First frost

There's frost on the rooftops for the first time this fall and this is what it looks like from the long lense of my camera.

Skinny House

I picked up a friend and we took a drive down the canal yesterday. As we drove along, over and under the beautiful fall leaves, we passed this darling house not far from Twanoh State Park. It was built on a very narrow lot with nowhere to go but up. so that is what they did. It was tall and skinny, with enough land to build a nice area in front for lots of summer living. My mother would have loved it because she was very into small is beautiful :o)
Our destination was lunch in Lilliwaup, but we ended up eating at the new skykomish indian casino, after first watching the many indians gil netting along the shore near Hoodsport. All I can say is...I feel sorry for the workers inside the casino....the smoke is awful.....thank God they have a separate area for diners. ...gasp, cough, choke !!!!!!!!

Harbor Winds

Last night my son took this pix with his cell phone of  the first official indoor concert of our new community band..... Harbor Winds. We had a great audience and, I think, a great performance.....and the best part....was having my 4 year old grandson join me on stage at intermission :o) I was seated next to the stairs and he climbed right up to say hello ....who'd a thunk I'd be doing this at my age and be sharing it with such a great bunch of people. If I died tomorrow...................

Trains trains

The three little ones were here the other day so we drug out Len's train set. As you can see, Jacob, who loves trains, was mesmerized as he watched it go round the track. I set Bergen loose with my camera and told her to get some pix....she was most happy to oblige and this was one of her shots. I found a bunch of old 35mm cams in the cupboard the other day while cleaning, and thought, wow...I'd never have let her take pictues to her hearts content with film cameras.  I think this digital age is great !!

Harbor Winds

Just a little reminder that our concert is Friday...this week...yes...in two more days. Our name is Harbor Winds because we are just winds...no strings......and lots of percussion, drums, chimes, bells, you name it...but no strings....and we can put out quite a sound. We are a new community band and have quite a few very talented local musicians who love makin music more than anything else. I hope to see you there :o)

Sunny day

Blue skies means a walk to the dock. We took along some old bread to feed the seagulls and  Jacob was nice enough to share with another little girl so the two of them had a grand time watching all the commotion as the gulls fought for the scraps. We decided that gulls have no manners and that we would love to be able to glide in the wind the way they do.
Oh...and notice the leaves across the bay as they are slowly turning from green to gold.

Red and blue and rusty

This boat was in this position when I pulled into the shipyard to pick up my son the other day. Luckily son was hauled out just before this one, because as the weight of this boat shifted from the water to the straps, there was a crunching sound, and the rusty bottom became a seive, leaking oily bilge water, which had to be meticulously cleaned from sea and land. There was no going back so they had to carry on. The boat belongs to an indian who just purchased the vessel, and he said he got a really good deal!!!! I'm sure he did, but now will be the proof of the pudding. Will the boat have enough solid structure under her thin skin  to be saved or will she have to go the way of a razor blade.