Pictures

The above pictures are from the Barbecue held the night before the wedding at Bear Creek Lake Park. We met Mark's parents for the first time and reconnected with Larry's siblings and their spouses.
There was no rehearsal dinner, just a casual get together of family and lots of friends and off to the side a small discussion between bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and the friend who was officiating. And that was enough.

The wedding

Absolutely lovely - everything about it. But, since I'm still worn out and trying to get back to normal, rather than uploading all the pictures I've edited so far, I'm including a link to the album on Facebook. I've relaxed the privacy setting on it and it should be visible to all:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194992&id=708398128&l=256ea33129

Let me know, please, if it doesn't work and I'll upload them individually.
Oh, and they are well worth looking at. Really!
edited later: I've changed the link, hopefully it'll work now.

Review of "Golden Gate"

My friend Marilee sent me a link to this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081302371.html

It's a review of a new book about the Golden Gate Bridge by Kevin Starr and I'm glad to see that there's mention of the fact that it's a suicide magnet.

Nice! Not nice, obviously, that these suicides occur, but nice that this fact isn't ignored.

Addicted - oh, no!

No, I am not addicted to anything illegal or immoral. And nothing fattening for a change, either.

What I am a little obsessed with these days are thrift stores and old sheets. Vintage, funky, cool, soft, pretty and sometimes simply just old.

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The above is a very small sample of what I have collected so far.

What do I do with these sheets? Well, first I wash and dry them, fold them and try to find a place to store them out of the light and out of the way. A little hard to do considering that I also have a considerable fabric stash. And that’s where the “oh, no!” comes in.

But I am buying them with a purpose, they aren’t just meant to sit there and take over the house. Oh, no! I actually cut into them and sew with them.

So far, I’ve made two very big bags and have cut out a few more (did you know that a king sized pillowcase is large enough for one of these bags?). One’s mine (the not so pretty one, I used a marginal sheet to try out the pattern (to be found here), the other is meant for my daughter. I hope she likes it. It’s not as blue as it could have been.

Money for the suicide barrier

Just really quick:

Today, the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge Authority voted unanimously to accept the money from the MTC to design and engineer the net that was approved as a suicide barrier. A huge step in the right direction. Of course, the money to actually build it still has to be found.

Flea market in August

This is my necessary flea market equipment: the cart, a hat (in case the sun comes out), backpack with water bottle and camera and other absolute necessities.







I obviously was quite fascinated by this elderly couple, or rather, by their clothes. Wish I could get away with something this interesting and colorful. Seriously!

The flea market is held monthly on the old Alameda Naval Air Base and it's huge, really. These are some of the buildings we pass on the way back out that are being put to good use these days. Many, many more stand empty and this is just a small sampling of the ones that aren't. The winery, BTW, was featured in the news recently. One that's not located right where the grapes are grown.

Time magazine article

Continuing on in the same vein and obviously having a one-track mind:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2008158,00.html

I promise there will be pictures and text about something other than the bridge and the oh-so-necessary barrier. Just have to find the time ................