Detayls

We have posted a lot of photos from our recent trip to Wisconsin.

They are all separated by different galleries for each visit or activity.

Please click on this link or the sample picture on the right to view all the pictures that have been uploaded. There are more. You will be taken to a page called detayls.smugmug.com, which is where all of the pictures live. You will see a list of albums in reverse order by time with the newest gallery shown first.

You may click on the picture for each gallery to see the rest. To return to the top just click “detayls” in the top left or go to detayls.smugmug.com again.

Above the galleries is a slide show of the most popular shots. You can vote for any picture to add it to the slide show by hovering your mouse over the picture that you like and clicking the green “thumbs up” when it appears.

Enjoy!

Sean and Colleen hosted a backyard (and garage) BBQ party to honor Mike Clancy and Vicky Bur. They had both recently turned 50 and it seemed like a fun excuse.

The weather in Novato was still a little chilly so the participants ended up eating dinner in the garage, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion.

The party theme was the ’70’s and a lot of people wore their best disco clobber. Scott and Mike really stood out and Don and his “disco belly” were a big hit. Vicky has a “thing” about bellies so she was teased mercilessly.

David, JoLynn and Jeanni held a party for Christmas Eve again this year. This year we had Cioppino, which is Italian Seafood soup. Various guests also brought lots of potluck food. Vicky outdid herself from 2008 with even more glorious sweet stuff. Her Pecan Brittle is so light it has no calories!

For some reason the kids needed to have contest to see who could make the weirdest looking face. Who do you think won?

Once again we played the familiar Secret Santa game and had lots of fun. These folk were so gentile with the gifts that it was all over very quickly.

This is a particularly good set of pictures. First click the image here to get to the gallery in Smugmug and then be sure to click “Slide Show” at the top right for best viewing.

Happy New Year 2010, everyone!

Once again Wildcare held its holiday party at Karen and Todd’s house. The kitchen project is complete and it is a stunner. Karen and Todd were gracious hosts as usual.

The food was astounding. We’re all getting a little complacent about it though. In 2010 it’s cheese sandwiches and diet soda!

This year David Latour graced us with a tuxedo and Melanie wore her best shoes. The tuxedo earned David some pickled eggs. We still don’t know how well the shoes worked out. Melanie?

The “secret Santa” game was fairly tame this year. In 2010 you will be required to sign a “cutthroat affidavit” to play. Much more stealing will be required.

There were at least fourteen dogs at the event. Six of them were called Tucker. We are thinking of allowing “canine participation” in the game in future. They have two secret weapons: they can tell what is inside the wrapping by smell alone and can employ “droolage” if a gift is too desirable to be stolen. Staff are encouraged to apply as canines if the cutthroat requirement is too manly. (David Latour is automatically considered “cutthroat-ready” unless he tries to recycle the eggs!)

Lisa McDowell dropped in the San Francisco Bay Area in early December 2009. She waited patiently until her friend Daniel arrived and then they nipped over to Napa for a couple of days.

Lisa had spent the previous four months on an epic trip around the world starting from England in July by flying to India and gradually inched nearer to California via Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. There are some contributed pictures from her trip in a previous album here.

One of her requests was a quick trip to Wildcare in San Rafael and she virtually demanded some Dim Sum in San Francisco. Eleven years is just too long!

She had fond memories of a trip to the Harbor Village restaurant at the Embarcadero with us for Dim Sum in 1998. Sadly the Harbor Village is no more. David and JoLynn recruited Jeanni and Grier to take us to a favorite restaurant and we all had a lovely meal.

Afterward we visited the Legion of Honor to absorb a little culture before heading home to Marin

We held a Barbecue at home for Jeanni’s birthday last week. Jeanni has always been 19 as far as we remember.

We were lucky to have a Salmon to grill and a small Turkey to rotate above the Weber. A bunch of Jeanni’s relatives visited and more were missed. We did get to see Jeanni’s sister Bridget with son Daniel, Jeanni’s uncle Scott with wife Vicky and son Luke. Jeanni’s brother Sean with friend Colleen. Jeanni’s brother Mike with friend Valerie. Grier was here with sons Chance and Lance.

We also had Jeanni’s son, Alex and pals Lucy, Rue and Helen.

Grier cooked the Salmon which was fabulous and David managed to avoid overcooking the Turkey. The carrot cake for dessert was divine!

As you will see a great time was had by all.

Jeanni got a new iPhone and needed some advice. We all needed breakfast. We all went to the Sleeping Lady Cafe in Fairfax.

The other flower was a gatecrasher but my oh my don’t they grow pretty around here?

It was Lucy’s birthday on Monday last so JoLynn baked a cake, Rue frosted it, Lucy grilled vegetables and David drank beer.

It doesn’t get much better than that! Free beer to the first correct answer on which birthday…

What could be finer? A day out with Mitchell and Helen in West Marin with BBQ Oysters and sea food to eat. A visit to Point Reyes Station with coffee from the Bovine Bakery. Some browsing at Toby’s Feed Barn.

Then home to introduce Tas to Mitchell and Helen. Perfect.

Once again the Wildcare crew met at Il Davide for an evening to support Dining for Wildlife.

This was the year of bad jokes, silly eyeballs and human origami. Don’t miss the video at the end. Click on the picture for the gallery.

The food as usual was marvelous and nobody made a fool of themselves. Always a good outcome.