SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010

 Nancy and I went hiking on the Towpath neat Big Bend. Came across this critter along the way.

 The railroad tracks, and

a bridge along the way.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010

 Today was the Malabar Weaver's Guild Spin-in, where members of neighboring guilds gathered to spin, shop and visit. Cris brought her hand spindles, and tried to guide me!!

 First, though, we stopped at Mt Jeez, the highest point in the area, to see the view. It is part of the Farm park, and you can see most of the farm buildings from there.

In the other direction, Pleasant Hill Resevoir glints in the sunlight beyond the fields dotted with cows.

The spinners either sat in the barn,

 or out in front of it.

In the gap between the barn and another building, you can see Mt Jeez.

  One of the terraces near the house.

 A very old sandstone wall, covered with moss and lichen.

 The front door of the big house at Malabar Farm, built by author Louis Bromfield. Lauren Bacaul and Humphrey Bogart were married here. 

 Afterwards, we went on to Columbus to visit with Chloe. We wandered in a fun shopping district, the Short North, where we saw these very cool graffiti walls. Really good dinner at the Surly Girl Saloon.

 Chloe in her dorm room.

Cris & Chloe at her dorm building.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010

 Cris spent the afternoon, sitting in the sun and playing with John.

 John sampling some of Mom's plants in the garden.

Mom and John

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Got in pretty late last night, so spent a quiet day. Went out to lunch with Mom and Dad and Kathy, but forgot to take any photos!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Mount Baker looms over the Snoqualmie River Valley, right foreground, on my flight out to Ohio.

First, though, I had to wait in the ferry line - who would have thought there would be a line late on a weekday morning??

In the waiting area of SeaTac airport, the windowed viewing wall is one of my favorite things. The wall of glass is curved, and held in place by all the stainless steel cables.

On board, we're flying with the Eagle!

Lift-off - looking west over Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains.

 Over the Cascade Mountains, this is the general area where we go to pick the black huckleberries. I think.

We saw many forest fires, probably in the Idaho/Wyoming areas. There must have been lightening storms. The forest looks pretty sparse, and there weren't any houses or signs of habitation, so they were just left to burn themselves out.

Heading down to the Denver Airport.

Denver's parking structure at sunset.

Busy day - I'm off tomorrow for Ohio, so there won't be anything to see here for a few days. See you later!

Pallo at work, or play, depending on how you look at it. He does tend to spend quite a bit of time with each of his, um, victims.