Ed's Photos, Jody's comments:

Bleu, the Lioness, absolutely LOVES to be outside. It took me half an hour to comb the dirt and bark out of her hair. This is one of the reasons why she is an indoor cat! But we just can't deny her the simple pleasure of being outside with us on a beautiful spring day.




Our beautiful boy.




Riley and I finally got around to planting our sunflower plants. Amazing how fast they grow. We hope to have lots of big, beautiful sunflower to feed the birds, and Pig the Hamster, of course!

Jody's:

Riley has been riding his bike so much lately.  After dinner I caught him riding around the back patio, while he was keeping his eye on Bleu (she's hiding behind the handlebars of the other bike).

A Beautiful Sunday

Today we had a picnic dinner of bagels with cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers & onions, and oranges and peaches and cookies ... all while at the beach enjoying this gorgeous view, watching the boats cruise through the channel.  What an awesome day!

Our sunflower seeds have sprouted!  They're growing SO fast!

"Mask"

What is it with this boy and masking tape?  Recently, every night when I come home from work I see his face covered in some sort of masking tape design.

Happy Easter!

I just realized that this is my 365th day of posts! A full year of pictures! Wow, it went by quickly. I didn't post a picture every day, and my posts dropped off significantly after I went back to work last June, but as I look back today on the year of pictures, I realize how much fun I had participating with this project (AND how much has changed in our lives in just a year's time!). I think I'll keep going with this blog. But I'm allowing myself to not feel pressure to post so many photos. I'll update when I can, when I feel I have photos worthy of sharing. Thanks to everyone who checks my blog regularly, and not so regularly.

Peace and Love, Jody

Jody's & Riley's:

A boy + a flame + wooden toothpicks = fun with fire!

Check out this great video Riley took of Pig in his roller ball:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEfrtEzl0c

Riley's:

Riley caught Bleu cuddling with the Easter Bunny!

Pig's new toy

We put Pig in his new little roller ball and let him roll.  He had a blast, running all over the house exploring.  Ran right up to the cats, too!  Bleu was afraid of him and kept her distance, but Rocket was pretty curious.

First spring mow ...

Welcome, Pig!

Riley got a new pet this last weekend, a darling Djungarian Hamster named Pig.  He is the cutest little thing!

Bleu's outing:

Finally ...

I had made one sock about 2 years ago, and finally just started the second sock about 3 days ago and finished it - I finally have a pair of socks!  And I finally knitted something for MySelf!  :o)

Riley's:

Saw a cool bird in the back yard.

Port Gamble

Today we went to the darling little town of Port Gamble, about an hour's drive from our house.  They have the coolest seashell museum & display here, just above the general store.  

Some amazing architecture!

Spring is here!

I love spring flowers, especially tulips!  I found these sweet pink ones at Whole Foods Market and had to bring some home.  Happy Spring!

Ed opened the sliding glass door to our back patio this morning, and both cats ran right up to the screen to watch the birds in the back yard.  This is a rare moment - for them to be this close without fighting with each other.

Jody's:

When I got home from work tonight, Ed and Riley had eaten a late lunch and weren't hungry, so my honey made this wonderful dinner of fresh tuna, rosemary sourdough bread, and a beautiful salad (not pictured) just for ME.  It was wonderful!  I feel so loved!

Crab feed!

Here's what's left from our crab feed tonight - nuttin' but shells.  Ed found some king crab at Costco for an awesome price, so we chowed on it for dinner tonight.  SOOOO good dipped in melted butter with fresh garlic!  Mmmmm...

Psychedelic Colors

Riley and I hadn't done this in years, so I figured it was about time.  We used to love putting a bit of milk in a pan, adding a bit of liquid dishwashing detergent, then dropping in food coloring and making beautiful designs.  I thought this first one looked like a dragon.

Snow in March?

Pretty unusual for us to have snow in March here in the Northwest.  We woke up to about 4 inches of it this morning!  It turned to rain around 10:00, though, and was gone by the end of the day.  This tree was so pretty, covered with snow, but I didn't get outside to get this picture until half of it was melted away.  But I loved how the snow is combined with the new growth of spring on this tree.

Jody's:

Rocket, gazing out the window, watching the rain.

Riley's:

Riley's favorite breakfast that he made for himself - fried eggs with BBQ dry rub sprinkled on top.

Fun with Q-Tips!

Jody's:

Some scenes from my walk with my honey this morning:

This looked like petrified tears that the tree shed after being cut.

Jody's:

Cool cubby

I dare ya!

I came downstairs this morning and found Bleu on the dining room table with a look in her eye that said, "I DARE ya to try to get me off this table!"

Braces: Stage Two

Riley got his full set of braces on today!  He chose orange and blue bands - it looks awesome!

One happy kitty!