Our Just Deserts
Desert – Dessert get it? During a recent trip to Portland, our friends Wayne and Jane mentioned that they were planning to sell their condo… Read More »Our Just Deserts
Farewell Old Friend
Just a brief post to note the departure of our Porsche Boxster S. I always thought it was weird to express love for any kind… Read More »Farewell Old Friend
Lunatics
Why “lunatics”? The inspiration was the beautiful view of the almost-full moon during our night afloat in Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island. But if I… Read More »Lunatics
Paper Cuts
We traveled into town today for a premier viewing of The Geography of Innocense, the cut-paper art of Barbara Earl Thomas. Although some of the… Read More »Paper Cuts
Nordic Selfies
A sunny Sunday morning in Seattle – likely one of the last for a while. We decided to pay a return visit to the Nordic… Read More »Nordic Selfies
Done at Last
Between early March and last week, we’ve had workers inside or outside the house almost every day except for the period when all construction was… Read More »Done at Last
Jet Plane
Full disclosure: This post has nothing to do with aircraft. The title refers to the Peter, Paul and Mary song, “Leaving on a Jet Plane”,… Read More »Jet Plane
The End is Near
It’s that time of year when the Pacific Northwest can have beautiful weather or terrible weather. We dashed to Anacortes and cast off on the… Read More »The End is Near
Thanks for Playing
I figured it would be good to let you know that we’re safely back home after a month bobbing around in the waters of Puget… Read More »Thanks for Playing
City of Destiny – II
Part II – in which we spend the day exploring central Tacoma on foot and have lunch at a recent addition to the McMenamin brothers’… Read More »City of Destiny – II
City of Destiny – I
Part I – in which your faithful scribe travels north through the fearsome Tacoma Narrows and down the Thea Foss waterway to Tacoma. It’s popular… Read More »City of Destiny – I
Ashore
Sometimes a theme for a post fails to suggest itself. This is one of those times. I just want to share a few photos from… Read More »Ashore
Bears!
We reached our journey’s turn-around point at Allyn, a tiny village at the end of a finger of Puget Sound. There are three things to… Read More »Bears!
The Beauty of Hope
Another short cruise – maybe forty minutes – brought us to the shores of tiny Hope Island. We snagged the only available buoy and set… Read More »The Beauty of Hope