A Mystery!

I had my camera, as usual, yesterday at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and discovered after loading my photos on the computer that some (not all, thank goodness) of my photos were tiled like this one. I still haven't figured out what button(s) I must have accidentally pushed! But the festival was alive with vibrant tulip colors and many, many people - the traffic was really backed up! The weather cooperated!

Marble, Tiffany & The House

Several weeks ago, I toured the stately Washington Legislative building that has marble from Alaska, Italy, Germany and France along with beautiful Tiffany lights. The House was in session. And it just happened that the cherry blossoms and daffodils were in full bloom.

Note the Scarf!

Susan Boyle's scarf for her "new look" is the same plaid as on the scarf that Dave bought when we were in Japan in April 2006 because we didn't bring enough warm clothes! Seeing that plaid pattern (which we do fairly often) always brings back memories of that snowy day in the Japan Alps and our "conversation" with the shop keeper. We spoke little Japanese, and she spoke little English.

FREE Audiobooks

Take a look at librivox.org where you can download oodles of free books/short stories - those that are now in the public domain.

Any Guesses?

Can you identify these? They're Golden Ray migrating stingrays going on their biannual trip between Florida and Yucatan, Mexico - thousands of them. They're also known as cow nose stingrays that measure 7 feet from wing-tip to wing-tip, and from a distance, they look like a golden mass of floating autumn leaves!

Suan Boyle - Mesmerizing!

Listen and you'll most likely get goose bumps! Click here! To learn more about Susan, read this.