“Life is a canvas. It’s up to you, what colors you choose to paint this canvas of life into a beautiful Masterpiece.” – unknown


Ah, the joys of learning to roller skate.


We got a new boxing toy. Anyone want to guess how many times we played “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor this week? Exactly right — enough to make you want to go out a punch something!






My work colleagues were in town this week. Seattle did a great job showing itself off with spectacular weather.


Thanksgiving theme for the neighborhood skeleton and soda display! It’s been a while since we’ve had a good soda design.


Cooper and his puppy kindergarten posse.


Heart and sign of the week. I selected this sign for its straightforward approach to letting customers know what to expect from their local coffee shop.
Stunning pictures of the city. Autumn leaves make everything look better!
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Autumn leaves do make everything look better!
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Do my eyes deceive me or is that a soda turkey? Or maybe a dog with a hat? Punch-bag therapy. I love that!
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Soda turkey – right! The funny thing is that I often can’t see it when I stand right in front of the display. Looking at it through the camera lens gives me a better perspective. Weird this perception thing!
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Boy oh boy—you got that right! Perception is everything!
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The soda display returns! 🤩🤩🤩
Great pics😎
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I thought of you when I found the soda display again – I know how you like those!
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Haha yes- I’m a big fan!! 🙂
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Oh, Cooper…such a face! 🥰
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He’s got that look down. 🙂 ❤
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😎😎😎
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One of my favorite quotes from Danny Kaye is similar: “Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.” Thank you for sharing your fun photos!
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I love this one too! I can relate to the canvas and painys!!
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Yes! I like that he used the word ‘throw’ to applying the paint!
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True! It isn’t just a painting method, but also implies being bery active in creating our lives, vs. being passive!
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Absolutely!
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🤩🙂🤩
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Right!
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Oh, that’s so good, Dana! Yes!
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Gorgeous photos of Seattle. It makes me want to visit.
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Oops – the good weather ended today. 🙂 But yes, Seattle is gorgeous when it shines, isn’t it?
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It is a beautiful city rain or shine.
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Photos of life rich with children and laughter! Nothing gets better than that.
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Nothing better than that. Exactly!
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While I do love all the pictures, what really got me here? Your commentary on “Eye of the Tiger,” bwahahah! Thanks for the laughter. 😀
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Hee, hee! You get me! 🙂
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I think I need an adult version of that punching bag. Might be helpful to get rid of the stress. Ha, ha.
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It really is pretty fun. My kids make fun of my face when I start punching. Apparently, I’m very enthusiastic. 🙂
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What a fantastic week!
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Yes! Thanks, Erin!
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Aww puppy kindergarten. So adorable. And roller skating – I haven’t thought about that in years. It definitely stirred up some memories.
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The roller skating did for me too, Michelle. Going on the weekends – wearing something that’d show up in the black light…. 🙂
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Ha ha. I was never very good at roller skating. One of my high school friend decided she wanted to learn to impress her boyfriend. We went a couple of times and then we ended up in the emergency room one night when that same friend sprained her wrist. The gig was up at that point.
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Roller skating! What fun.
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Exactly, Rebecca!
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Looked like a beautiful week in Seattle. Love those patio night lights. What are those two spheres? They look cool.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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You’ve got a good eye, Ab. Those are the Amazon Spheres – they contain about 40,000 plants from 30 different countries. Before the pandemic, you could schedule time to work at little desks in there. Isn’t that cool? https://www.seattlespheres.com/
Hope you are having a great weekend!
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C’mon, Wynne…you can never play “Eye of the Tiger” too many times!
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The ups and downs of roller skating brought back youthful memories! Cheers to your wonderful week of delightfulness!!!
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Looks like you just SKATED (pun intended) through another fabulous week. Is Seattle having the best weather ever? Beautiful pics and I’m sort into the punching bag? Hugs, C
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“Caffeine.” Lol. So simple and direct. The leaves on those trees are breathtaking. Miss that city and the lovely people in it. 😍
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I’m so glad you got to come and see it – at a great time of year as well!! ❤
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We’re now in the place we were planning to be last July: Sequoia National Park. We weren’t able to go then because roads were washed away by the spring thaw. I commented yesterday that I’m so glad things worked out the way they did. Far fewer crowds and not hot here now. Chilly, but warming up is easier than cooling down. All around, especially since the Seattle trip was as wonderful as could be (including overlapping with July 4 on the boat and Jay’s birthday), that was an amazing trip! Only sad I missed out on Cooper. 😁
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