Most recent trip:

Europe 2025

Most recent hikes:

Hikes Summer 2024

A quail on our fence

I now have 8 raised beds.
2 are not in the front yard.

Michael got this picture of the lunar eclipse

We went to a jazz concert at Peninsula College

This raised bed is ready to assemble.

Our first raised bed assembled. It is for raspberries.

This one will be for lettuce, peas and more.

These are the first 2 of 6 in the front yard.

Celebrating Mom's Birthday

She turned 90 this year

Hiking with Jordan and his new dog

Jack and Nancy were also with us

Hiking in the Sandia Mountains foothills

An Albuquerque sunset

Trump protesters at the PA courthouse

Enjoying the PA Symphony

Our house with our first snow here

Our Hellebores in the snow

Sequim Bay from the Olympic Discovery Trail
near 7 Cedars Casino

Sunday we saw a ballet gala in PA with several
international dancers and the symphony orchestra.
Saturday we saw comedian Paula Poundstone.

Mount Baker from Port Townsend

The People's' March in Port Townsend

At a Talking Heads

movie & dance

We went to a drag show in

Port Angeles at Studio Bob's

The far end of the bridge looking to the center

Wreaths on the bridge

Totem poles at the 7 Cedars Casino

A beautiful light display

Wintertide

Wintertide display

Fuchsias at Wintertide

Mushrooms at Wintertide

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 with pale pink or green

Michael took this picture the same
night at Hurricane Ridge

At one point it was more of a ring and was constantly changing

I took this along the road heading home from Sequim

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

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 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

As Homer says, "The End is Near!"

With my retirement cake

My retirement cake

Me Lazy?

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

This iris will flower again in fall

Iris and alliums

Calla Lily