These are holders for the umbrellas the hotel provides you from one
building to another.

A few shots from Tahoe. Courtesy of the Google Product Team ski trp. I
even skied. First time in nine years.

Still exploring my backyard. As much as I hate the rain, I love the
colors it brings.

Lately, I’ve been wanting to play with paint.

This was my birthday present from last year. I’ve used it a bunch but
not nearly enough. Here’s to a year of sewing projects.

Tonight was dinner at Nicholas’ place since our friend Anastassia was
visiting from New York. We grilled veggies, meat, and bread on the
raclette. After dinner, we ate ice cream created by Nicholas called
Queasy Cream. Cream cheese ice cream, green dye, caramel, and chocolate
cookies. It was yummy. Here are two other shots from preparing dinner: