Sea Foam
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Carmel Beach
We spent yesterday afternoon in Carmel. Half the time we were traipsing through jewelry stores trying to figure out what value my mom’s old jewelry had. The answer was not much. Afterwards, we headed down to the beach. It was a lovely beach day. We spent hours there pounding sand, walking up and down the beach. Along the way, we found a kelp root ball that had washed ashore. Crawling over it were some small sea stars, relatives to starfish.
K’nex Ferris Wheel
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Blizzard of ’26
All of our family have successfully survived the Blizzard of ’26. Both NYC and Boston received a Sh!t ton of snow, maybe as much as two feet. Yesterday, everyone wisely stayed both home and inside, except Puck who did not miss her walk at all after romping about the backyard. No word on whether Inky even noticed the snow or not. Today though, with amazing rapidity the great dig out commenced. Pictured from NYC is a tagged snowman and Dan’s Prius that he had to dig out, to give Britt a ride to work. Those designer light fixtures won’t make themselves. MIT is closed, so Maren got the day off and after a late start daycare reopened. So, she really got the day off. Here in Monterey, last night was cloudy, but it is sunny today. The weather here can be so, so predictable.
Surfs Up
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Estate Handling Blues
Today is a workday. Actually, yesterday was one too. We, meaning Anne, has gone through a lot of the remaining drawers. In our six-month absence from Monterey, Chris has done a lot, but there is still more to do. Anne has gathered about a half-dozen boxes slated for Goodwill. She has also gone through the jewelry again. Most of it is costume jewelry, which we can sell in Saint Louis. Items like the one pictured are different. It was probably my grandmother’s, but it could have been Aunt Alice’s. Anyway, we will swing by a jewelry store to get it appraised. It is located in Carmel-by-the-Sea. We can get lunch afterwards.
The Nor’easter has stuck. Let the real winter Olympics begin. Both Dan in NYC and Dave near Boston are under its thumb. This morning, while perusing the weather news, I looked at the New York Times. While checking their weather news, I checked their snowfall forecasts. Because the paper knew where I am, it gave me the totals for Monterey: less than 1% chance of less than a tenth of an inch here. Although we did notice snow on one of the adjoining hills.