A Weekend with Mom/G-ma

Grandma/Mom came up to share time at the Bok Kai Parade in Marysville, and in Tobin, and on Table Mountain.  Various of us gathered to see her at these places, and it was great to be with her.
Here are some photos of the fun.

Kathleen, Ian, Mom, Craig and Darlene at the Bok Kai Festival and Parade (year 135 for the Parade)

The Lion Dancers finish their dance among exploding bombs to honor the Temple

The Dragon!!!

Kathleen and Ian

Lion Dancer Heads

a long string of firecrackers, which are called Bombs, lighted and blowing up along the way

the top of the string of bombs

The top explodes!

My "california garden" has visible rows of growth!

Mom takes a ride with Jeffery on Bigfoot

Jeffery and I were watching the henhouse for friends, so here are us ladies flinging scratch corn for the chickens

Mom looks happy with her kite flying on Table Mountain, despite the chilly day.  We missed having Sara, Grant, and Dick with us this year!!!  Excuse me for saying it, but doesn't Kathy look like she just had a cow?

Mom and Kathy fly

Proof that I flew a kite, which I did most of the day  After I passed the Peace  Kite (on the left) to Jeffery, he tied it to a chair and it flew itself all day long, in honor of Grant, who is our Mr. Kite

Mom, Kathy, James, and me.

James, the artist

Kathy flies the dragon kite

Kite in the clouds

Jeffery and Kathy do as John Muir suggested, getting down to the level of, and up close to, the wildflowers, so that they can "know" the flowers, and not just "see" them.

Kathy and Dorothy, with the Sutter Buttes in the far background.  We call the Sutter Buttes "Mr. Wilson's Mountain Range" because whenever we come down to the valley, Jeffery points out the smallest mountain range in the world to us.

rock heart made by someone

Rock circle made by someone

We wander back to our chair circle, where the Peace Kite is still flying happily.  Time to gather up our things and head on home.  What a great day!