Mike & Carrie's group: Zach, Caleb, Jon, Konnor,
Larry, Hayden & Colton.
Happy Anniversary (#11) to us today!
This walrus seemed to like me - it hung out and
stared at my camera for a long time!
Friday, May 18, 2007
1st Grade Field Trip to Point Defiance
Mike & Carrie's group: Zach, Caleb, Jon, Konnor,
Larry, Hayden & Colton.
Happy Anniversary (#11) to us today!
This walrus seemed to like me - it hung out and
stared at my camera for a long time!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
"the happiness itself remains a memory...."
My current favorite author is Alexander McCall Smith. I enjoy his wit and the fact that he doesn't write "fluff"! I just finished Espresso Tales, the sequel to 44 Scotland Street, and it ended with a poem that struck a chord with me....
"Dear one, how many years is it - I forget-
Since that luminous evening when you joined us
In the celebration of whatever it was that we were celebrating - I
forget-
It is a mark of a successful celebration
That one should have little recollection of the cause;
As long as the happiness itself remains a memory.
Our tiny planet, viewed from afar, is a place of swirling clouds
And dimmish blue; Scotland*, though lodged large in all our hearts
Is invisible at that distance, not much perhaps,
But to us it is our all, our place, the opposite of nowhere;
Nowhere can be seen by looking up
And realising, with shock, that we really are very small;
You would say, yes, we are but never overcompensate,
Be content with small places, the local, the short story
Rather than the saga; take pleasure in private jokes,
In expressions that cannot be translated,
In references that can be understood by only two or three,
But which speak with such eloquence for small places
And the fellowship of those whom you know so well
And whose sayings and moods are as familiar
As the weather; these mean everything,
They mean the world, they mean the world."
*I insert Westport:)
"Dear one, how many years is it - I forget-
Since that luminous evening when you joined us
In the celebration of whatever it was that we were celebrating - I
forget-
It is a mark of a successful celebration
That one should have little recollection of the cause;
As long as the happiness itself remains a memory.
Our tiny planet, viewed from afar, is a place of swirling clouds
And dimmish blue; Scotland*, though lodged large in all our hearts
Is invisible at that distance, not much perhaps,
But to us it is our all, our place, the opposite of nowhere;
Nowhere can be seen by looking up
And realising, with shock, that we really are very small;
You would say, yes, we are but never overcompensate,
Be content with small places, the local, the short story
Rather than the saga; take pleasure in private jokes,
In expressions that cannot be translated,
In references that can be understood by only two or three,
But which speak with such eloquence for small places
And the fellowship of those whom you know so well
And whose sayings and moods are as familiar
As the weather; these mean everything,
They mean the world, they mean the world."
*I insert Westport:)
Saturday, April 28, 2007
GO HUSKIES!
Zach & Jack got to spend the day at Husky Stadium with Mike & Kevin Goodrich. The morning was spent in a clinic with the football team where the boys got to do drills and have their pictures taken with the Dawgs. In the afternoon they watched the spring game. The part they liked the best, though, was demolishing peanuts in the shell and having "sword" fights with water bottles! Boys will be boys!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Pretty in Pink!
Welcome Emily Ann Rose Mallonee! This precious girl belongs to Carrie's bestest friend since early grade school, Kim (Goodrich) Mallonee. She is one lucky little lady!
Monday, April 9, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Sisters
My momma and my auntie Pam
In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend. ~Catherine Killigrew
The Beautiful Northwest
Hiking to Marymere Falls,
near Lake Crescent
This is not a backdrop - it is the Olympic Mountains from Hurricane Ridge!
After driving on a very neglected gravel road (did we miss a turn?) and hiking almost a mile, we reached the view that made the effort worth it - Cape Flattery. This is the northwestern most point in the lower United States and it is absolutely beautiful. Mike & Zach are standing on a lookout featuring seastacks; the land in the picture below is Tatoosh Island. We have come to the end of our trip, it is getting late in the day and time to head home on road Carrie named "the road that wouldn't end". We'll have to save exploring the west side of the Olympics for another time!
near Lake Crescent
This is not a backdrop - it is the Olympic Mountains from Hurricane Ridge!
After driving on a very neglected gravel road (did we miss a turn?) and hiking almost a mile, we reached the view that made the effort worth it - Cape Flattery. This is the northwestern most point in the lower United States and it is absolutely beautiful. Mike & Zach are standing on a lookout featuring seastacks; the land in the picture below is Tatoosh Island. We have come to the end of our trip, it is getting late in the day and time to head home on road Carrie named "the road that wouldn't end". We'll have to save exploring the west side of the Olympics for another time!
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