Katy Dickinson

http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20080530 Friday May 30, 2008

SMUM Graduation

We went to a graduation party yesterday. John and I volunteer weekly at SMUM (Santa Maria Urban Ministry) Studio 17, an after school homework and computer lab in San Jose. Yesterday, we went to SMUM with Jessica and Paul for the end of year pizza and cake party. This summer, Studio 17 will offer weekend activities, including a karate self-defense class by Jessica. Here are photos from the party:

SMUM Big Girls
SMUM Big Girls
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Brother and sister
Brother and sister SMUM 
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Lining up for cake
Lining up for cake SMUM
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Ice Cream Cones
SMUM Ice Cream Cones
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Compukidz Bilingual Toy Laptop
Compukidz Bilingual Toy Laptop Computer SMUM 
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Loves her computer
Loves her computer SMUM
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Graduation picture
SMUM Graduation picture
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Graduation picture
Graduation picture SMUM 
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Graduation picture
Graduation picture SMUM
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Graduation picture
SMUM Graduation picture
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Computer boys
SMUM Computer boys
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Pattycake rhyme games
Pattycake rhyme games SMUM 
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Carlos' 13th Birthday
Carlos' 13th Birthday at SMUM 
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Studio 17 picture
Studio 17 picture SMUM
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson

Mourning Cloak at Sun Labs

In my May 19, 2008 blog entry, I wrote about the large and lovely brown and black and white butterfly which emerged from its chrysalis during a meeting in a Sun Labs conference room, then flew into the light fixture. Yesterday, one of the Engineers found it clinging to a wall and (after I took a photo) took it outside where it flew up into a pear tree. Even though there are no visible blue spots, I think this is a Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), a kind of true brush-foot butterfly found all over California.

Sun Labs Mourning Cloak
Sun Labs Mourning Cloak Butterfly
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Butterfly Chrysalis in Conference Room
Mourning Cloak Butterfly Chrysalis at Sun Labs Conference Room
        photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson