I parked on a side street above the beach, and walked down to the ferry terminal. The Washington State Ferry goes to Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula. The day was a perfect as it gets here in Western Washington. While I was there, two cruise ships went by, on their way to Alaska from Seattle. …
Continue reading Outdoors Friday. Sunny day, Puget Sound, Brackett’s Landing in Edmonds.
The Belly of the Beast is the capitol of Washington State, Olympia. We drove down there yesterday so we could sign a couple of petitions, one for voter ID in Washington, and the other to repeal the new "Millionaires Tax" which is an income tax. Lots of nice people were at the signing-we were lucky …
For my birthday this year, I asked to drive up to the Skagit Valley to check out the tulips, then have my birthday dinner at a seafood restaurant near the marina in Anacortes. It was a perfect day for that drive, even though we didn't see many tulips! We really don't like to pay big …
Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me: trip up to the Skagit
Having been keeping track for over a year of the unpleasant changes happening all over Europe, I present this excellent introduction to a brave Dutch politician who is literally risking everything he has, including his life, to warn Europeans of their peril from advancing barbarian Islam. Thanks to Amy Mek on X for her excellent …
I feared that the recent winds would have brought down all the colorful leaves from the trees around here. But, happily, I was wrong! Yesterday I took a short walk around my house and found some bright colors still hanging around (literally!). Let’s start with our own backyard. We have three Japanese maple trees, which …
Continue reading Fall colors are still around in my neighborhood.
Yes, it's that time of year, when even we old folks go to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. We got a late start on Saturday afternoon, but we made good time getting there, and had lots of time to walk around the grounds, see the animals, eat food, and go on a ride. It …
Most people drive or cycle through cities these days. From the window of a car, or the seat of a bicycle, you can miss the details that only a pedestrian, walking along at a slow pace, can see. On our walk through Uptown Port Townsend, I caught these details that might have been overlooked from …
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