Mom died June 30, 2025
She will be missed.
Slideshow for her funeral
featuring 2 of her favorite songs & singers

Most recent trip:

Europe 2025

September 2026 Trip to Great Britain map & pictures

Most recent hikes:

Hikes Summer 2026

Along the Olympic Discovery Trail

The light at the end of the tunnel

The front yard vegetable gardens

Raven watching a swallowtail butterfly

The front yard gardens

The front yard gardens

The backyard gardens

The backyard gardens

Ziggy, one of my reblooming iris (in August)

I was hungry for a blueberry pie so I made one

The gardens in Carrie Blake Park, Sequim

Roy & Raven along the Peabody Creek Trail

Port Angeles has free concerts on the pier
on Wednesday nights

Some of the canoes at Hollywood Beach,
part of the Nisqually 26 paddle

Lisa and Elaine with us at Lake Crescent Lodge

Blue potatoes and other veggies I pick almost daily

Hiking with Doug in the Hall of Mosses
of Olympic National Park

Mossy Maples in the Hoh Rain Forest

Birthday lemon & carrot bundt cake
from Nothing Bundt Cakes

At the Natalia LaFourcade concert in Seattle

Natalia

Natalia

Our house for Pride

Michael & I at Port Angeles Pride

Poetry reading at the Sumertide Solstice Festival
at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

Art along the paths in the forest at Summertide

At Pride in Port Townsend

Drag at Port Townsend Pride

At the Devil's Punchbowl in Olympic National Park

Madison Falls in Olympic National Park

Michael by the Grey Wolf River

Grey Wolf River Hikers

Jeff's Cabin. Guest room behind.

Having lunch

Roy & Raven among the Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Relaxing on the porch

Playing Quidler

Michael & Raven at the memorial flag pole

Michael and Raven in Carrie Blake Park, Sequim

Bleeding Hearts in the garden

Port Angeles and the Olympic Mountains from Ediz Hook

Raven and Roy at the 9/11 Memorial Park in PA.
The beam is from the Twin Towers in NY City

On the Olympic Discovery Trail

Raven likes to play with the neighbor dog

Raven got to experience snow for the first time
at Hurricane Ridge in the Olympics

We saw Pink Martini in concert at Field Hall in PA.

We got to Disney's Lion King in Seattle
where people in costume were the animals

The New Year starts with color in the yard.
We have these Black-eyed Susans and Marguerite Daisies
as well as hellebores, heather, camellia, pansies,
and primroses. This much is unusual.

Luminarias in Port Angeles

Lights, luminarias, and a warming fire in PA

Sunset from Sequim's Carrie Blake Park

Dinner for Michael's Birthday at 7 Cedar's Casino

Lights at Jamestown S'Klallam

Lights Jamestown S'Klallam

Lights Jamestown S'Klallam

A totem at Jamestown S'Klallam

Lights at Railroad Bridge Park, Sequim

Looking back at Railroad Bridge Park

Raven's Christmas Ornament

Our rainfall December 16th. I feel sorry for
parts of W Washington. So much flooding.
We are on a slope not next to a river. We are fine.

Our Hellebore "Christmas Rose" is flowering.

Our fall blooming Camellia is flowering.

Tiny bird's nest fungi in the front yard. About 1/4" across

White elephant gift exchange with Happy Hour group

Christmas decorations near home

Christmas inflatables near home

Santa came to Port Angeles. Mt Baker is behind him.

Michael and Raven by the dog park in Sequim

Raven frequently watches TV

In front of our Christmas tree

Garlands and decorations for Christmas

The Christmas decorations at night

Christmas Decorations and the Olympic mountains

Papel picado for Christmas in the backyard

We got a bottle of John Oliver's
Cabernet SauvignJohn.
Proceeds go to 16 food banks.

Fall color in the front yard

Raven & red Leaves in the neighborhood

Maple & oak color coming into Port Angeles

Fall color at Peninsula College

Me & Raven when out for a walk

A salmon jumps the falls at Salmon
Cascades of Olympic National Park

Salmon in the pool waiting to jump up the falls

Golden Hills at Hurricane Ridge
in Olympic National Park

Mt. Angeles through the trees

Michael & Raven

West from Hurricane Ridge
A deer is in the lower left

Looking across the Strait of Juan de Fuca
from near home

Looking to Mt. Baker from Hollywood Beach in PA

Raven in her pool

We went to see the Port Angeles Symphony

Raven watching TV

With Paul at the Devil's Punchbowl
of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park

Us with our new puppy Raven

Raven

A salmon in Morse Creek

Visiting Jeff

Guys of the Vermillion family

Fireworks in Albuquerque

My birthday cake

The candles are out

Walking Rialto Beach to Hole in the Wall

I love watching and listening to waves

Looking to Hole in the Wall

Hole in the Wall is above my palm

I found a sea palm (seaweed) on the beach

Beware of vampires in Forks, WA

Vampire Roy

A hummingbird at our feeder

On the Olympic Discovery Trail

Looking across to Vancouver Island, Canada

Looking to Mt. Baker from a viewpoint
on the Olympic Discovery Trail

Looking across the Strait of Juan de Fuca
from the transfer station

I got our greenhouse built

Our Claret Cup cactus is flowering

1923 Milburn Electric Car in the
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

Michael & Argo watching a submarine at the Griffin Museum

Red azaleas at Osaka Gardens

The beach along Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan and Chicago.
We visited for a few days.

A dust storm blew through.
We had tornado & large hail warnings.

A display at Lincoln Park Conservatory

Bromeliads at the Garfield Conservatory

At an Underworld concert

A red wing blackbird at a migratory bird stop along the lake

In the botanic garden's Japanese garden

Waterfall at the botanic gardens

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

April flower color in the front yard

We saw these tulips at Keukenhof in the Netherlands

April color in the back yard

April flowers in the back yard