You DON'T Say.................

Cocktails at ROOM 38......art walk.... night out in Issaquah.

Glacier National Park......Red Bus

1936 Tour Bus.....refurbished in 2004. It is acutally a wooden body....we had to close the doors very carefully. The top was canvas and could be opened or closed if needed......stop get out roll out the canvas and fasten then later stop get out and roll up the canvas. It was a spectacular way to view the park.

Don/Carol/Linda at the McDonal Lodge.

The driver of our bus was Jody. A college student that works in the park during the summer. The park opened July 13th and will close the middle of September. They had a huge snowfall over the last winter. I would recommend the bus ride as we learned all about the park while being able to view the sites....even had wool blankets on the ride back.

The top of the pass is Sun Mountain. The road through the park is called Going to The Sun Road. We say great horn sheep/mountain goats and even saw a grizzly bear on our tour to the top of the pass. During last winter the snow at the pass was over 100 feet deep. Many more winters like that and there may be some new glaciers in the park.

Who's the Cook???

Matt, on recent trip to Croatia, learning to cook palacinata's. I think the glass of wine probably didn't help with the cooking skills.

The Whiskey Barn

Don, Carol, Linda and Mike. Visiting the Whiskey Barn in West Glacier Montana. We had some great whiskey and learned a couple of new drinks to try on the folks back home.

This is a modern day stile used to make whiskey. We usually drink bourbon but we liked the rye whiskey and bought a couple of bottles. Makes a wonderful basil mint mojito.

Life is Good.............

 

Hawaii Paintings by Mike

These three paintings are in acrylic.
These are 11inches by 3inches and each one is a memory of our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii this past spring.
I have a couple of other ones I will post later.
Hope you Enjoy.

Hot Day at Marmor's house

 

Maicey cooling off in her pool at Marmor's and Poppa's house. Her Little Mermaid machine was blowing bubbles and they were floating all around.

Watermelon What?

Watermelon Salad

6 cups of cubed watermelon, seeds removed (about 3/4 of a small, seedless melon) - or you could make melon balls for a fancier presentation
1/4 cup diced onion – I used fresh-from-the-farmers-market green onions but any onion is fine
1/2 cup diced or crumbled ricotta salata – the original recipe most often called for Feta and a crumbly blue would work nicely, too
1 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp fresh-squeezed lime juice
1/8 tsp chipotle or chile powder
Gently toss the watermelon, onion, cheese and mint together. In another bowl mix the olive oil, lime juice and chipotle powder together. Just before serving dress the watermelon with the olive oil mixture.

Watermelon Cocktail

2 oz Watermelon juice (as made above)
1 oz Fresh-squeezed lime juice
2 – 3 oz Chilled vodka
1 tsp superfine sugar or simple syrup
Add all ingredients to an ice-filled shaker. Shake vigorously for about 1 minute until the ingredients are thoroughly chilled.

Pour into a chilled martini-style glass. Enjoy!

You may need to adjust the lime juice and sugar based on the sweetness of the watermelon and your personal taste.

Right Now..........

Painting by Darrel Hill

Consider this : right now is always the best moment of your life.

Learn from and laugh about the past, build and dream for the future, but live now. Be fully in the present. Extract every bit of nowness surrounding you and absorb it into your cells. With every experience, every thought, and every feeling, more of who you are emerges.

You are doing something, thinking something, feeling something right now – good, bad, cheesy, brilliant, joyful, painful, dull, thrilling, or a million other possibilities. And, it is wonderful. You will never have a moment exactly like this one again. That’s wonderful, too.

Being in the now makes it easier to handle anything, regret nothing, and love life and everyone and everything in it in all its wonderful, endearing imperfection. Nothing is overwhelming, insurmountable, or unforgivable when it is considered in moment-sized parcels. Conversely, the tsunami of joy that can surge through your soul in a single moment defies reason. It’s a beautifully imbalanced equation.

Right now is always the best moment of your life.

This is from: http://madmusingsblog.blogspot.com/

This is so true. My boss ....a really nice man and his wife....a wonderful gal are

very special folks. Yesterday she noticed her eyes seemed yellow....went to the doctor

and has to go in for pancreatic cancer surgery next week. Right now really is the best

moment of your life......enjoy it for all that it is........................................

Alicia and Aaron

Alicia and Aaron did a short day hike to Wallace Falls. July 2011

Blue Streak

Amanda swinging at the park.....she is a regular blue streak.

Seattle Tree Sweaters

It's only happened twice so far this year. First on July 2 for 12 minutes and again on July 12 for 66 mintutes. That is a temperature of at least 80 degrees. In Seattle we have had 78 minutes of summer.

Little Warrior

Katie and Maicey.

Warrior Dash 2011

Dax and Katie with their prizes after the dash. A mud filled dash thru the woods.

A Pink Vacuum??

 

Maicey loves her new pink vacuum.

Self Portrait

 

Katie is holding her self portrait from third grade. We were looking through boxes of stuff and found some
of her old school work. It was a laugh to see it after all these years.

Jennifer Lommers

A new original painting by Jennifer Lommers. Love the colors and the combination of the different poses of the birds.

Aaron and Alicia...4th of July

Angel's in the garden.

Terra cota angel/ Maicy the angel/ and angel trumpet vine.

Maicey in the garden....Happy 4th of July!!!!!

Happy 4th of July!!!