Every year that we have a little bit of rain, I make a point of visiting the Antelope Poppy Preserve. It’s about a 90 minute drive from our house but well worth it. This year I took Barbara with me.
It’s not a superbloom year but there were alot of poppies. You have to hit it at the right time before they wilt from the heat. It was a great day with lots of lovely sights.
Look at this tall and handsome tuba player in his new band shirt for the LCMS Spring Concert!
The program for the concert. You can see on the 3rd page the kids in the honor band were recognized.
And they were also recognized during the concert.
The advanced band getting ready to play. These are all 7th and 8th graders. Because there is a need for more deep base, a high school tuba player joined the performance. Mr. Freed noted that he could hear Quinn play louder than the high schooler (that’s a good thing).
The tuba player with his very, very proud family.
You might have seen this on FB. Quinn’s elementary school band director was there to see all the kids play. Ms. Janine is so kind and just a bundle of positive energy. Some things have changed.
Here are videos of the songs they performed. They blew us away once again.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted so I will publish a bunch of fun stuff from the first half of March.
Lots of hiking happened in March and this day I went with my friend/designer Janice. We did a 3 mile loop on a gorgeous day.
Amy and I do something together once a week — this day we went into LA to the LACMA.
Don and I are once again doing the local hiking challenge. It’s a great way to hike new trails. And the wildflowers are just gorgeous this time of year.
A Saturday in Santa Barbara to see a special Van Gogh exhibit. Plus lunch and ice cream and the ocean.
Some other stuff.
L-R, top to bottom. Eating weird candy at the mall with Elias, Quinn’s fave breakfast burrito, recognition from his teacher, beating Mae at Scrabble on his Tuesday after school visit, heading in to Thousand Oaks High School for Tuba, sitting with Sonic on Sonics favorite couch.
I’ve been hiking with Sonic most afternoons before dinner on the trails behind our house. Some of my captures.
We discovered a new restaurant called Cork Dork where Don really enjoys the wine flights.
So that’s gets me through the first half of March. More to come later….
The White House 