We're all heading off today -- except for Shelby, alas -- to Los Banos for my brother's wedding and my conference and some quality time with Lolo and Lola. (And we're steeling ourselves for the 15-hour plane flight as well.) So I'll be blogging more infrequently for the next few weeks, as my folks have only one phone line.
Till then, I leave you constant readers with an image of Madeline and Shelby at Fort Funston, walking off into the distance:
