Melissa and her mom stayed at our house over the holidays | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/01-01-2017/gallery_img_2279.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/01-03-2017/gallery_img_4528.jpg) | | | Great view |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/01-04-2017/gallery_img_4529.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/01-12-2017/gallery_img_9922-edit-2.jpg) | Peter sweeping up some snow on the deck | | Moon view over the Olympics |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/01-13-2017/gallery_img_2288.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/01-13-2017/gallery_img_20170113_183321.jpg) | At the Math Adventure | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/01-14-2017/gallery_20170106_201224_lls_resized.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/01-24-2017/gallery_img_4537.jpg) | Book club | | Peter at a choir concert |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/01-24-2017/gallery_img_4538.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_4546.jpg) | | | The most snow we've had in a while! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_4548.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_4549.jpg) | | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_4553.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_20170206_115005902_hdr.jpg) | Carol taking pictures of the winter landscape | | No power - cooking dinner with the gas cooker |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-06-2017/gallery_img_4556.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-08-2017-cirrusn5yv/gallery_img_2314.jpg) | The kids made a huge snow ball, and left it in the street, carving some steps into it. I had them move it so cars wouldn't run into it. | | A knex ball drop |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-08-2017-cirrusn5yv/gallery_img_2334.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-08-2017-cirrusn5yv/gallery_img_2390.jpg) | The plane | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-12-2017/gallery_img_20170212_132431991.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-16-2017/gallery_img_20170216_183755025.jpg) | A walk at May Creek Greenway. There's some weird ridges that are difficult to see in the photo, but very remarkable in real life. It's an old railroad track. | | Peter on his new electronic keyboard |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2416.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4558.jpg) | A trip to San Diego - the pier at South Mission Beach | | There had just been massive flooding, and there were lots of sandbags |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4561.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4565.jpg) | Surfers | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2427.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2435.jpg) | On the USS Midway | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4572.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4584.jpg) | Captain Peter | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4585.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2438.jpg) | | | In the brig |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4589.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4593.jpg) | Some very efficient sleeping quarters - | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4597.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4607.jpg) | | | At Cabrillo National Monument |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2448.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2449.jpg) | | | The tidepools were absolutely packed with school groups |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2450.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4610.jpg) | | | At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetary |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4612.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4619.jpg) | | | We tried to see how many non-standard (i.e. non Christian crosses) we could find. There were quite a few. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4617b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2461.jpg) | | | The fountain at Balboa Park |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4630.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2473.jpg) | Big flocks of wild parrots in the trees near the Midway Towne Center shopping mall | | Sea lions along the waterfront |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4642.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_4647.jpg) | At the beach in front of Coronado Hotel | | The neighborhood had some really beautiful homes |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2517.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2525.jpg) | The San Diego Zoo - pandas | | Right when we were at the San Diego Zoo, they were doing a massive installation of an aerial walkway |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2591.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2553.jpg) | | | We have an old picture of Kenny at this same spot, when he was a baby - here's the link: http://www.ericandsylvia.com/pictures/2004/01-31-2004/?medium=img_4433.jpg |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2561.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2566.jpg) | | | It was interesting watching these tortoises eat. Once the food got scarce, they started pushing one another out of the way. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2567.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2603.jpg) | | | This polar bear had gone a little crazy. He was making the same set of movements over and over again, identical. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2620.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2017/02-20-2017-sandiego/gallery_img_2650.jpg) | A sad dog, caged in with a tiger. The dog was so happy to see the keeper, but the tiger didn't even turn around. | | | | | | | | | | | |