I’ve been recovering from my running injury that I got this past June and I got out for two easy miles this morning in the lovely fog. It is feeling like Fall even though we are close to 80 degrees on some days. Updated my Now page as well. A ground web showing itself. The Japanese maple tree in our backyard is turning a bit. Across the field.
Change . . . .(and an updated Now Page)
This hawk left the oak tree in front of my house this morning. A photographic “accident,” but beautiful in its own way.
A few snaps of the past few days – When I texted my brother-in-law this photo, his response was, “Limitless potential.” That’s about perfect. This is the new entry way to our house. Instead of two cracked glass windows held together by essentially stucco walls and a floor full of spiders and what not, now there’s a new door, benches, a new window and drawers for hiding shoes. More room, lit up and insulated and just lovely. When you walk through the door, this is the view: hooks for jackets, a small set of cabinet drawers for gloves and caps, and a shoe-changing bench. I’ll have more complete photos showing the whole deal, before and after, which started last August. It includes a new…
I stopped by the cemetery in Vancouver, Washington where my grandparents are buried last week while on my drive home. Fortunately my sister had dropped a pin in Google Maps so it wasn’t too hard to find. I have not been here since my grandmother died in 1982. It was both strange and good to stop by. I was flooded with memories of her in my life – a solid presence for me. The summer of 1980, after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, she drove me as close to the mountain as we could get at the time. It was really a great day with her and I was amazed at the mud-line on the trees along the Toutle River. Plus she listened…