Author: lavenderlady

On Highway 101, about 2 doors down from Sunny Farms, is a great flower shop. The owner specializes in unusual and beautifully crafted arrangements. My good intentions for a walk today got side tracked by income tax. !@%$#*^ Thus the night shot on the way back from town. I would like to stop by and take a picture of this wonderful cactus she has growing on the outside in the southwest corner. Bet you never thought cactus could grow in the rainy part of Washington!

While not my favorite restaurant in Sequim, it is a fun place to go with a group of friends. The food is decent, the drinks aren’t half bad, and you are sure to seee someone you know. Do you have an Applebee’s in your neighborhood?

Sometimes it just looks like a painting. I can’t wait for the weekend…I need to get outside and take a walk.

Work comes in all shapes and sizes. “Mr. Bob”, the distinguished white haired gentleman on the right, comes to my classroom twice a week to assist my ESL and GED students. Although he has retired from his previous career, Mr. Bob is, as my daddy used to say, “paying for the air he is breathing”, by volunteering his time to help others learn. He is greatly appreciated.

Although I am not personally acquainted with the folks who live behind this lovely gate, I am fairly sure they love animals. It was only after I got home that I realized I had cut off the baby bears on top of the post to the left. There is a lovely home behind this gate with a pond in front. When we had one of our cold snaps, I posted this photo of the ducks on the pond behind the gate.

It doesn’t hail in Washington..at least not where I live. I grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle where a good hailstorm could wipe out a wheat crop in nothing flat. Last Friday, Big Brother and I were on our way to the hospital when it started hailing…baby size stones. (the dark spot is a knot hole in my deck) Then it turned into snow and slush. The storm was isolated. We probably had 2-3 inches where we were…but 3 miles to the West and a mile to the East..it stopped. It’s been a wierd weather year.

I love soccer! The two youngest boys learned in DYA soccer when I taught in Germany. Now I go to watch a grandson and a son-in-law. Yes, every Sunday you will find me at a game. Fall and Spring it is outdoors…Winter they play indoor ball. It’s a great game. I like the action…the great save by a goalie, the player who can steal a ball from another, and the perfect setup for a score. I admit that sometimes I cheer for the other team when they make a great play. (and then I duck my head) Our team has done well this winter. We should do well in the playoffs next week. I have tried all season to get a great action shot, using my camera’s pan feature. Today I gave up. This was the best of the lot…and it isn’t even average. If anyone has any tips, I’m listening. My camera is a Canon Power shot, S2 IS.