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shutterbug with bowcaster camera
Adam drew this picture last week. It’s a centipede using a specialized camera that takes pictures using a bow and arrow system. In other news, a big milestone for Oliver Fern- his first intra-room...
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adam at shi shi
This is a little collage I made of Adam from the hike we did to Point of the Arches. Lately I’ve been farting around with Photoshop which basically means I’m learning how to do things a third grader...
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2013 emerald city comicon
Adam and I went to the Emerald City Comicon yesterday and today! We had a lot of fun, though our reverie on Saturday was temporarily halted when Adam had a strong allergic reaction to something in a...
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into the garbage chute, flyboy!
Adam has a strange look on his face……because he was petrified at first of the TIE Fighter pilots and stormtrooper! I have to admit, even I found them a bit intimidating in the heavy armor. Adam...
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an early morning ferry and passage into eagle harbor
I felt like sharing another picture-from-a-ferry, tonight–I suppose I’m still thinking of the boat ride home from Bremerton last Saturday afternoon. I love criss-crossing the Sound by ferry, though I’m...
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foursquare on 14th Avenue East
While I was dropping Adam off at school this morning, this big foursquare around the corner caught my eye. It pains me to see Seattle’s limited stock of old houses in the central core of the city...
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flaming puget sound sunrise from pioneer square
Adam and I had a busy day which included quite by accident- us finding ourselves in the middle of a rally at Occidental Park for tonight’s Sounders-Timbers match! If you can’t beat’em (the game was a...
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fire station 6 open house
On Saturday morning, Adam and I attended the open house for the Seattle Fire Department’s fire station 6, it was held 11 AM to 1 PM. The old station, an elegant 1931 art deco structure on 23rd and...
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Batman and Green Lantern head to Metropolis after a close call……
Tonight, Adam and I nearly finished the book we’ve been reading for several days about Louis Braille. But for dessert, right before bedtime we started Justice League: Volume 1 Origin, DC Comics (we got...
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snuggly oliver fern kangaroo-baby and gramma awash in pink on the front porch...
I got back to the house one morning this week after dropping Adam off at preschool and Gramma and Oliver Fern were snuggled together on the porch waiting for me, I thought they looked adorable. Yes, I...
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goodbye Manhattan. Hello smelly guy with baby bjorn…..
The house across the street from us finally sold last month- a fiftysomething couple from New York City (Manhattan) bought it. Talk about a dramatic change of scenery for them- they must feel like...
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palms of gaslight
Believe it or not, this is a bed and breakfast in Seattle next to Adam’s preschool……not a humongous 7 room “bungalow” in Pasadena. What did they do special to get these to reach such amazing maturity...
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oliver fern and i visit the japanese garden in the morning while later in the...
Oliver Fern and I walked down to the Japanese Garden this morning. It was a pleasant and surprisingly meditative visit , he was quietly fascinated by the lone duck that seemed to inhabit the pond on...
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madness at the quad
This warm, sunny morning we took Oliver and Adam to “the Quad”, a verdant crossroads-of-walking-paths surrounded by the neo-gothic architecture of the University of Washington campus. The enormous...
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sprangle wants to wear pretty dresses
On the way home from school tonight, Adam announced he changed his name earlier today. He now wants to be known as Sprangle. Before dinner, he and I walked down into the valley to the corner store...
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what happens in vegas stays there, which isn’t really as titillating as you...
It has been frustrating to be such a streaky blogger the past couple weeks. I’ve been anxious to post but there’ve been a number of distractions: Chief among them recently was the arrival of Grandpa...
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hailstorm strikes seattle
A relentless cloudburst of hail showered (pelleted?) Capitol Hill this afternoon for ten minutes, at least. Apparently, the brief storm caused temporary traffic jams on major roadways across the city....
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hornet-infested cuckoo clocks
This afternoon I dismantled the two bavarian cuckoo clocks that have welcomed visitors to our house for the past year and a half. I wasn’t entirely heartbroken about their demise- the idea I had for...
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bike lane on the university bridge
This is a view from the walk Adam and I took yesterday morning. The University Bridge spans the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The little structure in the distance is where the bridge tender lurks like...
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late afternoon light on stegosaurus butte and bracket fungi
It’s always lovely to be in the woods when the light is gold, like this. Getting a good exposure is still fairly tricky with the combination of light shafts and dark shadows, but it’s easier with the...
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