2009 has been a rather prickly year. I am not sorry to say good-bye. I hope this next decade brings happiness and joy to us all!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Good-bye 2009!
2009 has been a rather prickly year. I am not sorry to say good-bye. I hope this next decade brings happiness and joy to us all!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Day 130: Happy Mother's Day!
I caught the last launch of the Walla Walla Balloon Stampede out a second story window. We used to go all the time, but it's been a while. Maybe I'll remember next year and get some close-ups!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Day 94 - 128: Perfection is my Enemy!
Thanks to both of you who asked where my sunrises had disappeared to. No real answer...just busy and distracted. Sorry. Instead of giving up now that I've blown my original plan, I am going to go back to my original resolution and will "not let perfectionism get in my way." Here's a song by Francesca Battistelli that helps me remember:
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Day 91: April Fool's Day
Amazingly, these clouds were just the beginning. It got darker as the day wore on and I couldn't believe it when my gmail background showed snow! None of it stuck, but it was COLD and there were flakes hitting the windshield as I picked the boys up from school. It did seem like some kind of cosmic April fool's prank!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Day 88: Low Snow
The sun finally rose above the clouds around 11:30! By noon it was already hidden behind it's cold gray blanket once again.
Day 87: Rainy Day Pastelitos
My husband followed the Argentine tradition of baking on rainy days (usually torta frita) and made us delicious pastelitos filled with dulce de membrillo! It's been a real deluge outside and a feast inside!
Day 85: ...Go!
The plan was to hold the camera steady enough that you could see the handlebars and the rush of the road around me... but that is easier said than done!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Day 77: My Amazing Son!
I did not get a photo this morning because my son was using my camera to create his stop-motion animation commercial for a school assignment. It is so awesome! Check it out:
This is the first time he ever did anything like this! I think he's got talent! He and his 11 year old brother can both fix the rubix, no matter how much we mess it up, in no time flat!
This is the first time he ever did anything like this! I think he's got talent! He and his 11 year old brother can both fix the rubix, no matter how much we mess it up, in no time flat!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Day 72: The Budding Begins!
Trees everywhere are bursting into springtime beauty! They've had to use the wind machines at night during this cold snap (low of 16 deg.) so that the orchards don't freeze. It's a beautiful time of year, but whoever said the country was quiet didn't have to sleep with the sound of a herd of helicopters out their windows!
Day 71: Morning Moonlight Munch
Do you see the miniature ponies? I wish I'd gotten a better shot of them.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Day 70: Waldorf Salad
In the fall I could make waldorf salad from the walnuts off the tree and apples from the orchard. (If you want the recipe let me know.); )
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Day 69: Full Moon
Okay, so this was actually last night, but I was way too rushed this morning to stop for a photo. I did snap a blurry picture of a squirrel, but this shot is so much better!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Day 68: Morning Song
I must admit that if it were not for the earlier wake up due to Daylight Savings Time I would probably not have heard this sweet song. So, I guess I shouldn't fuss so much. You can't tell from the video, but there is a new dusting of snow on the ground and record lows (low 20's) are predicted for tonight. And I thought spring was here already!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Day 67: 7:45am Daylight Savings Time
So, I'm bummed that sunrise is once again right when I am rushing to get everyone out the door in the morning! Plus, one hour less of sleep! : (
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Day 66: Flamin'
I am "flamin'"mad about Spring-ing ahead tomorrow! I hate having darker mornings. Although I do like the longer afternoons! Well, I stayed in out of the wind this morning. We've all got this horrid flu.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Day 64: Caught!
Poor guy, he just keeps slipping deeper into the muddy rocks. He and his friend worked on it all day yesterday, but not even the tractor can get enough traction. He heard that the ground is saturated 5 feet down. So our riverbed land, that is usually as solid as concrete, has turned into a trap. Meanwhile two storm fronts are colliding overhead bringing a cold winter wind, rain and later in the day even hail!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Day 61: Fast Fog
Feeling sick, I woke up with the sun already streaming in through the chinks in the blinds filling the curtains with patterns of light. My photo! I raced down the stairs and pulled aside the drapes. An enormous puffy cloud glowed white and gray right outside. Was that fog at the edge of our property? Where was my camera? I finally found the boys' and as I raced to add batteries the light in the house dimmed. It was like someone turned out the lights. I peeked out again and it was dark gray fog. I could still see yellow sunshine coming in the sunporch door. I raced out there as I turned on the camera. "Set time and date."
"NO"The sun was a glowing yellow disk in the disappearing sky.
"Cancel!"I snapped the above picture as the monster fog cloud gobbled us up. It was amazingly fast, and beautifully dramatic. I wish I could have captured it better!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Day 59: Fuzzy
On the right is a bud on the earliest blooming tree in the valley. I think its called a tulip tree? On the left is something I've never seen before...is it a yak?
Day 58: Bright & Clear
I love watching the Northward progression. Check out the same view on January 30th and January 9th. It's coming up about an hour earlier now. Just in time to Spring forward and make it an hour later again. : (
Day 57: All in one day!
The ice on green was taken (with flash) at dawn, but the rest of the day was too amazing to leave out.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Day 56: Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Makes a boy eager for sunrise!My little one fell asleep around 7 and woke on his own at 5:30. Not the norm in a house full of night owls. He kept saying, "The sun's gonna come up!"
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Day 53: Yesterday
Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday...
Everything seemed far away, because we drove up to Brewster, WA. Like yesterday, today was another gray dawn, with a nippy wind that has now brought rain. Instead of taking another gray morning shot, I decided to use the picture I took yesterday of the afternoon sun as we drove around the tiny orchard town by the lake. We were waiting for the church to open for the memorial service for Bernice Stout. She and my Grandmother were good pals back in Columbia Adventist Academy in the late 20's. Both women are truly inspiring; enjoying life into their 90's. My grandma has told us, "no more parties," until her 100th birthday in three years.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Day 51: ...easy ivy over!
One of the first jump rope songs I ever learned, from first grade, I think:Bluebells,
cockle shells,
easy ivy over!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Day 48: Rocky Road?
Where'd the water go? ^_^ (It's an irrigation ditch. I never know what it's schedule is. It runs most of the year.)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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