After the Storm

Felton, like other parts of the Santa Cruz mountains, was heavy hit by last week's storms. Fallen trees and branches, power outages, floods and slides are common here in the winter time. Luckily, so are the sunny 60 degree days, like today, that warm us and restore our spirits. We were fortunate not to suffer any storm damage, and neither did my parents.

Now that Andy is on the mend, we've been out enjoying the sunshine. Uncle Karl and Lucy came by this morning, and played with Andy in the backyard. Uncle Karl is fabulous at letting Andy get down and dirty in the mud, investigating the tanbark, twigs and earthworms. If Andy happens to get a little wet while splashing in the firepit full of rain water? Karl simply removes his shirt and lets him splash some more. All this I'm keeping appraised of from the window like a Nervous Nelly. Hmmm... maybe he's too cold out there without a shirt on, and he's sick after all. Oh, good, now he's in the sun. But wait: sun exposure! Skin damage! Cancer!


Lucky for Andy, he has an uncle who doesn't worry about those things.


Signing "more" chocolate chip cookies, Daddy!