Monday

Barb smelling the lilacs.

Long Time

People are telling me I should post another entry on my blog. I have been slacking for some time now. All is well. Barb and I have been planting flowers herbs and veggies. I want to freeze some things for winter use this year. Groceries are expensive! The lilacs are just opening. I'll go get a picture for you. There. That's me. Today. Every year the smell of blooming lilacs brings back childhood memories of Govan where lilacs lined the yard. So aromarecollective. Call me syllaballistic if you must....

Time

My, but time flies by when we are busy! I have had another trip since my last post. I drove a load to Salem OR, and then took a train to Seattle where I spent more time with Ben and Bruce playing some disc golf and joining great people for great food. Our new friend Lulit from Etheopia served us a wonderful dinner of traditional Etheopian fair which we ate with our fingers as is the tradition. The coffee was roasted right there on the spot in Lulit's kitchen in a pan on the stove (a first for me). Ben has a new neighbor upstairs: his cousin, Michael Cahn. Very nice to get more aquainted with Michael. The two cousins have a veiw to die for looking at the Seattle skyline from their perch on Queen Anne hill.

Yesterday, Ben departed for the vacation trip of his life. His trip will include China, Thailand and Japan. He is expected back early in June.

Downey Woodpecker

This place is alive with birds. The older I get the more I appreciate birds. We put out a suet feeder and watched as a wide variety of opportunists finished it off in a few days

Saturday

I was planning to change the picture from winter to spring, but....it's snowing here.

Auntie Esther

It's tough to contemplate a world without Auntie Esther. She was like an extra parent; or more like a faithful gramma. It was with sad relief we said goodbye to a grand lady April 1, 2008.

This picture was Thanksgiving 2005.

Climatnipulation

Hey, let's COOL the globe. Google "turned out the lights" today, (used a background of black, not their usual white). They are drawing attention to an effort to get us to reduce our electrical consumption. So everybody turn out your lights for an hour, and bingo. Planet cools off! If it's that easy, I'm calling it 'climatnipulation!