spying

I drove into our driveway after a quick trip to the grocery store

and spied this scene from my car

(truly - cross my heart)

I am so happy I had my camera

virtual friends and other kinds too

... yesterday I took a ferry from Anacortes to Victoria BC ...

I was meeting up with a virtual friend and fellow blogger

the ferry ride was serene:

I was able to make headway through a somewhat tedious YA romance favorited by my daughters:

(lately I've been looking for touchstones and conversation starters)

once there, I met another blogger Karen Berger, a friend of my blogging friend Elizabeth

we very quickly fell into chatter and laughter - finding so much in common

and discovering so much that was unique to each one

we enjoyed  pub lunch and let's just say LOTS of talking and laughing:

karen, kim, elizabeth
(note: my bottled hair color is finally all grown out)

the three of us - fascinating women, smart and gifted, moms, survivors

... and that's not all ...

I made a friend on the bus with a lovely Canadian lady and an amazing life story to tell

and the ferry ride home I talked the entire time with a woman who teaches high school art in Montana

my take-away:

listen more

life is short

bridges between people can be found everywhere

and on the trip home, the sun made an appearance over Friday Harbor

all in all it was one extremely fine day

flotsam and jetsam

today was our annual beachcombing trek up north

it's a tiny little beach at the site of an old dumping ground

and I read in the news that it's slated for environmental cleanup

:(

I pick up the larger pieces of glass for my photo transfers

there's an abundance ... and I have a hard time knowing when to quit

we ended up with about 10 lbs of glass and pottery

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here is a close up photo of the tiny bits of glass mixed in with broken shells and pebbles:

and the drive home was through my favorite farmland

all in all - it's been one extremely fine day

one fine day 11

we made organic strawberry jam on this one fine day

(6 lbs yielded 12 jars of varying sizes)

most of it will be for my sister's family who all love their p.b. & j.'s

(not my kids - can you believe it? - I grew up on it - and you probably did too)

origami love

 another "ever since I was a kid" thing

do have a lot of those?

something you have always loved?

folding a flat square of paper and turning it into a bird is a particular kind of miracle

(teabag paper soaked in beeswax, then folded, then reheated to meld the wax even further)

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"meld" - that word always makes me think of Spock

:)

out on the town

... what a fun afternoon ...

we got to see the live performance of Prairie Home Companion

(at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville)

did you listen to it on NPR today?

I love this radio show and have listened in since the early 80's

it's been on air since 1974

... watched it live with my darling - the kids were at home listening on the radio ...

so cool!

Garrison giving us the news from Lake Wobegon

Fred Newman, Tim Russell, and Sue Scott performing Guy Noir Private Eye

on stage

"I want you to clean your room"

... something I say at least once a day ...

meanwhile, my workspace is a complete disaster

(until today)

before:

after:

it's time to mess it up again, dontcha think?