Neighborhood Possum
Originally uploaded by colorcritical

I woke up the other morning to screaming crows alarming each other about something. That something was a possum. I found a juvenile possum in a tree trunk being protected by it's mother.

I woke up Lucas and told him what I saw. He wanted to see the possum so he got dressed and made his way to the alley to see the slow moving small marsupial.

It's a treat to see wildlife in the city. To date, we have seen a fox, coyotes, possum, skunks, hawks, and a raccoon.

Lucas and Isabella at Chuckie Cheeses

Lucas and Isabella
Originally uploaded by colorcritical

Lucas is very fond of his friend Isabella who is in his class at the Albert Einstein Academy. Isabella turned 6 at had a party at Chuckie Cheeses Pizza Time Theater. Everyone played games like air hockey, jungle jump, catch a toad, and bumble bee parade. Happy Birthday Isabella!

4th of July - Summer Fun

4th of July - Summer Fun
Originally uploaded by colorcritical

We spent the 4th of July at Makenna Whittiker's house. The kids all played in the water, ate dogs and burgers, the adults drank Corona's, and the fun was ongoing until fireworks at Bird Park.

It's a day to celebrate the independence of this fine country. Here is to you America and take that King George, you knew the colonies were too good to last.

Here is to I N D E P E N D E N C E!

jz's new tattoo
Originally uploaded by colorcritical.

Justine got a tattoo of 5 Cottonwood Leaves from one stem from a tattoo artists named Mojo at Incognito Tattoo of Pasadena CA. This was a long time comming. Actually at one point Justine was almost going to get a different tattoo but the artists she met and 'interviewed' were a little intimidated about the idea of doing something natural and to scale with emphasis on realsim.

Justine is realy happy and so am I. We both love the colors and the feel of the tattoo and it's scale. It's not a small tattoo. Erin her good friend got a similar tattoo in a different place.