Being thankful is even more to the point on the day AFTER Thanksgiving, when one’s loved ones have departed leaving a warm glow…and a fridge full of delectables. I can say this year it was underscored for me that my family is funny, good-looking, interesting and lively. All were willing to try something different this […]
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Notes From the Week…
A pretty varied week in these parts with two delicious sunny days as a surprise between rain storms…the Minto bike ride is delightful zooming through the falling leaves… and, of course, there has to be coffee… but this week there was also a surprise from the past. When we visited the site of the old […]
HOT
After sort of smugly watching the national weather chart all summer and seeing one cool band in the whole country, here in the northwest, we have now got our comeuppance. It’s so hot we’re sort of hallucinating…seeing “eyes” on logs and stuff: It was so hot today we got an iced coffee and headed for […]
Minto Island Reverie
One of the best things about my daily bike rides is watching the seasons change at our beautiful Minto Park… Ride on…
And so the New Year BEGINS!
We’re back. What a terrific holiday we had, and what a lovely beginning to 2012 from the beach. I finished a few 2011 projects like the ugly fabric challenge quilt # 2 and the utopia quilt we hung up the Christmas present lantern from “Santa” took in the bright moonlight (sorry…cellphone photo) reflected in the […]
The Sunset Tonight…
We stopped at the Bistro for a coffee… and then took a little “spin” out River Road… where we saw the most amazing sunset shaping up. We turned into Minto Island for a better photo op and really, it DID look like the sky was on fire… and just 8 minutes later, the show was […]