John and Marie have been together since January of 1981; they've been married since 1986. John works for Nimbus Design; Marie works for Expert Support Inc.

John enjoys backpacking, running, cycling, and the great outdoors. Marie enjoys knitting, spinning, cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, and cooking. We share a love of Native American pottery, New Mexico and the Southwest, the ocean, Los Lobos and the Blasters, reading (although we read totally different things), and our daughter, Shauna.

Here are a few pictures. There are more pictures on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/needleloca/)

Click on the thumbnail picture to see a larger image.

• John's garden
  
• Sombra and Tica
  
• RIP: Pepper
  
• Sombra--The newest cat
  
• 70th birthday party for Marie's mom
  
• Marie's web site (an archive of her projects) and blog (discusses current projects)
  

Also, take a look at Shauna's page for pictures of her graduation and other stuff.

John's Garden—2007

John's garden went into overdrive this year. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea.

Front yard, view 1	Front yard, view 2	Back yard, view 1	Back yard, view 2	Side yard
Apple blossoms	Blenheim apricot tree	Apricots!	Blueberries	Crabapple blossoms
Berries	First berry harvest	Sombra being nosy	First feijoa blossom	Lots of feijoa blossoms!
First iris of the season	Pomegranate blossom	California poppies	First rose of the season	Sunflower
A small sample of seedlings	Snowpeas	More snowpeas	Purple flower	Red flower
Pink flower	Carrots	Chocolate Sunflower	Hummingbird
Ripe Apricots	Cut Apricot	Close-up of harvest	Partial apricot harvest	Apricot preserves (& yarn)
Zebra Tomatoes	More tomatoes

Sombra and Tica, AKA "the girls," checking out the remodeled shower.

Pepper developed liver cancer and crossed the Rainbow Bridge December 2, 2003.

Tica guarding Pepper

It's kind of a long story, but suffice it to say that Marie's office adopted a litter of stray kittens and their mom in September 2001. They lived in our office for about 6 weeks while they grew old enough to go to new homes. There were five kittens in the litter--two boys and three girls. Shauna fell in love with Sombra and then discovered that her roommates did not want another cat (Tica was enough!). So, Sombra came home with us.

(Newest pictures are first.)

Marie's mother, Theresa Turner, turned 70 in July 2000. We celebrated with a barbeque, croquet game, and presents.

Birthday girl
Mom opening presents	The picture collage that Shauna made