Puget Sound Spring 2018
Posted: April 11, 2018 Filed under: Outdoor Adventures Leave a comment(Click any photo to launch slide show)
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- Our resident Cooper’s Hawk
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- Our resident Cooper’s Hawk
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- Crocuses!
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- More crocuses!
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- The mystery plant that everyone up and down the block has in their yards but no one can identify.
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- Robbie enjoying the weather and a chewy dog treat
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- The front steps
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- Camellia
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- Ornamental cherry tree
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- Pear tree in the backyard
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- Cherry blossoms
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- Daffodils!
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- Our certification from the National Wildlife Foundation as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat
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- Backyard greenery
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- Cherry tree and Madronas
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- The Duncan Smokehouse
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- The 1 hour snowstorm in late March – fall, stick, melt!
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- The 1 hour snowstorm in late March – fall, stick, melt!
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- The 1 hour snowstorm in late March – fall, stick, melt!
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- The new medical facility across the street is finally completed and looking mighty fine during a Spring sunset.
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- The pear tree in full bloom
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- Welcome to the jungle on our West properly line – fir, bay laurel & madrona.
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- The first of the lilacs to bloom
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- The Bay Laurels in bloom
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- Madrona, Pear, Chinese Maple & Fir trees
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- The Lavender starting to bloom
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- Bay Laurel & English Ivy
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- A different Laurel in bloom
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- The Apple tree in bloom
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Posted: June 10, 2005 Filed under: Outdoor Adventures | Tags: Caving, Inga Leave a commentI know some of you think that Inga rarely leaves the house, but believe it or not, there was a time when Inga embarked on grand adventures to far away places. Fifteen years ago, Inga and I belonged to the University of Washington Spelunking Club and we went on week long caving expeditions in Montana and Washington. Read the rest of this entry »
A Visit To A Silent World
Posted: May 10, 2005 Filed under: Outdoor Adventures | Tags: Diving Leave a comment
Inga and I were digging through some old papers the other day and we came across an essay I wrote in 1975, my junior year of high school. It was published in the school’s literary journal. As I retype it here, it’s really hard to not edit it, to improve on the prose of a 17 year old but I’ve resisted temptation. So here it is in its original form. I hope you enjoy it. Read the rest of this entry »
Blowing Bubbles
Posted: March 10, 2004 Filed under: Outdoor Adventures | Tags: Astrology, Diving, Father/Mother/God, Inga, Transformation Leave a commentIf you read Pisces 2004, you know that I engaged that water energy in a big way by taking up SCUBA again after a 22 year hiatus. I have put myself through a basic SCUBA course and have aced all the written exams as I only needed to make minor adjustments here and there to my knowledge of the sport. The pool time was a blast and the old skills I described in Pisces came online the instant I got wet. There is something really cool about sitting on the bottom of the pool blowing bubbles! Read the rest of this entry »