Benicia dry and warm and full of distractive stuff, mainly just the ordinary constant interruptions of life this side of the hill, with daily dog walks and brief bicyclings bringing temporary relief;

Early on, a day of work with brother Kirk, documenting last year’s paintings just before he jets over to Colorado to shoot fall colors…

[and one, unsung, from forty years ago…]

Sun every every day, nice weather were it not so unrelenting;

…all this led up to Linda’s birthday, sixteen for dinner celebrated on a balmy evening in the sculpture assembly yard…

Sunday morning’s mellow aftermath, the day before the actual day and so on…

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