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Photos of the Week: October 28

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“You can’t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

We found a really fun pumpkin farm for a fall festival. It had a ninja course, zip lines, hay mazes, live animals, and great slides. But the biggest hits were the corn pit (they probably called it something more marketing friendly than that) and the tractor bikes. Every outing with coats on since, I find a steady trail of corn that continues to drop behind.

It’s a good day when you walk down to the lake in a spiderman sweatshirt and find a spiderman figurine wedged into the cracks. A doubly good morning when a heron is there too.

Ear muffs, playdates and signs. Cooper is finding his voice just like his predecessor, the dear departed Biscuit did.

We were having fix-the-deck-Sunday last weekend when the repair went later than expected and I had to put on my headlamp to finish. Mr. D thought that was great fun so every night this week he’s waited for it to get dark, and then asked if we can go fix the deck.

By the third night he asked, I’d figured out that he wasn’t going to be satisfied with my explanation that we try to do these things during the day. I set him loose on a board that I’d already pried up and removed the nails from earlier that day so that we only had to spend five minutes working at night instead of a half hour!

The sign and the heart of the week. The heart is a puddle of water on a slip cover for a boat.

Photos of the Week: May 6

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“Be like a flower, survive the rain but use it to grow.” – anonymous

The temperature in the air reached a glorious 75 degrees, but the water was still only 50 degrees. Miss O and Mr D didn’t mind in their wet suits which was good because it was Mr D’s inaugural experience on the paddleboard. I think he thought he was doing quite the job paddling and didn’t realize that his sister was providing both the power and direction by slipping off and kicking.

Two days of warm weather inspired great plans for a lemonade stand. Unfortunately, spring sprinkled on our outside commerce zone but Miss O and Mr D solved it by handing out umbrellas for the customers to hold.

The views from the Capital Hill Stairs.

Spring flora and fauna in the neighborhood.

Playing with our food – or a heart and a smile. It all depends on the way you look at it, right?

Photos of the Week: Oct 22

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“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: June 4

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In a week that ranged from rain to sunshine, sickness and health, nights that had restless sleep and nights we slept well, not only did I eat Dove chocolate to get through, but I also wholeheartedly adopted this wrapper advice.

My favorite picture of the week – little people casting long shadows. It reminds me of the beginning of Peter Pan where Wendy is sewing his shadow on so it can always be with him.

Backyard camping where the primary wildlife we saw was the cat trying to squeeze herself between the tent body and the rain fly.

I know what the boots are for – measuring who has collected the most water at the end of puddle jumping. But what are the umbrellas for?

Reading my tea leaves — I see love…!

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: May 14

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We got to spend some time at a fire station this week. While I am tempted to claim that is primarily fun for the kids, I have to admit that I thought it was really cool too. So many fun facts – that they can get their gear on in 60 seconds or less, that they have hose towers that are really tall so they can wash and dry their hoses after a fire or going somewhere gritty and they leave the keys in the ignition so no one ever has to be looking for the keys.

Yep, that last one is Mr. D kicking the tires.

And we also had a couple days of warmer sunny weather that made it fun to be out mowing, planting and playing around.

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How was your week?

Photos of the Week: April 9

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God bless the dentist for installing a kid’s sized door.

We went on a short train ride last week from Snoqualmie to North Bend. This is Mr. D looking out at the Snoqualmie River Valley.
Look, Mom, one hand, one foot!
Our first 70+ degree day! It only lasted 1 day but it was fun!

When we went on our short train ride last weekend, I gave Miss O a cheap digital camera to take pictures. I looked at them for the first time last night and kinda fell in love with the different perspective. It also made me realize how much kids see of other people’s noses. 🙂 Here’s a gallery of her pictures:

Photo of the Week: Jan 8th

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When I was writing the post on Silence for the Pointless Overthinking blog this week, I was reminded of an early morning six months ago when I was sitting on the porch of a cabin on Whidbey Island meditating and heard the sound of a whale exhale in the bay 150 yards or more away. In the calm of the morning quiet, that sound was so exhilarating and intimate. I hustled closer to get a better glimpse of the 3 whales in the bay and took this picture where you can see one tiny little Orca whale fin in the upper middle. But it was the ability to hear them in the quiet that was most gripping.

So I’ve chosen this picture of stillness and calm to post for this week to celebrate all the amazing things we can hear when we are quiet. And also because Seattle has been dark and rainy this week with no great views of much other than rainboots and umbrellas. 🙂