Living not Documenting

I have been too busy living my life to document it. November and December (so far) have been busy months. Ricardo came to Thanksgiving and met some more of my family. Always a nerve-wracking proposition, but it ended up great. They all loved him and his pictures (he has two websites of his work, which as I've mentioned is excellent), and he said he had a good time too. So that hurdle was successfully jumped. His parents and one sister are coming to visit at the end of the month so I'll have go through the same anxiety he no doubt went through. Wish me luck!

Here are two links to his photo sites: This one is his personal site and this is his travel site.

The day after Thanksgiving we met with my friends Elisa and Eric. Elisa was my roommate at UC Santa Cruz. We took a hike at Hidden Villa, which was lots of fun. Once again everyone got along great. Yeah, things have been going really well lately just in general. Yaaay!

Here are two pictures from Hidden Villa. Hidden Villa is a combination open space and working farm in the hills in Los Altos. Elisa's aunt and uncle run the hostel there.

The sow had a litter of piglets when we went there and here's a picture of them. They were running around so fast it was hard to compose the photo but at least you can see how little and cute they were:



Here's a picture of all four of us at the hostel. Left to right: Ricardo, Joni, Elisa and Eric. Such a beautiful setting.



Ricardo and I have also been to two opera's that I haven't mentioned. The first was back in October I think and was lots of fun. We saw Mozart's "The Magic Flute" then. The second was last week. We saw "Macbeth" by Verdi. Verdi is one of Ricardo's favorite composers, which is why I chose this one. It was for his birthday, which is actually not till December 13, but this is when I could get tickets. He likes opera even more than I do, which is lovely. Good to have some culture. Now we just have to find some good theater plays, which is my great love.

I hope all is well with you.