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We planted our seeds for the Great Sunflower Project today - hopefully the deer won't eat our experiment! :)

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A few scenes from my exercise walk with Ed this morning. The first shot is of my favorite part of the trail - so serene and beautiful.



An allergy sufferer's nightmare - scotch broom!

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In our front yard, chewing on the magnolia tree.

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Today I was honored to be a model for an artist workshop given by a wonderful local artist, Ned Mueller (www.nedmueller.com). A blessing to be surrounded by so much talent!

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Riley and I took a walk across the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge today. We made it about a third of the way across before deciding to turn back. The speeding traffic on one side and the huge drop to the water on the other side was a bit much for both of us!

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A strange phenomenon: There was a strange rush of odd colored water slowly making its way from Tacoma up through the channel. I went down to the beach to investigate and it was a very strong current, the water was running like a river agains the "normal" water. My guess is that it was run off from melting snow in the mountains, rushing from the rivers into Puget Sound. I may never know what it actually was ...

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Hanging basket from my sister

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From my honey for Mother's Day

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I had such a busy day today that I didn't get a chance to take any photos, so I'm using a photo I took last night when we were in downtown Seattle. There's an awesome sculpture park along the waterfront and this was one of the sculptures I liked - a revolving ampersand symbol - next to a beautiful cherry tree

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Riley and his cousin, Chelsea on Seattle's waterfront



My family celebrating my mom's 80th birthday at her favorite restaurant on Seattle's waterfront. Mom is third from the left. Happy 80th Birthday, Mom!!



Seattle is such a beautiful city

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Looks like Rocket and Bleu have made peace with each other



Notice how they're sleeping in the same position



Dad's BBQ chicken

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Riley discovered a small ant hill at our homeschool group meeting place

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My boys - Riley playing WOW and Ed playing Call of Duty 4

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A sign on our street - can't quite figure out what the animal on the left is supposed to be ... a very small deer, perhaps?

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To help relax me during my detox bath

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Riley and I scrubbed the pollen off the decks today. And no, we didn't plan on wearing the same t-shirt today!



We took a walk to the beach tonight after dinner.

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Looks like Rocket is friends with Bleu again!



Or is he...(To be continued in pt 4, we just need a break to post other things...)

Riley's: The story of the plotting cat, pt 2.

All is peaceful for Bleu...



But Rocket has come to disturb her sleep!



"I know what you've been doing, Rocket!"



"Oh, crud..."



Rocket retreats to his secret lair to revise his plan...

Riley's: The story of the plotting cat, pt 1

I struggle to push all the pillows up the stairs for some reason...



Bleu decides to help me! whew...



Me and Bleu celebrate our victory over the pillows!



Rocket doesn't like that he is not being petted, even though he did nothing to help...



Rocket is now plotting his evil revenge... To be continued tomorrow!