Alice gets ready for her Winter Ball.

...and getting her homework done so that she can go to the ball.

Checking out Saturn and other heavenly bodies.  Henry looks through 'Rachel' the 24 inch telescope at the Chabot Space Center.  A 36 inch telescope is under construction.

The Karate Kid - Henry does martial arts on a Friday.   Well at least it gets some of his urge to annihilate people  out of his system... for an hour or two.

Uncle Ian and Aunty Jane visiting..

...but yikes the sea was cold on Rodeo Beach

The magnificent Monarch butterflies winter in California in mid-migration to Mexico.  The eucalyptus groves of Newark are full of the pupae - and they all hatch on one weekend

Henry wanders through a cloud of newly-emerged Monarch butterflies getting their bearings for their Mexico trip.

Chinese New Year - a great street parade through Chinatown..

French visitors: Amelie & Elisa Grandjean visiting. (Fathia and Christian came too)

The miniature railway at Tilden Park

Riding the train

Pastimes indoors

and pastimes outdoors