So long Thanksgiving ~ thanks for the memories . . .

Still thankful for the pumpkins,












and the decorations,



and the folks who came,







and the pie!

frost on the pumpkin

This was the first morning the outdoor temperature was below freezing (30 ish). There was ice in Woody's water dish and there would have been frost on the pumpkins, but they were all tucked into their little basket in the laundry room with the spaghetti squash. They are headed for pies for Thanksgiving.

really google, get a life

I think I will never be able to log in to google plus again, now that I've conquered signing into the old blogspot. This would be allright, but I had so much fun hanging out with the schillinog/roseberry peeps this morning, I'd hate to just let that go. Anyway, I'm thinking on this blog thing. On the one hand, I'd like to take it up again, with some kind of focus. On the other hand, it seems to me there are waaaaayyy too many words being sent into the void already, and what would be the point of adding to the babble?

The object of his obsession

Looks like it's been close to 9 months since I visited the old huckleberries2 spot. Thought I'd share these pictures of Woody and his latest stalking victim. That poor squirrel wants to come down out of that tree so bad. Woody plans to be there when he does.





I took these pictures with my fairly new camera, the Nikon Coolpix (I don't really like that name) but I like the camera. I'm adding a few spring flowers, such as they are. Plain old forget-me-nots above with ribes sanguineum (red flowering currant) below. Almost time for the columbines to bloom!

Around here this summer

Sarah attended Harp Camp at Magic Hill











Penny played in new playhouse in her backyard


















Theo celebrated his third birthday
















We took a an afternoon cruise to Seattle.
















I don't remember dogs being allowed above the car deck in the olden days. But this one sure was handsome.













I love this town!














Cool Seattle guy


Sunset from the waterfront


One day's tomato harvest


Olalla wildlife this morning. He doesn't look big, but he is over twice the size of most of the frogs around here this summer. I could see him from the house, sitting on top of the post out by the greenhouse this morning.

More Huckleberries and Some Lavendar

I picked a bunch of huckleberries this morning. Need to make cobbler tomorrow. Later in the afternoon Doug and I went up and stimulated the economy in Sequim.

Speaking of huckleberies . . .

. . . there sure are a lot of them this year!

What a week!

I tried captions, but they ended up mostly next to the wrong picture. You can probably figure it out.


































Memorial Day weekend brought 2 of Doug's favorite boats to Port Orchard, along with some of his favorite people!
Penny went home with her Mom and Dad on Monday afternoon, but Theo stayed around and hung out with all the grands in Olalla and Port Orchard.
Bike riding was definitely on his to-do list.
He rode bikes with Grandpa and Uncle Tyler at Point Defiance in the Japanese Garden.













































He was a little stressed, now and then, by being away from his Mom and Dad, but it didn't affect his appetite.
























































Sarah and Penny came back to Olalla and we all headed for Kennewick to celebrate with the Schilling/Roseberry family at Martha's wedding shower. It was quite a bit hotter than we coastal types had anticipated.
But, we remained cute, even in the face of temperature in the 90's.
I've included my official m-o-t-b photo. We were taste testing the margarita's and she looked so lovely in her color coordinated outfit.
That's Ellen and Sarah, writing their "2 truths and a lie".
One of these was the water balloon pinata and . . .
they worked just fine for showering the bride!
Somehow, most of these lovely ladies avoided getting wet.
Grandpa Doug and Dave were in charge of Theo and Penny while we were all at the "girl party". When Doug arrived to pick us up and head home, Penny and Theo found they had room for a piece of cake. We left Prosser in the twlight and arrived home at 1:40 am. A good time was had by all, most of the time.

My Mother's Day Report

Tyler fixed us a nice lunch (tempura) after he and Danny shopped for flowers and chocolate, and a six-pack!







We had a surprise visitor, so we took her with us to see Great-Grandmother-Doris. Mom was in a great mood and seemed to be delighted to see us all. Not sure if she recognized us, but I'm pretty sure those tall handsome boys reminded her of Grandad! It was Danny's birthday, too and if I could get my hands on his birthday gift, I'd show you some of the pictures he took. However, I think he takes it with him wherever he goes.

Alycia brought me these sweet flowers: Vintage Stocks! My mom always had stocks in her garden. They smell so good. We were trying to figure out what kind of spice they reminded us of and we both agreed it was cinnamon. For all their ladylike appearance, they smell like red hots!









Doug accidentally got me an mp3 player. Here I am listening to the Old 97's. What a goober!