Promised "winter storm" arrived, sort of.

The whole Seattle area has been in a tizzy about the coming "winter storm."  In this part of the world, 3 inches of snow falling quietly in the night qualifies as a winter "storm," so the TV news puts on constant crawlers about after-school activities that have been cancelled and places being closed, and they kept breaking in on our TV shows to bring us "updates."  (Another reason to only watch Netflix.)  

 

Winter is here.

We actually got some snow, early in the morning. It stayed just long enough to take this photo. 

Fall in Washington

We are enjoying the beautiful fall colors in Leavenworth WA with our friends, Diane and Charles from CA. 

 

Summer is finito

I have to declare and decree that summer is officially over. Tomorrow is Labor Day (in America), and the temp when I got up at 9 a.m. was 48°F.  High today is to be 68°. 

We had two different weeks when the temp was in the high 80s, and 3 or 4 weeks of high 70s/low 80s. All interspersed with weeks of regular low 70s. The weather/climate here is really so good, it makes it hard to think of moving.  But we are determined to get to Europe next fall, to check out Croatia and Italy. 

This fall we are only going to Leavenworth with our good travel buddies, Diane & Charles Fitzgerald. 

They will come to visit us and the trees. 

 

  "Color Therapy" colorings. 

We got a "Sol-blanket" installed under the floor of our house, yesterday. It cost $3160. We will see if it makes the air from the furnace warmer. 

Bill came to visit

Our dear friend from Canada, Bill Jones, finally came again for a short stay, June 23 to July 3. We finally finalized the promissory note & mortgage to show that he has half interest in our house in Port Orchard. 

 With the papers, in front of the court house. 

Then we had some fun catching up.  

Then on to Victoria.

We took ferries from Orcas to Friday Harbor, then FH to Sidney, for the drive to Victoria, B.C. 

The condo we had there was not Presidential, but still nice. We were on the ground floor. 

Bill Jones came to visit with us, and he brought fresh oysters. 

We were there for only 2 nights, but we managed to visit Fisherman's Warf and take the Gorge Ferry Tour. 

Wonderful stay on Orcas Island.

Charles and Diane visited us, and we had a great time. We went to The Deer Harbor WorldMark on Orcas Island for 4 days. The condo was lovely, Presidential, right on the water at a cute marina. We had a large deck with a big hot tub all to ourselves. 

 

Drove around the island and up to the highest point. 

 Beautiful drive and vistas. 

Looking forward to a visit

Charles & Diane Fitzgerald are coming to visit at the end of this month. We will be going to stay in a WorldMark condo in Deer Harbor on Orcas Island for 4 days, then to Victoria, BC for a couple of days in the WorldMark condos there. Yaaay!  😍. I'm afraid the broom blooms will be gone by then. 

 This is broom in bloom in our yard. 

 This is a coloring I made in the Color Therapy app on my iPad. 

Wishing everyone a Very Happy 2016!

We stayed home and watched the fireworks on TV. Weather was clear and cold. 

Space Needle was glorious, the loveliest of all the city towers.