January, '24

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The nervous smile of a dog who's not sure if Lane is the same person now that he's wearing a very terrifying set of pajamas.  (1/3/24)


Doing some very challenging volunteer work.  (1/7/24)


After a whole day in the car, it's time to play some foosball.  (1/9/24)


A very intense game.  (1/9/24)

Lee is delighted to learn that they will be sleeping right next to the foosball table for the next week.  (1/9/24)

More delights of the place we'll be staying. (1/9/24)

Communing with a palm tree -- California truly is an alien world.  (1/10/24)

Cruising through the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in a LEGO car.  (1/10/24)

Lee tries to build structures that can withstand earthquakes while Lane shows off his champion race car.  (1/10/24)

Enjoying a LEGO football match.  (1/10/24)

A LEGO minifig man who was strangely insistent on getting hugs from everyone.  (1/10/24)

Such a surreal place.  (1/10/24)

But not as surreal as the Winchester Mystery House.  (1/10/24)

Everywhere is strange here.  (1/10/24)

A truly inspiring place in its madness.  (1/10/24)

And erratic opulence.  (1/10/24)

Time loops around, and we find ourselves in places we've been before, but looking at them from the other side.  (1/10/24)

After a long hike, suddenly, elephant seals!  (1/11/24)

They were very close, and we got to watch a pair of them fight.  (1/11/24)

Joining the herd.  (1/11/24)

Examining the discarded bones.  (1/11/24)

Watching a tiny dancer.  (1/12/24)

Lee found a whole raft of sea otters out on the bay.  (1/12/24)

What we came to California for.  (1/12/24)

They have lot of jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  (1/12/24)

Sunset over the bay.  (1/12/24)

They had a lot of exhibits at the Exploratorium.  (1/13/24)

It was kind of overwhelming.  (1/13/24)

Two thumbs up for the wall of bacteria.  (1/13/24)

Meeting Amalia, the fiddle-leaf fig.  (1/13/24)

After a sourdough-heavy dinner, we got chocolate treats for everyone at Ghirardelli Square.  Though, we had to eat them in the rain.  (1/13/24)

Watching the lemurs have a screaming match at Happy Hollow.  (1/14/24)

Hannah missed us.  (1/16/24)

Opening a late Christmas present.  (1/18/24)

Lee meets Foggy Carewere.  (1/18/24)

A very Carewere goodnight.  (1/18/24)

January has been a long, tiring month.  (1/22/24)

Lee makes cookie dough for the first time.  (1/22/24)

In spite of some worries about adding too much salt, it turned out beautifully.  (1/22/24)

Discussing the wonders of AI art.  (1/25/24)

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