Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Jen's Job
These dolls, children of legendary monsters, were posed by Jen at work at Mattel. She also styled their hair and dressed them. Frankie (Frankenstein's daughter) is the one in the middle with a pale green complexion. They're all students at Monster High.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Interesting Guy
He writes poetry. likes The Simpsons, and will officiate at Kate and William's wedding in April. Read about him here.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Grant Wood from Iowa
This article is interesting reading about Grant Wood whose painting, American Gothic, is the second most recognizable artwork in the world. Mona Lisa is the first. I'm not sure, but I think the mural in the Marion, Iowa "old" post office on 8th Avenue may have been one of his. What do you suppose he would think of some of the many variations of his painting? The original and a variation below.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
10-10-10 Geocaching Around the World
Dave and I found a geocache (Sawyer Village) on 10-10-10 as did over 70,000 geocachers in the world -- a record day! Here's a video of some of those geocachers.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Under my Desk
It looks as though I find typing and surfing the Internet more comfortable sans shoes!
A Fairy Ring in our Lawn!
Magically :-) this fairy ring appeared in our front lawn today! And -- I don't think I'm going to dance in its middle!
Info about fairy rings excerpted from Wikipedia:
A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. The rings may grow over ten meters in diameter and become stable over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground. They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in grasslands or rangelands…
Fairy rings also occupy a prominent place in European folklore as the location of gateways into elfin kingdoms, or places where elves gather and dance…
Their names in European languages often allude to supernatural origins; they are known as ronds de sorciers ("sorcerers' rings") in France, and hexenringe ("witches' rings") in German. In German tradition, fairy rings were thought to mark the site of witches' dancing on Walpurgis Night, and Dutch superstition claimed that the circles show where the Devil set his milk churn. In Tyrol, folklore attributed fairy rings to the fiery tales of flying dragons; once a dragon had created such a circle, nothing but toadstools could grow there for seven years…
Scandinavian and Celtic traditions claimed that fairy rings are the result of elves or fairies dancing. Such ideas dated to at least the mediæval period; The Middle English term elferingewort ("elf-ring"), meaning "a ring of daisies caused by elves' dancing" dates to the 12th century. In his History of the Goths (1628), Olaus Magnus makes this connection, saying that fairy rings are burned into the ground by the dancing of elves…
Most often, someone who violates a fairy perimeter becomes invisible to mortals outside and may find it impossible to leave the circle. Often, the fairies force the mortal to dance to the point of exhaustion, death, or madness…
Saturday, October 9, 2010
My 73rd and Laura's 47th Birthdays
On Laura's and my birthday weekend, September 17-18, we (Laura, Bryan, Kara, Justin, Jen, Rod, Ivana, Dave and I) enjoyed a stay and birthday cake at a Long Beach WA cabin. Although the weather was at times blustery, it was a fun weekend and included a side-trip to Astoria, OR just over the border. That bridge over the Columbia River is huge! And one of the interesting things we saw in Astoria was the Astoria Column. Here's Rod and Ivana on the top as we looked up! By the way, together, Laura and I are 120 years old now!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
His 77th
A little video of Dave's birthday party at Jen's house on August 16. I'm not sure what the conversation is about, but we had a good time and enjoyed coconut milk ice cream and upside-down peach cake - yes, it had candles! You can even hear Noah panting if you listen carefully.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
California Trip
Besides seeing Shakespeare by the Sea in San Pedro, going to the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, trying to find geocaches in Long Beach, watching Jen work, feeling happy when Patrick's back was better, playing with their pets, eating oranges from their backyard tree, celebrating Dave's 77th birthday -- and ENJOYING the SUN!, we had lunch at the Good Stuff restaurant by the Hermosa Beach pier. What fun. The photo below is at Good Stuff - and the food (including sweet potato fries) was definitely "good stuff." However, Dave and I missed seeing Dustin since he's in Czechoslovakia visiting relatives until August 23. A great trip!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Iowa Trip
Dave and I spent June 24-29 in Iowa and attended Amy Blum's wedding, visited with a bunch of friends and relatives and found a few geocaches. Here we are at the reception in Cedar Falls Holiday Inn with Amy and Todd White.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Crayola is 100 Years Old
In its store, Crayola displays this crayon--the biggest in the world, which weighs 1,500 pounds, is 15 feet long, and was made with donated crayons from children around the country to celebrate the company's 100th birthday
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Crow News!
You'll be amazed when you read this article about some of the attributes of crows. Now's the time of year when their babies are leaving the nest, and these parents don't like to be harassed.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Our First Geocache Hide
Dave and I hid a geocache at Lake Francis Park this morning. Now we're waiting for someone to find it and log it on the web. Update: Someone found it this afternoon, at about 3:30, in pouring rain. They had umbrellas :-) and have found over 2000 geocaches, so I guess they knew what they were doing. Plus, many geocachers make a big effort to be FTF (First To Find) when a new cache is hidden and published.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Geocaching with Kara & Justin
Justin climbed a tree to retrieve one geocache, which is why we brought Kara and him with us today. Dave and I weren't about to climb that tree! The other two caches we found were ground level, thank goodness. It was a fun day and perfect sunny weather to be out wandering in the woods!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
In OUR Backyard - Well Almost
Watch these videos about the Summit Ridge Freeride Park about a 1/4 mile north of our house in the timber. Like WOW!!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Amazing!
Here's Ivana on the last hill in a half-marathon (13 miles) on Sunday. She's smiling! And doesn't look at all exhausted like the runner in front of her!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Arizona
Here is a slideshow of our February trip to Arizona - four days of warm and sunny and then three days of variety, that is cloudy, rainy and sunny. Click here to see our photos and then click on 'Slideshow." Enjoy!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mother Nature's Art
This photo of a snow roller was taken in Mt. Rainier National Park by Ted Evans and featured in the Seattle Times today.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Too Much Junk Mail?
Stop those unwanted catalogs from filling your mailbox by going to the Catalogchoice.org website. It's a free service and has worked for me!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The BIGGEST
Yesterday, Dave and I toured the biggest building (by volume) in the world - the Boeing commercial plane plant in Everett, WA. It's hangar doors shown in this photo are football-field size and are decorated with the world's largest digitized graphic images! Driving by the building is, needless to say, awesome.
This is where they build 747s, 767s 777s and assemble the new 787 plane. During our tour inside, the guide filled our heads with facts like a 747 requires 90 gallons of paint and that paint weighs 595 pounds and also in production, men and women get the same pay, $35/hour. (And a lot of those facts "didn't stick"! It was overwhelming!)
Saturday, January 2, 2010
01022010
Today is a palindromic date! And in case you're interested, here's all the dates for this century.
PALINDROMIC DATES in the 21st century:
10/02/2001
01/02/2010
11/02/2011
02/02/2020
12/02/2021
03/02/2030
04/02/2040
05/02/2050
06/02/2060
07/02/2070
08/02/2080
09/02/2090
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