FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND

On Saturday, hubby and I went over to Jack London Square in Oakland to Salmon Aid 2009. It's like Farm Aid but MUCH smaller and instead of saving the farms, they are trying to save the Salmon. Here are a few pics of Salmon Aid. The band Albino playing with people dancing on the dance floor ...

My Fish Rueben sandwich ... the presentation isn't all that great but it. was. yummy!

Between our home and Oakland, you pass through the small town of Lafayette. On the hillside, someone got the permission of the owner of this piece of land and started putting crosses up ... each one represents those that have been killed in the Iraqi war. I remember when it was just a handful ... now sadly it's at 4990. They basically take up the whole block. It is very somber to stand before all of these crosses. You can also see them from the freeway. There was a time when the people that live around there were protesting them being put up because they were either "too scary looking" or caused too much traffic in their neighborhood. As you can see, they lost that protest! Some of the crosses are decorated.

We took the scenic route while driving to Oakland ... through the Oakland Hills and the upscale town of Piedmont (our son's neurosurgeon lives in Piedmont!). I knew you would love to see a picture of this house! Isn't it SOOOOOOO cute???? It was built in 1934 and it's just like an English Cottage AND it's for sale!! But definitely NOT in my price range!

On the way home, we went the other way and here we are getting closer to where we live. Aren't the hills pretty around our area? We are in the valley, surrounded by these hills. Of course, in the winter they are a bit greener!

On Father's Day, we just lazed around and then our son treated us to dinner! :-) Hope you all had a nice Father's Day Weekend. My Dad has been gone for 8 years now but I still miss him and think of him EVERYDAY!

If you get a chance, please check out my eBay auctions. They won't be listed until probably later today (Monday afternoon) but take a look ... I will have some cute things listed. Here is a link ... don't know if it will work but give it a try. My eBay name is LavenderCreekCottage. If you can't click on the link, just copy and paste.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/lavendercreekcottage