Summer has flown, but we are still having some beautiful days here on Quadra..this evening is an example of the end of one of them, day before yesterday it poured.
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| September 30th. Aloha summer, aloha fall. |
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And now back to the end of July. Bit of along post but so much to share. Forgive all typos!
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| Beautiful sunrise |
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| The garden continues to grow |
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| And bloom |
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| and flourish |
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| Fava beans, my most successful crop |
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| At last I can grow daisies and I have a bloom! |
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| We did a redo of this bed and it is now looking good. |
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| The flower beds. |
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| Jackson and Kali. I love this photo which was taken by Jessica when Kali and Sara were in Portland. |
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| We met Kali and Sara, end of July, in Seattle and due to a mix up in the reservations for a house they rented we all stayed in a hotel. Kali decided this bed with a view was for her. |
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| Here is the view |
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| Kali and Captain cooling it in the lobby |
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| Playing beauty parlor...Nana gets her hair done. |
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| Even blow drying |
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| Sara's turn |
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| The busy beautician relaxes with a snack in her bubble bath |
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| The Seattle Ferris wheel with a very faint Mt. Rainier in the background |
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| One of the many ferries buzzing around the area |
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| Kali donating to the hula hoop man |
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| What are they looking at? |
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| Ahhh yogurt, not frozen but rich and delicious |
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| Always happy to know the spoons are clean |
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| We never tire of this place |
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| Pretty, especially in the sunshine |
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| I wonder where the dishonest biscuits are sold? |
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| Standing in front of the original Starbucks |
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| Bedtime story with a view |
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| Glass of wine with a view |
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| Sunset over Seattle |
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| And the next day we moved to Alki Beach. These cute buggies were for rent and once we got the hang of it we managed to stay on the sidewalk and not run into people or things. Well, there was this one fence Buck and Sara took a chunk out of. |
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| Buggy's motor |
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| Captain and co-pilot |
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| There they go looking for a fence to cream. |
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| House built of beach stones |
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| House covered with plants |
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| The house we stayed in. |
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| Seal Girl |
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| There is a little Marnie in her! Marnie always looked like this at the beach as she searched for treasures. |
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| Seattle from Alki |
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| Statue of Liberty?? Can't recall why it is there, but there it is. |
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| Miss Imagination is pretending a brick, yes a brick, is her baby. |
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| She gets Captain into the game too |
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| Here she is doing a soulful play about a homesick girl far away from her father...it was a heart breaker. |
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| And it went on and on.... |
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| But a s''more cheered her up immediately. |
August and the Jr. Lairds arrive on Quadra, followed a few days later by, Jessica's parents,
Linda and Larry
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| The arrival! |
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| The annual scavenger hunt took on a new twist this year. |
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| Winding, winding, |
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| winding |
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| And more winding. |
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| Finding a treasure (Jessica took over the string as the ball got larger and larger) |
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| Another treasure.. |
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| Just what he wanted, a moose pencil! |
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| And on goes the string.. |
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| A treasure box with rubies in it...wow! |
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| Follow that string! |
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| All treasure found, headed to the house to look them over. (Sadly missed the grand finally - a child sized shovel.) |
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| Checking out the drop down steps to the attic. |
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| Jessica and Captain relax at day's end |
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| Hanging a basket up for his mama. |
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| Well done boy-san. |
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| Finally after years of wanting one, I have a clothes line. Thanks Buck for the instillation which wasn't easy in our rocky soil. |
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| Can't resist garden photos - these are called bee balm and the bees love them. |
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| Succulents and the flower bed beyond. |
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| Orange geranium on the deck and a sort of black-eye Susan daisy behind it. |
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| Jess and Jackie at the beach |
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| Oysters for dinner |
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| Jackie was into check writing... |
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| And book writing.. |
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| He looked at a song book of Bucks and decided to write one of his own. |
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| One evening we had an art show. |
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| The audience was jaw dropping amazed. |
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| Thad, King Of The Stump! |
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| No more photos please. |
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| Annual beach picnic to welcome the JR. Lairds back to Quadra and reconnect the kids. |
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| Aine- one of John and Mia's granddaughters |
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| Checking our some crabs which sadly didn't survive the party. |
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| Cute Marley |
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| Ru |
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| Saoirse another of Mia and John's granddaughters. |
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| Loving s'mores- Aine, Jackie, Rowan |
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| Two forces to be reckoned with - Miwa and Jackie. |
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| Jackie and his pal Rowan driving. |
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| Enjoying the party? |
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| Val ready to go home. |
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| Arianna has Jackie's attention... |
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| Jackie and Aine |
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| Look out world...here come Jackie, Rowan and Miwa! |
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| Due to pesky fire ban, s'mores were cooked on the grill. |
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| Arinna and Jackie |
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| Snacks at the beach - Miwa,Rowan, Jackie |
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| Tide pool |
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| Sweet feet |
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| Thad fishing |
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| Sarah Frishholz Walsh and Neve paddle boarding |
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| Thad paddle boarding - in front of our house |
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| Taking Jackie for a ride |
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| Dandelions just for Jackie |
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| Little friend Jackie bought at the Saturday Market |
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| The boys at Rebecca Spit |
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| Good looking family |
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| Loving the beach and the sunshine |
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| Kissing |
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| More kissing |
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| Jackie and Nana discussing possibilities |
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| Thad and Nana discussing world events:) |
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| Mr. Smiles |
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| More kissing, photo should be up with the others but I can't make it move! |
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| Thad and Jackie |
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| Conferring with Captain |
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| There goes Captain. |
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| Captain is asleep so why not put hot rock in his piko?? |
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| Nana paddles too. |
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| Conversation with Jackie. |
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| Jackie joins a party raft... |
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| Wait? With beer??? |
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| Linda does the paddle board. |
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| There goes Jessica/ |
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| Jackie and Larry. |
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| Martini at Gowland Harbour |
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| Yummy bouillabaisse.
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| Larry and Doni do pella
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| Chef Marianna and Jackie |
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| Gowland Harbour view |
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| Jackie charms one of the waitresses |
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| The guys at our beach |
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| Jackie and Grampie.. |
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| Linda collecting driftwood |
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| Linda and Larry |
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| There is also a bit of Marnie's beach combing style in this boy! |
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| Jessica bringing driftwood up from the beach. |
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| Jackie and Nana in the truck taking driftwood up the hill to the house. |
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| Linda and Jessica at Heriot Bay |
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| Jackie at Heriot Bay Inn, examining his recent purchase. |
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| HBI calamari... |
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| How can I caption this one?? |
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| Jackie with Grammie and Grampie |
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| Communication central. |
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| Off to Mia and John's |
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| Cousins - Jackie, Aine and Saoirse |
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| Sarah and her beautiful girls |
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| Nana and Captain with their best boy... |
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| August 19 off to Oregon via Horseshoe Bay |
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| Cloud over Vancouver |
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| A new border crossing for us... |
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| And then there is the traffic in Seattle! |
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| A party at Jackie's school -lawn mowers were a big hit. |
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| And the jumping house and slide were big too. |
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| Hummingbird in Thad's garden |
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| Thad's front yard..looking good! |
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| Backyard vegetable patch, also looking good. |
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| Zucchini Boy |
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| Rest stop on the Olympic Peninsula on the way to Port Angeles and home |
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| First Nation art at rest stop on the way to Port Angeles |
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| August 30th Val Barr at artist retreat on Mt Washington...all my photos disappeared and only Val survived...darn. |
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| Sunset again. |
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| September 10, my birthday eve...whales..they gave us quite the performance |
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| That evening we first went by boat shuttle to Painter's Lodge for wine and a pupu |
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| There is our destination |
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| On the boat |
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| At Painters |
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| Then back to April Point on Quadra for sunset and dinner. |
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| Us at April Point..great dinner! |
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| Moonlight on the water when we got home! A perfect evening. |
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| The next day, on my birthday, in my garden, was a surprise from my family..with the help of Mia and John's coordinating and delivery service..a beautiful heron. |
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| Love my heron! |
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| September 13..Jackson Holmes. Mia Frishholz and Donivee Laird celebrate 210 years of good living with lots and lots of friends...the flowers are ready and so are we!! |
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| Tent setup |
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| Tables ready |
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| Birthday girls |
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| Just a tiny bit of wine... |
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| The crowd of friends gathers |
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| The birthday trio cutting the cake |
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| The next day..moving the gazebo back to its place in the garden |
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| Thanks to Jackson, breakfast for 10 and enjoying the view. |
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| The party is over and all is calm... |
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| Meanwhile the garden has been growing and growing... |
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| Calendula which I tried and tried to grow in Hawaii |
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| A type of dahlia |
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| A plant related to tobacco called nicotina, I think |
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| More garden..it is amazing what one can do with a fence to keep the deer out! |
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| And more...I'll stop soon, but I just love my garden! |
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| Zinnia!! |
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| Another humpback whale, imaging the shots those people are getting. I think they had stopped and the whale came up to them. |
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| Racoon on my compost bin. Cheeky guy opens it and helps himself while watching me n the deck. |
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| He took out a papaya skin which he soon left behind, not his taste, too foreign! |
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| Sept. 24 On the way yo Anacortes to spend two nights in La Conner and then to go to the border to get our Nexus cards which will help us get across said border faster. |
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| New ferry for us.. |
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| Buck on the ferry |
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| Stop in Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands |
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| Cormorant |
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| More Friday Harbor |
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| Loading ferries is like doing a jigsaw puzzle |
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| La Conner here we come. We stayed at the La Country Inn, comfortable, roomy and just fine and had fantastic dinners at Nell Thron and Oyster and Thistle.Drinks and pupu at La Conner Brewing Company. Breakfast at Calico Cafe and lunch at Seeds..all great!! It was sort of a gastronomic crawl... |
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| Crossing the iconic La Conner Rianbow Bridge. |
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| That bridge again |
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| La Conner sunset |
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| La Conner is famous for the tulip festival..here are some of the farm lands around La Conner. |
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| Lunch at Seeds with Mike and Virginia MacBride. Mike from Hawaii with many connections to my family. |
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| La Conner waterfront |
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| On the road to the border..had the interviews, had lunch in Vancouver with Carole and Wendy, caught the 5:20 ferry to Nanaimo and home by 9:30. Good trip, good month and GOOD summer, hello fall... |
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