Elise passed away last night peacefully in her sleep. I will not be back to check this post, see my blog for more info about her final arrangements in the coming days.
Her Husband,
Cameron

Hello ( Read more... )

Hello to all of Elise's friends ( Read more... )

Trees/Plants I want in my future garden:

Dogwood
Lilac
Madrona

I went back to the tiger mountain area and identified some more plants on Friday. Cool!

Sword fern crown:

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This week was very challenging and provided many opportunities for learning and improving. It was incredibly humbling at times and yet I think I'm coming out of that with a greater sense of unconditional love for myself and others. I saw some of my worst traits cast in sharp relief against the negative consequences the enactment of those traits ( Read more... )

My family decided to spend part of our Friday the 13th making good use of the two field guides Cameron bought me for my birthday. We went to the nearest trail I could think of: Tiger Mountain, just off exit 20 from 1-5. We only had about an hour and wanted to stay much longer so I think we'll go back next Friday. Here's what plants we identified ( Read more... )

Tonight is the last night of the extended weekend I used two of my five vacation days for the year to take. I had a really great time ( Read more... )

I made some soup tonight and it came out amazing. There are a couple of things I wish I had added more of. Here's how I'm going to make it next time ( Read more... )

Posting in public scares me. I suppose it shouldn't. I saw something the other day, along these lines: "Everyone is a fool, whether they dance or not. So you might as well dance ( Read more... )