Knoxville Fun

Our visit to Knoxville isn't all about the birthday party. We also had a chance to go to dinner at the Highland Grill which was fabulous.
Kali is dressed and ready to go.

Nana and Capcup with their favorite granddaughter.

A little swinging with Capcup.

Sliding with Nana.

Pretending she is a dancer.

More swinging.

A tea party..note her pinky..the proper pose for a proper tea drinker.

Buck in grandfather mode.

Drinks on the front step.

Kali is getting to be quite the expert at lipstick application.

Party Prep

Rick with a willing taster starts to frost his cake.

Bit by bit the cake takes shape.


A little help from Capcup.



Sara, working in secret, made a pony cake.

Ta Da the cakes are done. Kali hasn't seen the finished cakes.

Plates ready for the party.

Every party needs a few balloons.

The Party!

Kali seeing her birthday cakes for the first time.

The cakes.

It was a day of surprises. Kali sees the pony for the first time and says, "Look a pony in my yard.".

Meeting Smokey the pony.

Mounting the pony.

The princess and her entourage. Note the paparazzi.

A little girl in bliss...and in her own world.

Posing with the princess who did the face painting.

Kali and her buddy with their sweet rainbow faces.

The birthday girl.

Dancing..

And more dancing.

Kali is into bowing. She bowed to many of the guests as they arrived and bowed periodically through the evening. Here is a video of her famous bow..watch the feet.


Listening to a musical card playing..you got it..a princess song.

It's a harmonica, for me!

Happy musician playing from her soul. She woke Capcup up with a serenade one morning.

A priness bath set..what will they think of next?

The end of a GREAT party.

Last Bits of Quadra

There is still a bit of snow on the mountains we can see across the channel on mainland Canada.

We had a great visit with Barbara and Jack Dwyer. Here we are on a hike along the coast.

After just a little rain see how things have greened up!


Another great visit, (way too short) this time with cousins Barb and Paul Morgan. Here Paul and Buck are walking on the beach.

My studio dragon before he was put in my studio. Everyone needs a studio dragon.

The end of a beautiful day.

And the end of a beautiful Quadra stay..

Quadra Mornings

Mornings on Quadra...hard to leave the windows in our bedroom.

Visit To Cortes

We spent a wonderful night on Cortes with Mia and John at John and Sherry Sprungman's house. The day started out cloudy but cleared in the evening so we could go on a magical boat ride which was followed by a feast at John and Sherry's charming home.
Here is the boat that took us touring on the waters around Cortes.

Our hostess Sherry.

Mia.

Buck

Buck and John S. at the helm.

A friend stops by to say hello.

Evening.