A birthday party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONNY!

 

 

I feel for you, being far away from home, even if its in a glamorous place!

ha! just kidding - I'm jealous!!!

 

If you were here, we three sisters would be doing something

FABULOUS!

Laughing!

talking

enjoying the day.

 

I even made you a cake. 

Don't worry, you can scrape the frosting off your share -

 the cake underneath is light and sweet like you.

 

Enjoy your day.

BIRTHDAY WISHES!

 

What happens in Port Townsend stays in Port Townsend (not)...

Room 48

a room with a view

pedicures

feet are the view

shopping

coffee

walking garage sales

wine tasting

sipping

go girl wines

eating

gourmet quiche

Midnight in Paris

sunshine

walking downtown

celebrate

tiramisu

birthday candles

decorations

estate sales

thrift stores

farmer's market

Lady in the Lake

a walk to the dock

nachos

lunch on the balcony

sunset

go sisters

the end.

 

 



irresistible

At the park,

Wyatt found this basketball irresistible!

He had to have it, throw it, carry it around,

sit on it, roll over the top of it.

 

 

I think I better save this one for his high school senior annual. 

 

Today I am off on a sisters event. 

We are celebrating Claudia's birthday,

and enjoying getting away from all responsibilities for a few days.

Eating out.

Shopping.

Sight-seeing.

talking

laughing

recharging our batteries.

 

October 25, 2000 - Pt. Townsend Retreat

Our drive to Port Townsend was beautiful!!! We toured about the town first, and saw this sailboat race in progress out in the water.

The City park is lovely, even on a wintry day.

More sailboat racing.

We did a little shopping, touristing, and then to our resort to unpack.

September 29, 30, October 1, 2009

Working backwards, today (October 1) I went to the Farmer's Market with Vicki. I thought these peppers were beautiful! I didn't buy any, I just admired them. All I bought were a bunch of carrots, half of which I cooked for dinner tonight. Another view of the market. We have had such fun here this summer. Clam chowder, Panini blt's, soup and salad, coffee, bakery treats! A lot of good times talking and sharing and helping each other out too.

Today was a teeny bit rainy and cold, and we saw a sign at Anthony's Restaurant (the parking lot we were in) that said HUCKLEBERRIES! Vicki looked at me and said, hmmm that sounds good for lunch! I said hmmm I'm game! and next thing we knew we were sitting in a fancy restaurant with a huckleberry slump topped with vanilla ice cream in front of us! It was delicious! We made it all last an hour and a half. : ) across the restaurant - through the window, I saw something interesting out in the bay. I happened to have my camera along and took this shot -- its a blue heron on top of a piling! Usually you see seagulls there. The herons like to wade in the shallow water. It must have been there just to be beautiful.

Tuesday (September 29) I had a nice visit with my sister. She has a new house and lots of new furniture. I should have taken a picture! Its very nice and even though she still has lots of plans, it looks great and will be very comfortable. I envy her little "studio" outside. I had such a good time I forgot my phone there. hmmm, doesn't that mean I want to come back soon?

Wednesday (September 30) I worked most of the day, then had an activity at Sharin Memories, my favorite scrapbooking store. Claudia was there and many of my Rubbermaids friends.

We're still watching Star Trek!

I am still working on my Michigan scrapbook and my craft room, but have nothing to share from it yet. My brain is just bubbling with projects I want to work on. Little by little, I'll get to them!

September 24, 2009

Walker's Artwork! finally
framed and hung in our home gallery

A thrift store "rescue". It's fabric stars, then crocheted around the stars and linked together. Its about 8 inches x 12 inches. Very sweet!

Aren't these beautiful? Vicki bought an apple as large as cantelope! And an Asian pear and red cherry peppers. They were beautiful too! We meet for lunch every Thursday. I had a spinach fritatta and Vicki had a Tuscan Panini that looked delicious!

This is my box for my acrylic stamps. It isn't finished yet - I plan to glue on postage stamps and some other paper ephemera. I have to wait for the ink to dry though!

I had a really great and fun day today. After going to Greek class with A.J., I went to visit my sister Jonny - we had a great visit and talked for almost two hours! Then, back to town for a couple of hours at my office. Next to the Farmer's Market to meet Vicki for lunch. But first, I bought basil for Pesto (one of my favorites!), two chocolate dipped macaroons for our dessert tonight, and a couple of red bartlett pears and three "President" plums that look like Italian Plums on steriods! Afterwards I made a quick trip into my favorite thrift store and found this very cute doily type thing ($1.00). I just couldn't resist it; it begged to be rescued and loved. I also bought two rolls of ribbon - very different with a colored ribbon and jute. I don't know what I'll do with it yet, but it will be perfect for something!

Last night I tried to organize a craft corner, and got distracted decorating this wooden box to hold my acrylic stamps. That was very distracting and I had a lot of fun playing with it. But, the ink is taking forever to dry! See how my right brain (artistic) hijacks my left brain (organized) and keeps me from my goals!