We are so special up in this corner!

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Washington .

If you've worn shorts, sandals and a parka at the same time, you live in Washington .

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Washington .

If you measure distance in hours, you live in Washington .

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Washington .

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' and back again in the same day, you live in Washington .

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Washington .

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over 2 layers of clothes or under a raincoat, you live in Washington .

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in Washington .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Washington .


If you feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash, you live in Washington .


If you know more than 10 ways to order coffee, you live in Washington .

If you know more people who own boats than air conditioners, you live in Washington .

If you stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal, you live in Washington .

If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Washington ..

If you can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Tullys, you live in Washington.

If you know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, you live in Washington .

If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup , Abiqua, Issaquah, Snoqualmie, Wenatchee, Spokane, Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Washington .

If you consider swimming an indoor sport, you live in Washington .

If you can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food, you live in Washington .

If you never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho, you live in Washington .

If you have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain, you live in Washington .

If you think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists, you live in Washington .

If you buy new sunglasses every year because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time, you live in Washington .


If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your Washington friends, you live or have lived in Washington .

More Marine Life

 A Great Blue Heron resting on the log boom seems to watch over the baby seals who occupy this spot all summer.  When this bird suddenly took flight, we were once again impressed by the immense span of its wings.


The Wonderland returning from a very successful salmon fishing season in SE Alaska.  That's my son on the roof, waving as they passed our house.

Bliss

Waiting for mother to return, baby harbor seal dreams of good things to come.  The mothers come and go and it's amusing to watch them hoist themselves up out of the water.  The babies now play in the water, too, and return our curious stares with their own wide eyes.

Some sketches from this summer's sailing

Ribbons of fog on Puget Sound

Peeking out from Shallow Bay on Sucia Island

Ganges on Saltspring Island

Off to a new home!

Harvest Moon, Hurricane Ridge. September 11, 2011

I am very pleased and honored that this painting was purchased in the spirit of a tribute to a longstanding, loving relationship that even sudden death could not destroy.