Happy Halloween

I'm heading to the Apple store later this evening. A new iPhone is reserved for me! So I decided to do a quick dump of pictures from the last month or so before I migrate to my new device. Here's a palm-sized pumpkin from the Farmers Market. No pumpkin patch for us this year. Luckily, a couple of these little ones filled in just fine.

Someone had a birthday...

Cub turned 4 at the beginning of the month. Robbie wanted Cal to wear a party hat but being a dog and all, he refused. Robbie improvised and snapped this picture. Cal ruptured the ACL in his other knee and had surgery this week to repair it (same surgery he had in May for the first busted knee). Broke my heart to take him to the vet clinic the night before and leave him in their kennel for the procedure the next morning. I don't think there was any doubt he knew what was going on and he wouldn't be home for a few days.
It was a bit rough the first 12 hours home, but it is now nearly 48 hours home and he's doing fine. I want to give him a new nickname but I don't know what to call him...RoboDog? What do you call a mid-size Beagle with two surgically repaired knees?

This one makes me a little sad

Here's a drawing from late last month. Robbie drew our new normal - without Brady. We lost her on September 1, about a week later than the vets thought we would. We're sad but adjusting. I do love the detail Robbie put into Cal. He drew the classic Beagle tri-colors plus added a little grey that Cal now has. :)

Late afternoon at the beach

Another side of paradise

Enjoying a relaxed Friday evening with the boys riding their bikes in the driveway. After work today I picked them up from their respective after school programs and headed straight home. Unlike traffic earlier this week (as shown in the satellite picture - that red line is my bumper-to-bumper commute) traffic wasn't so bad today for a Friday. And for that I thank ESPN for the national broadcast of the UH Warrior football game this afternoon. With a 3 o'clock local start time, many folks started their pau hana activities a little earlier than usual. I know my office emptied out! Looking forward to a few more televised games this year.

Parking lot with a view

Here's the view from my parking spot as I pulled into work one morning this week. I got a good look at it as I drove the last mile or so, too. A full, arching rainbow over the area. Now that made me smile. It was fading by the time I was able to shoot this, and my camera couldn't capture the entire length.
Happy to report busy here...and happily employed. :)