Deception Pass State Park, August 2010

Bleak

My very oldest friend - we grew up across the street from each other - died suddenly last Thursday and her funeral was today, in Houston, TX. The last-minute flights were unbelievably expensive and so I wasn't able to join her family there. On the advice of my parents, who are very intelligent and thoughtful people, I spent the afternoon on a beach. It was a grey chilly day and there were only a few hikers out, but the sun started to break through eventually.

Deception Pass State Park, Whidbey Island, WA

Great life?!

Our new town has just launched a marketing campaign to promote living here, the tagline is Mount Vernon - get a great life. I don't know if we have a *great* life, but it's not too bad, all things considered. One of the main attractions for us is that all of the following places are within reasonable walking distance: co-op grocery/deli, 2 coffee shops, 2 used bookstores, 3 pubs, one brewpub, 2 Italian restaurants, 2 Thai restaurants, one Mexican restaurant, the YMCA, the library, the post office, and the hospital. I can't imagine many other places where we could be this close to so many useful locations.

What do you like about where you live?

More flowers

William's photos

Hi all, here's a note from William for the first time in a long time.

I've decided to make some of my photos from the trip available on Imagekind. For the time being I have just put up some of my favorites. I have a larger gallery available here for viewing and if there are any there that you would like to see available on Imagekind, please let me know.

A Moment In Time

The New York Times is sponsoring a gallery of photographs that were all taken at 15:00 GMT on May 2nd (so, 8 am here on the west coast). This is my submission.

More information here...

Mount Baker Orchid Society Show

These are from about two months ago. I've clearly been neglecting the blog, so I thought I'd start with some pretty flowers and then ease into the next chapter in our excellent adventure. Enjoy!