Westlake Center After our lunch and walk around Pike Place Market, we headed up Pike Street to the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room. It just opened earlier this month and I expected it to be crowded but no … Continue reading →
Pacific Place We have an annual tradition – to go downtown Seattle to enjoy the Christmas decorations, crowds and lights. We usually go earlier in the year but I wasn’t able to get away until this weekend. We started by … Continue reading →
This is the second year that we have viewed the Garden d’Lights at Bellevue Botanical Garden. Actually, the third although I almost do not count viewing them back before 2000. Back in those days they had postcards and no one … Continue reading →
I have enjoyed reading about the greenhouses run by local garden bloggers. I thought I would share a post on our greenhouses. We have two greenhouses. First some information about our over wintering hoop house. In 1997, my husband started … Continue reading →
I have a new walk to add to my list of urban and winter walks – Frink Park. I have known of it for a long time but it is in an area – Leschi – that we rarely go. … Continue reading →
Mt Baker over the Salish Sea We returned to the cottage after our hike. The day had cleared but there were a few interesting clouds so I knew it would be a great sunset. I walked out to the shoreline … Continue reading →
Cattle Point Sunday dawned sunny and a bit chilly. We could see some clouds in the distance and knew it would probably be off and on sun. We wanted to hike Mt. Finlayson in the American Camp section of the … Continue reading →
View from Lime Kilm Park We traveled to the San Juan Islands a couple of times when we first moved to the Pacific Northwest way back in the seventies. We had a memorable camping trip to Orcas and took our … Continue reading →
And quickly! Tuesday was sunny and breezy. The wind from the north foretold of the freeze coming but we were expecting 28, maybe 25 at most. But the cold dropped way down. We had bought propane and set up the … Continue reading →
It is the end of the garden season. I wanted to post my end-of-the-season blog post. I was reviewing last year’s post which I posted on the 17th. Waiting for the Frost 2013 We had gotten one or two mild … Continue reading →