September Travels

After a couple of nights in Portland we joined Linda and Larry Langley and a group of their avid OSU fans, many from Hawaii, in Corvallis for the OSU vs Hawaii football game. Lots of orange out there!

The stadium

These people have a truck with 2 TV screens on its side.

And they bring a sofa for their friends to sit on.

Jackie and his pals...

Our gang - a couple of Hawaii Green shirts in there

Buck's new post retirement enterprise?

Thad and his high school buddy Spencer

Jackie and I didn't attend the game, instead we had a swim and went out to dinner. The boy loves his goggles.

Thad and Jackie racked out in our hotel room

Hmmm...those are Jackie's clothes?

Ahhh, there he is.

Next stop Knoxville on a plane just like this one. I was lucky enough to go on a field trip to a hangar near the airport with Kali's class as well as the other kindergarten class from her school.

Inspecting the wheel well

The kids

Kali walking out on the wing

Reflections under the wing

The grand finale was a fire truck.

Sept. 22 - Kali's 6th birthday She's wearing the crown she was given at school.

What are Buck, Kali and Sara looking at with such surprise and why is Rick looking so sheepish?

All the supplies Rick has gathered for Kali's cake.

And the work begins. This year's theme is gymnastics.

The finished product.

The birthday girl being sung to.

Kali managed to do head stand...what a great birthday present for her.

The birthday guests ready to play in the  gym

 Kali and her gymnastic medal..all the kids received them at the party and  were all as pleased as she was.

Emulating Unkie Thad

She and I got our nails done. Mine were a bit more conservative.

Bath time. Like Jackie, she loves her goggles.

Sara about to beat her own record at Jenga.

Reading Fancy Nancy, one of Kali's birthday gifts.

Kali

Kali in her gymnastics class

On to Chicago to visit Dee Schneider - view of the city from the air.

Dee, Doni, Anna May

Back to Portland for a couple of nights before heading to Seattle. Seattle and October to come.

And The Summer Goes On

Our beautiful summer weather continued into August and early September.

My first attempt at creating a hanging basket.

Plein air on our deck with the painting group

A few apples, a few plums - not many thanks to the tent caterpillars

Apple picking

The new garden is growing

and growing

Heron in the tree top

Heron on the beach -sounds like a children's song

A beautiful day for a sail

A snail passing through

YUM! Baked oysters and salmon skin sushi for dinner

...and a glass of wine on a sunny evening

Our friend Carole Tarington came for a visit.

It was Monday so we went to the hardware store and tried on work gloves.

On of our friends replies to questions asking, What do you do on Quadra? With, "On Monday we go to the hardware store and try on work gloves. Don't buy any. On Tuesday we take the recycling, Wednesday is trash night"..and on it goes. We have great fun thinking up things we do. Tomorrow we will watch the 4 pm ferry come in.

A lovely evening at April Point resort

A cruise ship sailing by on its way south. They sail by the west side of Quadra, we live on the east.

Sunset from April Point

A large cloud bank with the mountains peeking over it

Our friends Perry and Sally Sorenson came to visit. Buck and Perry discuss the fog bank over their morning coffee.

The beach, the tide pool and Hernado Island in the back ground

Perry, Buck and Sally

Orca going by!

Off to Victoria we went. Perry and Sally with the Empress Hotel in the back ground

A large old arbutus tree (also called Madrona)

Harbor reflections

Street art

Parliament lit up at night

And the next morning our breakfast was delivered to our room in a basket. We stayed in the Humbolt House B&B and breakfast was crepes-seafood for me and fruit for Buck. After Breakfast we headed to Portland, Oregon.