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Beauty is the promise of happiness.



The ceiling of The Tech Museum in San Jose
Renee playing Whack-a-spam
Pablo on the escalator

The Knight-Ridder building in San Jose
Some other San Jose buildings
Perspective from the balcony of the museum

Bronze windows on a building across the way
More bronze building
A DNA strand made of books. Very cool.

Cousin Michael, Brother Pablo, and Cousin Cindy
Aunt Margaret, Reid, Second Cousin John's son, First Cousin Once Removed John, Uncle Bill
Uncle Jim's men's playground

Horse pasture (one of those is Cousin Kathryn's pony all growed up) and tipi
More of Jim's workshop area
Cousin April, Cousin-in-law Teddy, I don't know, Aunt Margaret, Cousin Cindy, Cousin-in-law Teddy's brother

Nephew Evan (foreground), Cousin Kathryn, Aunt Margaret. Unfortunate timing.
Margaret and Jim's house
Looking up the hill toward's Jim's workshop and towering coastal redwoods

Cousin Kathryn doing all the hard work
The whole crowd heading up the hill to the meadow
Cousins Michael and Kathryn greet Kathryn's horse

That's my Mom, floating away in the meadow in well-loved surroundings
We had to have somewhere to wipe our hands, so we used Pablo's pants. He probably should never wash those.
Cousin April

Aunt Margaret, Cousin April, Aunt Judy, taking pictures of us taking pictures of them
About half the gathering heading back down the hill
A little closer than before. Nancy and Great Uncle Len are just visible behind Kathryn

Almost everyone again
And again
Teddy, Cindy, Judy, and April, the Masters girls, with Evan edging in

That's Mom there.
Margaret, Evan, Teddy, Cindy, and April. The logistics of all those cameras are complicated.
The Berlins - Cousin Kathryn, Uncle Jim, Aunt Margaret, Cousin Michael

And one without the glasses
More of Mom
Kathryn and Jim

A view from the meadow down towards the homestead. Pretty.
The tipi again
Jim's workshop again. The sign says "Salvaging is Prohibited". This is one of the greatest places I've ever been.

Great Uncle Len, Uncle Bill, don't know, don't know
Sister-in-law Renee and Len
Renee, Len, and Pablo

Redwoods and snag
Cindy and April
Ditto

Teddy and Kathryn
Judy, Cindy, and April