bar and chatted with all the other parents who had kids there. And there were a lot. Seems to be a phenomenon here in SF. Babies in bars. I guess it is new. In any event, I had never noticed it before. When you don't have one, you don't see them, I guess. I felt sorry for all the single people sitting around having to put up with diaper bags, strollers and goo-goo talk.

On Saturday we went over to the Penikis's for a barbeque. Gunar is the grill master. Again, more babies and talk about babies. Phadra Penikis is already walking at 9 months. RIII needs to get a move on.

Today it was church, breakfast in the Inner Sunset and then some open houses on the hill. Nothing too exciting in that department. We are not looking seriously until we can get the condo rented and figure out something wrt career. RIII was a Sheriff today. Don't misbehave, or he'll be forced to use his six-shooter.

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Shingletown

This weekend we are visiting Shingletown, the home of Robert I and Gertrude Pierce. We are taking a holiday on Monday, so will return on Monday night. It's a couple months since Robert's parents have seen Robert III, so that's the primary reason for the visit. It also gives us a chance for a bike ride or two.


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