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Photos of the Week: Dec 17

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“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 3

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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: October 1

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“A house is made with walls and beams. A home is built with love and dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Coming home from my business trip last week, I got in late Friday night. So I woke up to the beautiful sunrise (featured photo) and a weekend with my precious kids. I got to sit on the floor and played Lincoln Logs and trucks, hear about all the new ways to make friendship bracelets and was reintroduced to the neighborhood (including the slugs).

Mid-week Seattle Mariners game with friends. I don’t claim to be a big baseball fan but it’s fun to go to the park!

And in addition to the ball park, there was also time spent at neighborhood parks on these beautiful fall days!

As we settled into our Friday night, Mr. D looked at the door at the crescent moon rising and said, “It needs another piece.”

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Sept 24

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“To journey without being changed is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.” – Mark Nepo

Having fun at parks, playgrounds and bike rides (that’s Miss O on the bike ahead) last weekend.

Images from on my travels to the East Coast this week. Clearly I had some fun (especially touching the Atlantic Ocean) and it wasn’t all business.

I could rest assured while I was away because the watch cat was clearly on the job at home!

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: Sept 17

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“If you are offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on!” – Sheryl Sandberg

Bouncy house fun!

Sometimes you just want to fix up the neighborhood.

A cat’s eye view.

Enjoying the cooler air and the soft summer light of this late summer season.

I love that this sign invites us to rely on kindness instead of just offer it. What got you through this week?

Photos of the Week: Sept 10

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“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than one seeks.” – John Muir

Photos from our hike on Tiger Mountain as described in The Journey is the Destination!

Playgrounds and blackberry picking at Discovery Park

I have a favorite place to go workout on some stairs (13 flights for a total of 290 stairs) and I took Miss O with me this week. There are some great views of Lake Union and the Space Needle from the upper flights which always helps with the motivation!

Signage humor. What made you laugh this week?