Apr 10, 2011

5K!

I am woefully out of shape and would like to figure out how I can permanently make time in my schedule for exercise.

I saw this post last week about the Worldwide WordPress 5K – a virtual 5K being “hosted” by Automattic — encouraging bloggers to do a 5K (run, walk, jog, whatever) between April 4 and April 10.   I got mine in this afternoon on the treadmill…  after running errands, grocery shopping, paying bills and doing some yardwork.  YAY!!

I’ve been a blogger on WordPress now for about 13 months.  I recently completed my 365 photo challenge and am still finding real pleasure in toting my camera around looking for a photo of a moment to share on my blog each day.    Thanks to WordPress and their wwwp5K  for getting me moving.   Maybe my blog will expand into an exercise blog now??   🙂

Apr 9, 2011

Evening star.

I flew back to Austin today.  I had a great visit and will probably plan on coming up again for another working-visit in about a month or so.

It’s really nice to be home, though.   With my sweetie and amongst my flowers 🙂

This is a shot of an evening primrose in the way back from tonight, as the sun was started to drop low.

Last night we finally got around to watching the movie “Inception.”   Wow – what a mind-bender.  I think I only need to watch it 5 or 6 more times tobe able to follow the story line.

Oh, and on my flight home today I watched the rest of the movie “Hereafter” that I caught part of on the flight out to Seattle 2 weeks ago.   Good movie.

 

Apr 8, 2011

Zotz!!

Wow!  what a blast from the past.  I went down to the corner gas-mart to pick up some milk for my coffee this morning and something down on the candy counter caught my eye…. Zotz candy!

This was my favorite candy treat when I was a kid.  I think the last time I had one was about 30+ years ago (yikes!).   I didn’t think they made them anymore.  They are a flavored hard candy…. inside is some powder that fizzes and bubbles up out either end of the candy as it gets wet.

I just couldn’t resist and had to buy a couple.

After I tried one, I had had about enough, but it did send me back for a second there.  🙂

Apr 7, 2011

Not bad.

This is the view from outside my mom’s front door.  These peaks are the Olympic Mountain range.   When we moved here in 1974 the trees were MUCH shorter and the view was unobstructed.

Though the trees and branches screen the view, it still makes me pause and stare each time I walk outside on a clear day.   Snowcapped mountains as far as you can see.

Apr 6, 2011

Rhodie in waiting.

One of the many, giant Rhododendron buds in my mom’s front yard.   Another couple weeks and these will be awsome!

Apr 5, 2011

Cherry tree redux.

Here ya go.  Same cherry tree, different vantage point.  Amazing isnt’ it?!

Apr 4, 2011

Full bloom.

Bremerton is full of these beautiful, blooming cherry trees.   It’s hard to describe how amazing they look in person.

Apr 3, 2011

Walla Walla.

The rain has let up again today.  But it is very overcast and cooold.

This is the ferry from Bremerton headed to Seattle.  I’ve ridden that boat more times than I can remember.

 

 

Apr 2, 2011

Finally.

Look at that – blue sky!  The forecast for today is continued rain showers with a slight chance of patches of blue clouds.

I ran out to get a shot during a break in the rain.  This is looking west —  the Olympic mountain range is hidden behind that low bank of clouds.

Today all my siblings got together for a long visit, and then we went to dinner with mom.

It’s been a while since we’ve all been together, just us.   It was nice.

Apr 1, 2011

Home wrecker.

This afternoon I kept hearing a knocking on the wall that sounded like a woodpecker.  I snuck around the outside of the house and caught a grainy shot of the varmit by sticking my camera around the corner.

He flew away, but I’m sure will be back.   My mom’s house already has several scars from this guy and he’s working on a new one.

Maybe I’ll spray some hot pepper on the wood up there… don’t know if that will deter him though.

It’s been raining all week.  This bird is obviously a fair-weather woodpecker because he prefers to do his work under the eaves where it’s dry.

 

Mar 30, 2011

Wee flower.

Blurry, but you get the idea.  🙂

Mar 29, 2011

Yeah, what *she* said.

I’m  very sleepy and ready to turn in.

But first… this is a poster that I assume one of my younger sisters put up in their room, which used to be my room, oh so many years ago, which is the room i’m staying in while visiting my mom.

There’s a 12″x12″ mirror tile on the closet door.  A little too low to see in without hunching over.  My older sister and I, when we shared this room in the 70’s, etched our names in the mirror with one of those diamond-tipped “pens.”  They’re still there.

Funny.

I like this part of Browning’s poem:  “…I love thee with breadth, smiles, tears, of all my life!”  And I especially like the exclamation point 🙂

Night-night.

Mar 28, 2011

Cloisonne.

My mom is a big fan of all-things bird related – both the living and the knick-knack variety.

This little hummingbird was hanging in the kitchen window and caught my eye.