RANDOM UPDATE

This is one of those random updates. Last week we went to the Ballard Sunday market, the only year round market in Seattle.  Here are some equally random images.  Produce, cactus, and a huge friendly dog.

 

 

 

 

Here are some kids on 'Opti's' racing near Shilshole.

 

 

 

A few bird shots

 

 

The cormorants apparantly have no oil for their feathers and they can get watterlogged.  They need to occasionally dry out, hence they sit, spread their wings and, well, continue to sit....

 

 

We were treated to a nice sunset. 

 

We disagreed on which picture was better, so I combined them.....

 

That's the quick update!!

 

 

SEATTLE DOG SHOW

Jodi, Mom and I went to the dog show.  First time for Jodi and I.  We'd never been to a dog show.  Mom and Dad used to go once in a while.  The number of dogs and type of breeds is amazing.

 

They say you are not supposed to get your face in strange dogs face, but that didn't deter Jodi..

 

This was my least favorite part.  The dogs looked like they didn't like being primped for showing.  but in other parts of the show they were haivng quite a bit of fun.....

 

 

The agility dogs seemed the happiest.....

 

some things are just wrong

 

The day was topped off by a nice sunset. 

 

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Oscars in the Islands

This was the second annual “Oscars in the Islands” weekend.  Mom was getting back from Sun Valley and Jodi and I went up to open up the house.   The weekend had several goals ranging from installing a wireless printer to getting a few good walks in and having a good time watching the Oscars.

 

The ferry ride up was a bit nostalgic.  The winter runs are a little reminiscent of the summer runs of old.  During the summer nowadays there are usually two strings of ferry runs, one servicing Orcas, the other serving Friday Harbor.  One or the other, you don’t see both on the same run.  Back then, the ferries were smaller and regularly squeezed through Wasp passage between Orcas and Friday Harbor going by that lovely cabin on neck point, Shaw Island. 

 

We didn’t do the milk run,  but we stopped at Orcas  and followed the old route to Friday Harbor via wasp passage.

 

A bonus was the rain cloud that set up a nice rainbow. 

 

Once we got to the island we turned on the water, warmed up the house then went over to Roche for a casual dinner.  Roche was lit and quaint as always at night.

 

 

Mom arrived the following day and we stole Kuper for a hike.  Our original destination was South Beach, but the cold wind caused us to rethink our plans.  We decided for a quick trip up ‘mount’ Young.

 

The Oscars were good and as always we vowed to see more nominees next year.

 

Couldn't resist a couple of dog portraits...

 

 

 

The trip home was a bit bumpy.  Here's the "Henry Island" battling the waves.

 

Brought back Dad's watercolor of the Cabin on Neck Point...