Archive for April, 2007

I need another weekend!

I think that I need another weekend to recover from this one!
I had loads of fun, and got lots done! And now, I am sore and sunburned! But it was all worth it!
On Saturday morning I was able to sleep in a bit, then I grabbed by binoculars, camera and a coffee and went out [...]

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Bits of info.

Very Sad News today. What a loss. Slava Rostropovich has passed away.
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This weekend is the Olympia Wa Arts Walk. I tried to find some official link to a schedule of events, but apparently there is not one…
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The Shorebird Festival is happening this weekend! I hope that the rain stops! It is just amazing to see [...]

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Weekend of surprises

I am hoping that today (Sunday) will end on a boring, and uninteresting note. This as been a busy and crazy weekend filled with surprises! (both good and bad)
On Friday after work, I helped my mom finish packing her suitcase (heavy!) then made a reservation on travelocity for a hotel. I had never used one [...]

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4.17.07

Just gardening today…no new knitting to report…
My seedlings are growing quickly:

and I will soon have somewhere to plant them!
Before:
 and…
after:

The guys I hired came on monday to till up the garden area…at least I thought that they would till it up. There was a lanugage barrier when I asked for an estimate, but even so I [...]

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Ten Years Later…

I can hardly believe that it has been ten years since ”THE FLOOD” 
(warning: very long and rambling post…proceed with caution!) 
Wow, I didn’t expect to have so many emotions and thoughts flowing through me as I listened to the story on NPR this morning!
Listen and read here.
I was nearing the end of my first year at the [...]

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