Field of Pumpkins

We passed the most beautiful field filled with pumpkins yesterday while on our trip to Bainbridge Island. Give them another month and they will be perfect for Halloween.

I had to stand on my toes to take the picture because the tall rows of grape vines, heavy with ripening fruit, were doing their best to block my view.

Maybe another trip back to the island is in order.

Old Friend

I am looking forward to seeing a friend I haven't seen since we both graduated from Peninsula High School, 51 years ago. We went through 11 years of school together, but once he headed off to Fairbanks, Alaska for college, that was it. Alaska now owns his heart !!
He is "outside" attending a kyak symposium in Port Townsend and I will drive up to Bainbridge and pick him up at a cousin's place. This is gonna be a fun day :o)

Sisters Three

We three sisters said our goodbyes yesterday and tomorrow sis will hop on a plane and be off to Azerbaijan by way of Philadelphia and New York. Her Peace Corps committment is for 27 months, but her daughter is planning a wedding for July of next year which gives her an excuse to come home for a while.
I have her blog listed so if you are curious about life in a very different country, she will do her best to keep us informed.

Umbrella Girl

Ingy was practicing the art of umbrella while at my house yesterday. Occasionally I go into serious granddaughter withdrawals and have to have her come visit. She's 2 1/2 and bubbling over with mischief, but such fun to be with and.....I'm always guaranteed a good nights sleep at the end of the day :o)

Football Fans

Is it possible for a 3 1/2 month old to enjoy the sport of football on wide screen TV???? It sure looks that way.

Class of 58

The annual mega reunion of the 1950's classes was again, a whole lot of fun. My class and the class of 56 won with the highest attendance. It's held each year at the Gig Harbor Eagles on the second Saturday of September at 7:00 pm.

We toasted to life and that so many in our class are still among the living. Sad to say, the class of 56 easily won for having lost the most.

Genius

While on our Friday Harbor sojourn, I was tickled to see the Genius tied up at the marina. As I have mentioned before, it used to belong to my husband's family. They sold it to the Skansie family and Gerald Crosby, the husband of Bernice Skansie, fished with it for many years. Eventually it was bought by a young family who lived in Friday Harbor, with the intent of turning it into a B and B. That never happened and it was again sold. Whoever owns it now has let it pretty much deteriorate and I would definately question it's seaworthiness!!

Morning Coffee

My friend and I took a drive and a ferry boat ride to Friday Harbor this week. He had never been and I hadn't been back for 26 years. Not since my youngest was 4 years old and the older boys were fishing with their dad at the "salmon banks".

To my surprise, when I opened the drapes early in the morning to see the view, there, below us were my son's boat. I knew they were fishing on the banks two days before, but hadn't heard that they got two days, plus they were getting two more after a day off. Of course that meant they would just run into Friday Harbor to wait.

We made the long walk out to the boats and joined the fellas for a nice hot cup of morning coffee.

Starting Kindergarten

Big sis gives little sis a hug as she heads off for her very first day of kindergarten. When I was a kid, there was only private kindergarten and I didn't go. When my kids were young it was half a day and now it's full day and more like first grade. It is now more important than ever to be ready.

Daddy's Home

Jacob's daddy is home at last after two months in Alaska. When he left Jacob was so very tiny, but not any longer. He is a completely different baby and a whole lot more fun to be around as the two get acquainted once again.