Mom died June 30, 2025
She will be missed.
Slideshow for her funeral
featuring 2 of her favorite songs & singers

Most recent trip:

Europe 2025

Most recent hikes:

Hikes Summer 2025

Us with our new puppy Raven

Raven

Visiting Jeff

Guys of the Vermillion family

Fireworks in Albuquerque

My birthday cake

The candles are out

Walking Rialto Beach to Hole in the Wall

I love watching and listening to waves

Looking to Hole in the Wall

Hole in the Wall is above my palm

I found a sea palm (seaweed) on the beach

Beware of vampires in Forks, WA

Vampire Roy

A hummingbird at our feeder

On the Olympic Discovery Trail

Looking across to Vancouver Island, Canada

Looking to Mt. Baker from a viewpoint
on the Olympic Discovery Trail

Looking across the Strait of Juan de Fuca
from the transfer station

I got our greenhouse built

Our Claret Cup cactus is flowering

1923 Milburn Electric Car in the
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

Michael & Argo watching a submarine at the Griffin Museum

Red azaleas at Osaka Gardens

The beach along Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan and Chicago.
We visited for a few days.

A dust storm blew through.
We had tornado & large hail warnings.

A display at Lincoln Park Conservatory

Bromeliads at the Garfield Conservatory

At an Underworld concert

A red wing blackbird at a migratory bird stop along the lake

In the botanic garden's Japanese garden

Waterfall at the botanic gardens

A quail on our fence

I now have 8 raised beds.
2 are not in the front yard.

Michael got this picture of the lunar eclipse

We went to a jazz concert at Peninsula College

This raised bed is ready to assemble.

Our first raised bed assembled. It is for raspberries.

This one will be for lettuce, peas and more.

These are the first 2 of 6 in the front yard.

Celebrating Mom's Birthday

She turned 90 this year

Hiking with Jordan and his new dog

Jack and Nancy were also with us

Hiking in the Sandia Mountains foothills

An Albuquerque sunset

Trump protesters at the PA courthouse

Enjoying the PA Symphony

Our house with our first snow here

Our Hellebores in the snow

Sequim Bay from the Olympic Discovery Trail
near 7 Cedars Casino

Sunday we saw a ballet gala in PA with several
international dancers and the symphony orchestra.
Saturday we saw comedian Paula Poundstone.

Mount Baker from Port Townsend

The People's' March in Port Townsend

At a Talking Heads

movie & dance

We went to a drag show in

Port Angeles at Studio Bob's

The far end of the bridge looking to the center

Wreaths on the bridge

Totem poles at the 7 Cedars Casino

A beautiful light display

Wintertide

Wintertide display

Fuchsias at Wintertide

Mushrooms at Wintertide

Our Christmas Tree

Applying de-icer to our plane before flying

Christmas Ornament on my brother's tree

An ornament in my brother's neighborhood

Decorating Nancy & Jack's Christmas Tree

Getting out some of Jack & Nancy's decorations

My brother's house decorated for Christmas

The Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque

The Vermillion Family at Thanksgiving

Extended family at Thanksgiving

The Port Angeles Symphony is excellent!

We went to see Mummenschanz here in PA

Mummenschanz was fun to watch

At Jeff & Ray's wedding

Me and cormorant statues at
Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles

The aurora borealis from Cline Spit in Sequim

To our eyes they looked mostly white with pale pink or green

Michael took this picture the same
night at Hurricane Ridge

At one point it was more of a ring and was constantly changing

I took this along the road heading home from Sequim

We got to see the Northern Lights from Ediz Hook in PA

Lunch in Victoria with Joelle and Michael's brother Tom

Part of Victoria's Fisherman's Wharf

Flowers and a totem pole in Victoria

We took a trip to Olympic National Park's Lake Crescent

Lunch with their sister Mary

Hannah and Davey after the vows

We went to a concert with friends at Olympic Cellars

The band and dance floor at Olympic Cellars

We went to a free Wednesday night
Concert on the Pier in PA

Went to lunch with Mary for her birthday

We went on an Electric Boat float on Lake Union with OutVentures

On the boat

Gas Works Park from Lake Union

On the electric boat

We picked up my cousin Debbie at the Port Angeles ferry dock

We took Debbie to Kubota Gardens.
Michael & Debbie on the bridge.

View during a nice walk in Discovery Park

We walked through Mukilteo's Big Gulch then got this view

As Homer says, "The End is Near!"

With my retirement cake

My retirement cake

Me Lazy?

I was roasting peppers, anaheim, poblano, and a
bell pepper at the Santa Fe School of Cooking

Michael's picture of the Discovery Park
lighthouse and the beach

With Mom on Mother's Day

Nancy & Jordan on Mother's Day

A prickly pear cactus I planted a piece of this winter

Ice plant

Flowers in the back yard

Flowers in the back yard