MARCH

Result of March 5 injury - after reattaching little finger left hand March 8.

Right hand marks "No No No" for surgeon.

Start of trip to Sprague - view of Olympics from Kirkland.

View of I-90 Vantage bridge across the Columbia River, almost halfway there.

Across the river - wild stallions (actually a set of sculptures).

After arriving, Sam shows us his bike riding skills.

Also Eli on Bike.

We visit school and eat lunch with the kids and at recess, see Eli on bars.

And Adah on bars.

Recess over, all the elementary students are lining up.

After school, a trip downtown.

Main street.  Alane and Gilley on the left.

One block South are older homes.  Eli on Bike.

Sam on bike near the gazebo, it's a warm March afternoon.

Adah on bike.

Story Time.

Back over Snoqualmie Pass to Kirkland.

Jean cutting through the old apple tree roots.qualmie

Our neighbor Bob with his Kaboda helping with the root trimming.

The handicapped one doing his part.

The patio area outlined.

We get a pallet of flagstone - the rock is from Montana.

Jean setting flagstone.  

FEBRUARY

With help from a neighbor, Tom cuts down center apple tree.
Here we see brother-in-law Ken Wood helping Tom cut slabs.

The cut slabs.

We walk to visit a neighbor's and get a nice view looking east towards

the Cascade Mountains.

We cut down the overgrown 50 year old rhody's - we have

a landscape plan now.

Next project: take out the old driveway.

A visit from Rachel - In the hazelnut tree.

JANUARY 2010

Mysterious Circle around the Apple Tree?

It's the annual pruning of our three 80 year old Gravenstein's.

Anne and clones having an exciting time!

Twin Rachels love to share.

JANUARY 2009

Class of '57 Columbia High Classmates, all still in their 60's 

Our Dinner Group

Tom, Jean, Jan, Ev, Walker, Diane, Larry, Jill

Back over the pass, first of many trips this year

We watch Brandon's volleyball game, he is 4th from left

The spectators, Jean, Levi, and Margaret

We are heading back home, Rattlesnake Mountain, 3500 ft. near Richland

Now we can see Mt. Rainer (14,410 ft.) in view at Ryegrass Pass West of the Columbia River

Approaching Cle Elum, we see Mt. Stewart, 9,415 feet - Climbed later this year by Nephew Justin

Dropping down from Snoqualmie Pass, 3022 feet.

FEBRUARY

Visit from a giant spider

Jean starts recovering from foot surgery

Anne in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - Sir Andrew Aguecheek

 Photograph by a parent

February Snow

Jean and Dr. Doug, D. D. M.

Terry, Scott and Donna visiting at Marianne & Ken's

Rachel and Anne run for cover - not photo ready

Jean vacuum's despite foot

The Seattle Flower and Garden Show, Second largest show in the USA

It's Heidi, our former neighbor who designed this garden

...and she forced into bloom some of Tom's trilliums, a red one just above the tag