Lately

Very frosty and cold on Saturday morning (March 21st, SECOND day of spring). These poor
stunted looking bulb bloomers are iced up, as is the . . .

hollyhock I moved last year to a new location. I guess she decided she'd try one more time. So nice to know she's coming back.












Saturday evening we had a nice walk to the Tides, where there was much March Madness in bloom. Doug had his favorite, reuben sandwich and I enjoyed the open face veggie burger.

Adam had just finished being a dishwasher and was tending bar.

Sunday the hummingbirds showed up. This is one of Doug's photos (on my camera - hence the lack of clarity) with the screen still on the window.












After several shots with the screen it just drove him nuts, so he must have stood on the counter so he could get above the screen. (I've done this too, but no birds ever come back to the window when I do.)











This morning Danny and I watched this guy drink up.











This is a shot from Doug's new DV camera. Well, it was new once upon a time. He bought it at Goodwill.

Beware the Ides of March...........

The weather report for Olalla early on this Sunday morning: 40 degrees and snowing!

Valentine's Day

Doug and I had a lovely daytime "date". It started with taking Jay to Tacoma, then wandering down Pacific Ave to the Grocery Liquidators (an awesome, quirky place). We ended up walking between Old Town and Ruston on the waterfront, and the sun came out occasionally.

Go - Huskies!

I splurged on this $5 item today at a store called "Grocery Liquidators" in Tacoma. I see by this evening's sports report that it's a timely purchase. So, I dedicate it to Theo and Andy, and I'm planning to pawn it off on them to do with whatever they would like.

LOOK!

sunshine and things growing........... hope springs eternal

Guess what?

Yesterday, we put our Christmas tree in the front yard, which was snow free, as was the driveway. Here is how it looks this evening at 7:19 after ANOTHER FOUR HOURS OF SNOW!

More Snow

It's been snowing again for several hours. The power flickered about 25 minutes ago. So, I should be doing chores that require labor saving devices. Can you say v-a-c-u-u-m? I got a load of laundry started. Should charge the cell phone. But I thought the blogosphere could use a couple more pictures of snow. Doug and I went Christmas shopping last night, for the 2nd time, oh, and the last. The first Christmas shopping trip was only 1 hour long. Doug is at work today. Danny is off to work today. I want to go see my mom today, but I'm going to wait until later and incorporate it into my trip to church for the evening, which will start in the late afternoon. Tyler and I will figure out how to store the garbage which we can't get rid of because the garbage didn't get picked up last week. Sooo Christmasy! Merry Christmas everybody. The world is beautiful, hazardous and difficult to deal with. Oh, let's celebrate God's indescribable gift anyway!