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20200908.0708-IMG_1210-by_AMS-fire_sun
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The California wildfires were intense and more pervasive than ever in 2020. We had several days of ash-grey sky, orange sun and low light.
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20200909.0835-IMG_1110-CE_The_Day_of_Orange_Sky
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September 9, 2020 is now referred to in the Bay Area as The Day of Orange Sky. This was the light-level in our living room mid-morning on a cloudless day..
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20200909.1127-IMG_1214-by_AMS-Day_of_Orange_Sky
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The camera has trouble catching the orange color, but not the eerie "filter" the smoke and ash created on our view.
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20200909.0836-IMG_1111-CE_The_Day_of_Orange_Sky
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Ash on the car early in the morning. It got thicker over the next several days.
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20200909.1210-IMG_1117-ERS_Grace_Day_of_Orange_Sky
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We holed up inside to wait it out.
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20200910.0821-IMG_1151-Hawk_in_Maple_tree
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The next day, which was much less orange, Matt had a visitor outside the window of his home workspace..
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20200921.0720-IMG_1197-Soda_Center_with_red_sun
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Almost two weeks later, Matt caught a sunrise while at Masters swimming that was beautiful, but still not quite "normal."
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20201002.1318-IMG_1193-AMS_pre-covid_haircut
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This Fall, when the hair salons opened up because COVID numbers were down, Allyndreth ventured into the world to get cut and coiffed.
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20201002.1652-IMG_1203-AMS_post-COVID_haircut
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Adiós, quarantine hairstyle!
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20201009.1223-IMG_1248-AMS_ERS_visit_from_Pepper_the_pug
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The pace of life in the neighborhood was so slow that a pug from several streets over wandered his way up to our house for an afternoon.
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20201009.1224-IMG_1249-AMS_ERS_visit_from_Pepper_the_pug
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Grace was wondering "What the pug?!"
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20201009.1320-IMG_1257-AMS_ERS_visit_from_Pepper_the_pug
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We sent an email to the neighborhood and no one knew where he belonged, but a neighbor with other dogs, a fenced yard and dog food offered to take him until his owners were located.
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20201010.1920-IMG_1261-ERS_AMS_impromptu_jam_session
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Staying at home week after week means the kids were re-discovering things they forgot we had - such as the toy instruments from their childhoods. As ever, they launched into an impromptu jam session.
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20201018.1410-IMG_1304-Grace_splayed
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This is how it felt some days.
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20201018.1412-IMG_1308-AMS_splayed
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See?
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20200920.2016-IMG_1144-ERS_cute_haircut
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Evya visited her stylist in the Fall to get a perky new hairdo.
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20201021.1203-IMG_1339-ERS_with_pink_stripes
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In late October, we painited Evya's room. Here she is posing as we documented the old room for posterity. Allyndreth had picked these pink stripes, but Evya wanted the walls to be Segovia Red.
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20201021.1203-IMG_1340-ERS_with_pink_stripes
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20201101-TAS_pruning_maple_modified-IMG_1498
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When Tyrian moved home, he resumed his old chores, including weekly gardening tasks.
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20201103.0851-IMG_1507-ERS_green_can_filling
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On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Evya doesn't have class until 10 AM so she spends time in the yard with Mom pruning.
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20201201.0907-IMG_2016-ERS_filling_green_can
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20201031.1614-IMG_1421-2020_election_ballot_deposit
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We made sure to document our ballots for the historic 2020 general election.
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20201105.0700-IMG_1470-Soda_Center_dawn
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Matt's morning at Masters swimming.
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20201109.0711-IMG_1482-Soda_Center_dawn
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20201129.1612-IMG_1556-Mt_Diablo_from_Briones
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Matt's photography from a late-afternoon walk in Briones Regional Park.
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20201129.1617-IMG_1560-sunset_over_Lafayette_from_Briones
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20201129.1619-IMG_1564-Mount_Diablo_from_Briones
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20201206.1629-IMG_2035-AMS_ERS
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Even while we make an effort to get everyone outside in the fresh air, there is still a lot of lounging around in quarantined life.
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20201207.1048-IMG_2040-AMS_and_Grace
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20201210.1257-IMG_2052-TAS_farewell_to_the_Wagon_Racer
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Our 16-year-old Ford Focus, fondly called The Wagon Racer, doesn't get driven much these days and the upkeep is more expensive than the value of the car.
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20201210.1256-IMG_2046-TAS_farewell_to_the_Wagon_Racer
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Tyrian was almost 4 when we bought the car. Strapped in his car seat on our way home from the sales lot, he excitedly told us "This is a RACE CAR."
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20201210.1308-IMG_2054-TAS_farewell_to_the_Wagon_Racer
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It seemed fitting that he do the honors of removing the license plate as we said goodbye.
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