Her Worst Day Ever

In truth, this is really not fair to Clara--she's usually very cheerful in the morning. But even Little Miss Sunshine has her off days.

Birthday cake

End of year school concert

Rockridge Little School kids sing "Teacher, teacher" to the tune of "Louie, Louie ..."

At Monterey Bay Aquarium

Twirling otter ...

we do have another cat...

That's Tom, 16 years old this summer. As you can see, Emma has him in her thrall. He'd have gone on grooming her for hours if I hadn't gotten in their space...

Kitten cousins

Clara and Utah cousins playing kittens on a big rock. It was HOT that day--over 100 degrees. Where do they get the energy?

Yosemite

Clara and Jeroen make "stew for bad guys" in an old Indian grinding stone outside Yosemite National Park.