Photos of the Week: July 29

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“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

All these pictures are from our week vacation on Whidbey Island – starting with Whidbey wildlife. I’m unclear why deer go down to the salt water. Are they licking the rocks?

Beach hi-jinks. Mr D was super interested in fishing which is not my forte so he wrangled three turns reeling in a rod from someone he befriended. Then he said (after 3 tries), “Why do you keep missing the fish?” Before I could tell him it’s called “fishing” and not “catching” for a reason, he turned and found a dead flounder floating in the surf and proudly proclaimed he caught one. The pic is his imitation of how the fish looks.

Some of our visitors: Deirdre (my meditation teacher and guest on podcasts), my mom (note: Mr D is wearing my shoes and they don’t even look that big), and Mr. D’s birthday train.

Two of my favorite pictures of the week. Mr. D carefully following in Miss O’s path. And the beach cartwheel (one of the at least 1,753 Miss O has done this week).

The heart and the sign of the week. Miss O and Mr D got to see their first Shakespeare play – Romeo and Juliet as performed by the Island Shakespeare Festival. It’s possible I could have prepared Miss O better for the play because near the end she looked up and said, “Romeo isn’t going to die too, is he?” But even though we started with a Shakespeare tragedy – she loved it!

57 thoughts on “Photos of the Week: July 29”

  2. I love Dr. Stein’s thought (above). I saw that too…and thought ‘thank you’…ty. One of the many big-time text abbreviations I’ve learned. So…’ty’ Wynne…for sharing your vacation moments with us! 💕

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      2. Happy Saturday, Wynne! I have many fond memories of “fishing” with my grandpa, only one of which involves actually catching a fish. 🤣 The quiet and the waiting is a great time to share fun stories.

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      1. The crazy thing is I’ll be back home for a couple of weeks and than back out to Seattle for a conference later in August. These travel schedules didn’t align very well. It would have been better to do one big trip.

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  6. Wow, what a lovely week! I love seeing these photos! They’re precious!

    Your story of the play reminded me of when I took my then 8 or 9 year old daughter and her friend Juliet to see the same play, and every time the actress would appear and say a line, my daughter’s friend would exclaim excitedly, “Juliet! That’s me! I’m Juliet!” Luckily the actors found it cute and endearing, but no amount of shushing from me could get her to sit quietly, so I just had to let her do her thing!

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      1. Right?! When I saw I couldn’t shush her, I decided to just giggle and enjoy her responses. She was so sweet!

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  7. That is a spectacular location and view! Love all the pics. My granddaughter is obsessed with cartwheels right now ~ maybe it’s the age? I also love that she was worried about Romeo. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us Wynne! Hugs, C

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    1. That’s interesting about your granddaughter. Maybe it is the age. I thought about trying one but the idea of turning myself head over heels doesn’t feel as natural as it once did, long ago… 🙂

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    1. I didn’t see it until Dr. Stein and Vicki mentioned it. But yes, I think D is the T and O is the Y – and that’s a lot of letters. 🙂 Thank you for coming along on our vacation! 🙂 ❤

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  13. Mr. D is your doppelganger. I love it 😊 So many beautiful photos. I do hope you make some “old fashioned” prints and pass them along to them when they are older.

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    1. I love this nudge from you about old-fashioned prints. I make them posters every year with pic from the year on their bdays but I haven’t done albums for the past 3 years. I need to catch up on those. Thank you!

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  14. Beautiful photos! And oh boy, what a way to introduce the kids to Shakespearean tragedy. 😆 But glad to hear it was still an enjoyable outing.

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  18. Beautiful photos. I’m glad you all had a great time and that Shakespeare was a hit. I wonder if the deer might be nibbling on algae/seaweed? Or maybe they just cool down, dipping their toes in the water 😁

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