NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2010

DECEMBER

A little landscape mainteance on Dec. 12

Taking a little break

OCTOBER

Just in time for Thanksgiving, snow begins to fall.

November 21st views.

Thanksgiving morning, Hubert, Jean, Pam and Virginia.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are here with the Cat in the Hat!

Waiting for our Thanksgiving meal to start...

We had 28 for the dinner - 6 are not in this view.

OCTOBER 2010

Sunrise on our first morning walk after our Italy tour.

Brown leaf hanging in the center of the scene...

...is home of a Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)

Time for a Ghost Tour at the Pike Place Market in Seattle

First dinner at the Kells Irish pub on Post Alley with Anne, Rachel, Nels and Laura.

The tour starts at the "gum wall" near the theater.

Detail!

Laura at the theater entrance - It's odeur de bubble-gum.

We roam many areas of the Market with a storytelling guide. 

Interesting light fixture.

Another morning walk view on Rose Hill.

Fall colors out our window.

 Next a visit to the grandkids in Sprague on Halloween weekend.

Sam the builder.

Basalt formation in Sprague.

Adah at speed in the city park.

Downtown - no traffic problems.

Tom and Jean escort the Hunter, Pippi Longstocking, and a Robot 'Trick-or-Treating'

This robot has human legs.

SEPTEMBER 2010

We go for an overnight visit to Ken & Marianne's cabin.

Arrow points to Hood's Head.

Nautical map - mud area's often water filled.

Floating walkway to the cabin.

The main cabin.

View from inside the cabin - Jean & Marianne.

Scott, Marianne and Ken on the beach.

The guest cabin.

Panorama from inside the guest cabin.

View from the cabin porch, low tide.

Ken and Scott get ready to fish.

Mt. Baker, dirigible in view.

Ken & Mt. Baker.

Granite erractic deposited during the Ice Age plus close-up.

Point on the east horizon is where Twin Spits is located.

The dragon on the East spit - Marianne & Jean.

East spit view toward the island.

Marianne attacked by the dragon?  Ken in view.

Tom, Marianne, and Jean.

Tom points out his birth year on 200 year old Cedar.

Native Banana slug.

We visit Nancy and Tim in their new home after our overnight stay at Hood's Head.

Two days before our trip to Italy starts, we are shocked to see a huge shrub in our landscaping.

Which is actually a large branch that collapsed from rotting and heavy rain.

Another job to do before our tour.

To see photos of our Italy Tour see -   http://bekihicol.blogspot.com/