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Photos of the Week: Dec 17

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged car cake, photographs36 Comments

“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.” – Maya Angelou

Indiana Jones-ing things up!

Wild Lights at the zoo. I wondered why Big Foot was by the Pike Place Market sign and that’s when I learned that he is reported to roam in our woods.

The car turned 100,000 miles and Miss O’s idea was to make it a car cake to celebrate it!

My favorite shot from last weekend – Mr. D riding his strider bike and the cat running along. When I zoom in, it appears the cat has at most one paw on the ground in her effort to keep up.

Our motto (together we can do anything) that we painted on the front walk this summer has almost worn off. But I think the leaf shows, the motto is still loved.

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Dec 10

December 10, 2022December 10, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged elves, photograph35 Comments

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

It’s unusual to get a photo when even Bun Bun is looking at the camera and smiling.

Christmas elves and…

Keebler elves

Mr. D saw a little bit of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. And guess what – it’s still a pretty good movie all these years later.

I know it’s just a spoon rest so it’s supposed to catch drips – but I’m pretty sure this one is a magical heart shaped one!

Is there anything better than a grandparent?

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Dec 3

December 3, 2022December 3, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photographs, sign, snow51 Comments

“This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, ‘aw shit, he’s up!’” – Steve Maraboli

Our decorations are up. I’m not holding my breath that the Christmas snail is going to catch on very soon. First, he looks grumpy and also, he just doesn’t instill confidence that the package will arrive on time. But if I see any others in our neighborhood, I’ll take a picture and post it here.

The big story (or non-story, I’m not sure) this week was the snow. We did get a dusting and despite the interruptions, it was beautiful.

Trust me, this one looks better than it sounds.

My heart of the week was less of a mystery than heart shaped leafs, but one of the best kind of love – created close to home!

The golden rule as it applies to social media. Hope you all had a week where you were tweeted well!

Photos of the Week: Nov 26

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photographs, sunrise41 Comments

“All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.” – Indian Proverb

Blocking the view

Mr. D is very interested in being the “food maker” these days. It’s a bold thing to ask to help with during Thanksgiving week.

Fall biking … which is a lot better than bike falling. And although the shadow makes it look like I’m riding with Mr. D on my head, I can assure you that’s not the case — see the previous sentence.

Of the many things I’m thankful for this week, one is definitely the gorgeous sun that has been treating us to incredible views from dawn to dusk.

Love is on the ground doesn’t sound very interesting so I’ll “leaf” this caption up to you all. How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Nov 19

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged mount rainier, pajamas, photographs27 Comments

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” – “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”

You know what’s worse than finding a half a roll of toilet paper unfurled in the family room? Finding a whole roll unfurled! And that perspective is what saves my sanity as I roll up the half roll of toilet paper.

Turns out there’s a lot of fun gear that comes both with mountain climbing and mountain climbing presentations.

Don’t look too closely because it seems like someone in the family wore pajamas to school every day this week. I suppose it’s great practice for the next generation of remote workers doing Zoom meetings.

And when Mr. D wasn’t just in his pajamas, he opted for the socks & sandals with full rain suit (on a perfectly blue sky day) like a true Northwesterner.

Getting ready for Friday night movie night.

I took (and posted) pictures of the continuous streak of gorgeous mornings we’ve had this week. It seemed liked if I stopped doing it, I would doom us to three months worth of overcast skies. Rationally I know it’s not my social media controlling the weather but just in case a slip of appreciation lets cloudy skies in, I keep taking the pictures.

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Nov 13

November 12, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged boat, golden gardens, photographs51 Comments

“Life becomes more meaningful when you realize the simple fact that you’ll never get the same moment twice.” – unknown

But you might get the same soda display twice….just dressed up as a different holiday (for anyone that remembers the Halloween themed display from a few weeks ago.)

Is there anything better than a huge wheel to make you feel like you are going somewhere – even when the boat is securely tied to the dock?

The fall light was really spectacular this week. Either that or I was just so out of whack from the end of daylight savings time that I couldn’t tell whether the sun was coming up or going down.

Cold weather beach walk

It appears that the cat is trying to learn to read. I just don’t know why she’s trying to hide it?

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Nov 5

November 5, 2022November 5, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged halloween, photographs27 Comments

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

Halloweening – including hanging out with my sister-in-law who was Ellie from Up.

Somehow crazy hair day at the grade school morphed into we all needed to color in our hair. Because I did Miss O and then Miss O did Mr D and then Mr D had to have someone’s hair to do so I got looped in too. 🙂

This picture makes me think of Charlie’s Angels for some reason – although I’m quite sure they didn’t carry marshmallow guns.

There is a house in our neighborhood that has already moved on to Thanksgiving decorations. Apparently they are marching to the sound of their own drumsticks. Or maybe they just like to talk turkey. I’m sure there are several more bad Thanksgiving puns I can insert here…

Reading the street leaves and this one points to love. How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Oct 29

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged fall, photograph33 Comments

“Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves.” – Tasneem Harneed

Fall finally arrived in the Northwest!

So the kids built a fort under the bear that fits them both. Really – they are both in there.

Pumpkin carving. Miss O does not agree with Todd Fulginiti’s assessment in Halloween Hall o’Fame that the best Halloween smell is the inside of a pumpkin. And we were all scared when Mr D insisted as only a three-year-old can that he could do it himself.

When there was some construction activity in the neighborhood, Mr. D wanted to bring his trucks to the site to compare for authenticity. Or at least that seemed to be the point.

The signs of the week. How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Oct 22

October 22, 2022October 22, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged paddleboarding, photography49 Comments

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Joe Walton

Last weekend on my brother’s tugboat. So much fun to paddle board, swim in the lake and go in the hot tub – but a little surprising we could do it in mid-October in Seattle.

After the Mariners lost in an 18-inning playoff game, we decided to practice our own brand of baseball. If only the Mariners had bats this big, they might have won!

Other hi-jinks like FaceTime with dogs, hanging around home (and playing with photo editing) and Blue Jays hanging around outside.

And my favorite local signage. How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Oct 15

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged biking, mariners, photograph46 Comments

“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” – Pablo Picasso

See quote above… 🙂

Go Mariners!

Another week of incredible weather!

Miss O wanted to ride bikes to school. I made a deal with Mr. D that we could throw rocks into the lake if he rode on the back of my bike. A win for everyone!