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Learning French on Duolingo
together. (5/5/25)
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Running around the dog park at
sunset. (5/6/25)
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Avery is very fast.
(5/6/25)
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Running around to the point of
exhaustion. (5/6/25)
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Looking at pictures of a very
beautiful and orange St. Bernese dog. (5/6/25)
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It's very important to look at
pictures of dogs, even when there are actual dogs around such as at the
dog park. (5/6/25)
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Off
to the coast for a Marine Discovery Tours field trip... but first, we
happened upon a whole pile of sea lions yelling at each other about how
crowded they were. (5/7/25)
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Lane never thought he'd be on a
boat. And yet! We'll be on that one soon.
(5/7/25)
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Lane helps bait the crab traps with
a fish head. (5/7/25)
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Lee gets to drive the boat.
(5/7/25)
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Out on the open ocean.
(5/7/25)
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Lee helps to catch some plankton.
(5/7/25)
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The crab traps were very successful.
(5/7/25)
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Measuring the crabs to see if
they're big enough to keep. (5/7/25)
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Standing around looking at crabs.
(5/7/25)
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Yep, they're crabs.
(5/7/25)
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Future marine biologist.
(5/7/25)
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Lane earns the coveted privilege of
throwing one of the crabs back. (5/7/25)
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Look at it fly! (5/7/25)
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Dipping fried fish in strawberry
shake and claiming it's good. (5/7/25)
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Swinging from ring to ring at Defy.
Lee made it all the way across on their first try.
(5/8/25)
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An intense hour of climbing,
swinging, jumping, and general clambering. (5/8/25)
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Backed by booming pop music, Lee
swings around like a superhero. (5/8/25)
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Lookin' at a thing in a bag and
hopin' for some drinks. (5/8/25)
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Time for a weekend at the beach, and
that means, time for a puzzle. (5/9/25)
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Grand
Janet gets serious about the puzzle while I do some writing, and we all
just generally enjoy the laidback coastal atmosphere. (5/9/25)
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Down at the beach, Lee immediately
sets about collecting sticks and finds this really big one.
(5/9/25)
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Lane prefers the ocean to the sand.
(5/9/25)
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The profound peace and joy of
standing with one's fee in the edge of the ocean. (5/9/25)
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Lee displays some of the sticks they
found: one is a spear and the other a dagger.
(5/9/25)
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Tromping through the water with the
dogs. (5/10/25)
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Avery tells the waves what for.
(5/10/25)
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The ever complicated dance of
untangling leashes. (5/10/25)
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The never ending dance of the dogs
tangling with each other. (5/10/25)
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Bubbles on the beach.
(5/10/25)
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While we were down on the beach,
much progress was made on the puzzle. (5/10/25)
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Fighting valiantly against the
complete and utter lack of wind. (5/10/25)
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Without
the help of wind, this is as high as Roy Kite gets. Not
exactly
here, there, and every-flying-where. (5/10/25)
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For Mother's Day, the children first
presented me with gifts and then bites. (5/11/25)
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Lee shows me which parts of the card
each of them drew. (5/11/25)
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Avery provides the morning
entertainment. (5/11/25)
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Balloon punching is a good game for
nose-people. (5/11/25)
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Roy Kite flies better on a windy
day. (5/11/25)
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And this day was too windy to do
much of anything on the beach other than fly a kite. (5/11/25)
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