Running of the bulls

Now don't ya think the fellow with the flag would have been much wiser if he'd run onto the field with an american flag? If he loves Mexico so much, why doesn't he just go there.

A Citi Field security guard tries to tackle a young man carrying a Mexican flag who ran onto the field in the seventh inning of the New York Mets vs the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Friday, July 30, 2010. …

Here's a fun video of the harbor.

Deck's done

The deck is done !!! I scrubbed the deck.. put on a coat of Spantex...took off the chicken wire that was on the view-side railing... put on new lattice and cleaned the old. ...redid the cable ties....brought one of the plants off the front porch and now it's time to put my feet up and have a cool glass of wine.

Blind Slough

Who said you can't go swimmin in Alaska. Bergen and Ingy are certainly giving it a try in the brrrrrrr, cold water !!

Poppy

Last year I spent time marveling at the hollyhock I had planted, this year I am enjoying the poppies. I scattered a bunch of seeds in the large planter on the porch that houses the hummingbird feeder. No sooner were they scattered, they were forgotten. I asked my sis, the expert, if she knew what they were once they were out of the ground and she didn't know.

Let me tell you, I now know why they are called poppies. In the evening they were buds, come morning they had literally "popped" open and were magnificent pink blossoms with layers of tissue paper thin petals.

Hmm...let's see...what can I plant next year.

Enge Fireplace

All that is left of Bergen and Ingy's great great great grandma Enge's home in the Alaska woods is her fireplace and what an incredible fireplace it is. Built of stone, it reaches high above their heads as they stand with mama in the Alaska rainforest.

Beatniks at Skansie Park

Good thing I live close enough to walk because the park was packed and every parking spot along the way was spoken for.

Some folks were smart, they came by boat.

It was a perfect evening weatherwise..not too hot, not too cold...no wind, just the rush of great sound coming from the Beatniks.

Of all the venues, this band is everyone's favorite and what makes it even more special, one of the band members was born and raised just up the street.

Crochet

I don't think there is anything more exciting than when you learn something new. Bergen stayed over night with me and we were discussing her "blanket", the one her mom crocheted for her and which hasn't spent one night away from her since birth. I told her I can knit, but can only crochet a chain, so of course that led to chain building and here she is wearing the first one she made and holding the second one she made for her little sis. How nice is that :o)