As Homer says, "The End is Near!"

With my retirement cake

My retirement cake

Me Lazy?

Michael and I cast our votes

Our new home in Port Angeles!

Between Homes

Most recent trip:

King Puck in Kilorglin, Kerry County, Ireland

Iceland/Ireland

Most recent hikes:

Hikes Summer 2024

Our Christmas Tree

Applying de-icer to our plane before flying

Christmas Ornament on my brother's tree

An ornament in my brother's neighborhood

Decorating Nancy & Jack's Christmas Tree

Getting out some of Jack & Nancy's decorations

My brother's house decorated for Christmas

The Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque

The Vermillion Family at Thanksgiving

Extended family at Thanksgiving

The Port Angeles Symphony is excellent!

We went to see Mummenschanz here in PA

Mummenschanz was fun to watch

At Jeff & Ray's wedding

Me and cormorant statues at
Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles

The aurora borealis from Cline Spit in Sequim

To our eyes they looked mostly white

At times we could see some pink or pale green

At one point it was more of a ring

It was constantly changing

I took this along the road heading home from Sequim

Lunch in Victoria with Joelle and Michael's brother Tom

Part of Victoria's Fisherman's Wharf

Flowers and a totem pole in Victoria

We took a trip to Olympic National Park's Lake Crescent

Lunch with their sister Mary

Hannah and Davey after the vows

We got to see the Northern Lights from Ediz Hook in PA

Michael took this picture the same
night at Hurricane Ridge

To our eyes the aurora was white. A camera showed the colors.

Looking to the Port Angeles harbor from
the Olympic Discovery Trail

We went to a concert with friends at Olympic Cellars

The band and dance floor at Olympic Cellars

We went to a free Wednesday night
Concert on the Pier in PA

Went to lunch with Mary for her birthday

We went on an Electric Boat float on Lake Union with OutVentures

On the boat

Gas Works Park from Lake Union

On the electric boat

We picked up my cousin Debbie at the Port Angeles ferry dock

We took Debbie to Kubota Gardens.
Michael & Debbie on the bridge.

View during a nice walk in Discovery Park

We walked through Mukilteo's Big Gulch then got this view

The troll in West Seattle's Lincoln Park

The troll in Ballard

Sitting around the chiminea at Joelle & Tom's

Me, Michael, his brother Tom & wife Joelle,
his sister Mary

Tom and his birthday cake

Tom and the grandkids

Tom and his daughters Dawn & Jenny

Tom and family

I was roasting peppers, anaheim, poblano, and a
bell pepper at the Santa Fe School of Cooking

Michael's picture of the Discovery Park
lighthouse and the beach

With Mom on Mother's Day

Nancy & Jordan on Mother's Day

Crossing a river on a hike near Naches, WA

Brandon, Janeth & Mom at Thanksgiving

The entrance to Doka Coffee in Costa Rica

In the "aquarium" at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe

Basalt cliffs along the river near Naches, WA

Getting down Jeff's driveway to his cabin

The Deception Pass bridge

About to cross the hanging bridge in
the Monteverde forest, Costa Rica

On a weekend with Vince & Stuart in the Winthrop, WA

Hiking with Glen & John near
Bowman Bay at Deception Pass

Tropical jungle undergrowth in
Arenal National Park in Costa Rica

Jack, Jordan & Nancy

Being hit by a cool wave

In Puntarenas, Costa Rica
from the restaurant Facebook page

Lunch with Michael's sister Mary, Jocelyn,
his brother Paul & Paula

Exploring a bit of Mt. Rainier with Jordan

Michael & Jeff at Jeff's cabin

Doing the dishes at Meow Wolf

Part of Pueblo Bonito in
Chaco Culture National Monument

Palouse Falls

Michael & me hiking to Point of the Arches
of Olympic National Park

Shades of green at the Bloedel Reserve

Michael at Pueblo Bonito

Me at Picture Lake of Mt. Baker

An Indigenous dancer raising money in Santa Fe

The peonies smell nice when on the deck

The front yard