Foggy morning on Penn Cove

Well this is normal for around here at this time of year. Foggy and dreary skies but in the midst of grey there can be a thing of beauty. A great Blue Heron sitting on a snag from floods of the Skagit River that empties into the Cove here. I love my Island!
Enjoy the weekend!

A cats life....simplicity!

Cats don't care how much money you spend on them at all. They are satisfied with the bag you brought it home in. Just empty the bag, throw it on the floor and you will be entertained for hours!
Punkin, on the other hand, will have nothing to do with such silliness! She has never played like a kitten, she just sits on your lap or sleeps on your bed. She rules the food dish though.
Elliott and Cinderella are the characters in this house.

The luncheon went well. 111 gals showed yup. I got there at 10:30 to set up and there was a line already! It was supposed to start at 11:30. Gals from all over the State attended. Our speaker has 50 years sobriety, and is 88 years old.
I can rest now for another 10 months. Ahhhhh.

I will be going to Olympia again on Tuesday and returning Wednesday night.

Y'all have a marvelous week!

Skywatch Friday

This is common here. The sunny days have a hint of Fall dropping in on us. The trees are on the cliff by Ebey's Landing by Puget Sound. The water is frigid and the sun hits it and therefore the fog.
I will be BUSY this weekend. The yearly Island A.A. Women's Luncheon is Saturday and I have 120 gals signed up to come. I need to be there early and ensure everyone has paid and has a name tag. It will be fun with all them hungry alkie gals. Whew!
Y'all have a great weekend!

Skywatch Friday

I couldn't get the sky because it was foggy so I got the spiderweb in my roses instead. A sign of Fall approaching.

The fight over the box!

I got a new shipment today and left the box on the floor for Elliott to play in. That is his favorite toy. But.....Look who found it first!

HEY!!! That is MY box!!

Finders Keepers!!!

Hehehehehehehe MINE!!

That's not FAIR!!

Who cares?! Ha! It's MINE now!!

Meanwhile, Punkin was napping in bed and ignoring these two fools!

Such is life on Whidbey today.

Enjoy the holiday!!

Skywatch Friday

Another beautiful sunset from the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately it is off my back deck and doesn't have a very exciting background, but the colors of the sky are there.

Have a great Holiday weekend!!

WhoooHoooo!!

My kitties

Cinderella (I call her Missy or Princess), don't know what will stick, spends most her time on the post my brother made. She loves to watch the world from her perch.
And Elliott makes sure she doesn't go anywhere else! He growls and hisses at her whenever she gets near me.
It sure doesn't seem to phase her one bit! She rolls around on the floor teasing Elliott. Punkin just sits on the chair in the background letting them make fools of themselves.
Elliott makes sure he is right next to me or on my keyboard!! It makes me feel kinda good having a man fight over me again!
Such is life on Whidbey today.

Skywatch Friday

Ooops I almost forgot, it is Skywatch Friday!

This is Ebey's Landing at sunset with a Salmon Fisherman.

I love this Island life. This is a mile and a half from my house.

"Cinderella" is home!

I picked her up around 4:00pm and got her in the car in her carrier then proceeded to drive for 3 and a half hours with her high pitched meows all the way home!
When I brought her in I put the carrier on the floor and Elliott & Punkin come up and sniffed. Punkin turned and left, but Elliott made a fool of himself! He cried and screamed like a little girl!

Cindy found a spot on the perch and Punkin was under the chair, and Elliott was behind Punkin under the chair. The weenie!

Mary Lou came over and I handed her Cindy, and she climbed up around her neck and stayed there!

I stayed home from work today (I am really sick) really! And Cindy stayed right by my side! She was either on my bed next to me or on my chest smothering me! Her purr is deep and she feels right at home. It will take a few weeks for the other two to accept her, but she already knows this is her home and she is not leaving, so there!
Elliott stayed most of the night sitting on top of the covered cat litter box to be sure she didn't go in there and make a mess! I had to make her a small one just for her. I also had to give her food by herself as Elliott does not want her near the food either! That will change!!

KIDS!!! HMMPPFF!!

She is adorable and quite the lover!!

And VOCAL!! whew!

Happy Birthday Donna!

My sister's daughter Donna turned 41 years old today!
I can't believe how time flies. I was 18 years old when she was born, and at my peak of youth, beauty and wild times. I went to the dances at the Enlisted Men's Club on the base three times a week. I took Donna to the cafeteria where my sister worked and everyone thought she was mine! I was (still am) blonde, and so was Donna. Mary Lou has Auburn hair.
It seems a lifetime ago. I got her a birthday card that says the earth stopped 41 years ago and she got on. That about explains Donna. She is unique in every way! I am very proud of her and hope she knows it. I love her like she is my own daughter. She gets raw wool and makes her own yarn then knits things. I crochet small things with store bought yarn. She is a very self sufficient gal and I have no worries about her survival! None whatsoever!
Happy Birthday Donna!!

I saw a huge lightning strike today about 2pm over the mountains. It was bright orange and poerful! I never heard the thunder so I figured it was a long ways away. About 20 minutes later I noticed a heavy plume of white smoke in the mountains where the strike hit. I called 911 and they transfered me to the Jeffereson County office and I told them what I saw and they said about 4 other people saw the same thing and it is a forest fire in the Olympic National Forest caused by the lightning strike I saw.
WOW!!

Stay safe everyone!

Happy Birthday Sherry!

51 years ago God smiled down at the earth and presented us with a baby girl they named Sherry. My brother met her and married her in 1976. She is the best thing that has happened to the Brett family. She is my best friend and a wonderful wife for my brother. They had one child (Galen) who got married July 4th this year. My brother is not doing too good today but knowing he has a wife by his side that loves him unconditionally is quite a blessing.

This is Sherry blowing out her candles on the melted cake. My sister bought the cake and put it in the car and stopped at another store and came home. Just in that short time the heat of the day melted the cake!! HAHAHAHA

My sister took this picture of my brother. They left right after. He was tired. They went to the Island County Fair and he was worn out. He is starting to hurt in different places now and that worries me.
Alot!

We take it one day at a time here. Pray for mercy and comfort for him please. Thanks.

I'm Home!

Can you believe these were taken within three minutes of each other in the same back yard?

I took the first one then walked over to the edge of my yard looking towards the mountains and took the other one. Too bad I have those nets from the field in them!

This is for skywatch Friday.

It was a hot one today and going to be even hotter tomorrow and Saturday! GOOD!! Maybe my tomatoes will ripen now!

I need to unpack and get ready for bed!

G'nite.

Off to Tacoma!

That is Mount Rainier in the distance. Tacoma is just north of it.

I'm off to Tacoma for a few days on a class for work.

Be back late on Thursday.

Y'all have fun!

Meet Cinderella!!

Well dang! My boss went to Olympia and picked up her new Ragdoll kitten. The woman raising the kittens showed Martha her two other "rescue" cats. a 9 year old and a One 1/2 year old Ragdoll female. Her name is Cinderella. She was born Feb 7, 2007. I called the lady and she said she is mine. I pick her up on the 19th. I am going to a meeting down there and will pick up Cinerella then. Ooooo I can't wait!! Elliott gets a new girlfriend. UH-OH!! Punkin will be royally pissed!!

Isn't she a real sweetie? How long will it be before MaryLou gets her kitten?

I felt it!

I felt an earthquake at 10:03 tonight and called my sister but she didn't feel it.
I called my neighbor but she didn't feel it, but another neighbor did! It was very mild, but I was sitting here and felt a rumble, then a bang. My stomach did a little flip, my knees went weak and my tongue went numb. (probably from fear).
Stay tuned....................................................

P.S. I just hung up on my sister. She was laughing at me about my tongue being numb. I couldn't say a word she was laughing so hard!! click.....bitch.

They just put a news announcement that there was a quake 3 miles north of Port Townsend. (that's right here).
Stay tuned...................................................

Okay, it was 3.0 on the richter scale 5 miles from Coupeville near Port Townsend.
I'm going to bed now. I better bungee cord myself in the bed.

G'nite!

Whew....pant...pant

My gosh, time is flying by!! It is July 29th!! What happened to June?
My computer at home is getting ready to bite the dust, so I am dropping a quick line from work before I head home!
Thanks for the award Brenda!! In a few days I will catch up with my blogging.
Everyone have a great week!!
We are having October weather right now. The wind is blustery, sprinkling rain and 58 degrees!!

Race week

Living on the Island in the Summer is a busy place. Beginning July 3rd in Freeland they have an old fashioned waterfront fireworks display along with old time music and carnival atmosphere. Then July 4th in Oak Harbor about 25 miles North is another old fashioned affair starting out with a big parade, a day of fun and finishing with the fireworks display. This weekend begins Race week. People come from around the world to participate in the race. We usually have good winds for it and mostly sun. Sometimes we have bad weather but that is rare. There have been a time or two that we have had no wind and that makes it bad for sailing. This week is great!
In August we have the Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival. That is two days of people from around the world selling their art. It started out as handmade things from local residents. I used to have a booth in it with my stained glass items. I quit making them as I have no room in my house for all the equipment. We used to have a local tribe of Indians with a salmon barbecue. I haven't seen that in awhile.
The third week of August is the Island County Fair in Langley. It is a four day event. So there is alot of things to do here on the Island.
Enjoy your weekend!!

Benefit for my brother

My brother used to play music in various bands in the area here. His heart is in music. When his old band heard about Mike having cancer, they got together and had a benefit dance for Mike last Saturday. Luckily Mike felt much better and was able to attend his son's wedding on Friday then the benefit on Saturday. He went on stage and played with the band for awhile. Sherry said when he sang "Knocking on Heaven's Door", it got to her and she cried. I had gone home before all that went on. It was too loud for me.
Sherry and my friend Debbie enjoying the music.

The band.

My next door neighbor Florence enjoying watching the long haired "rock star" jumping around on stage. She has alot of fun with me. We go out and act crazy wherever we go.

Y'all have a great weekend!! I sure will!!

Meet Galen & Sumre Brett

Today we went to Monroe to attend the wedding of my brother's son Galen to Sumre.
Galen is the one dressed in his best t-shirt and cammy shorts....Mike my brother is the one sitting in the chair giving wise words to Galen.
This is Sumre, dressed in her black dress sipping (well ok, guzzling) her beer before the wedding.

Mike and his lovely wife Sherry (she is the only sane one in our family).

Meet Brent, the minister that performed the wedding. He dressed in his tuxedo t-shirt that he found under some snow boarding gear in his garage and smells like gas.

Galen is getting ready to put the ring on Sumre's finger.

Sumre is placing her ring on Galen's ankle. (ball & chain).

Hehehehehe..............the key broke when they were trying to get this off his ankle. They were actually trying to cut the thing off with bolt cutters when we left.

Mary Lou and Bob, and her son Tim and her daughter Donna.

Sumre's mom (who cried throughout) Galen, Mike, Sherry and Sumre.
The wedding was great! Have you ever seen Rocky Horror Picture Show? Well they threw water balloons at the couple after they said their vows. I wish I would have known they were doing that, I would have brought a loaf of toast to throw at the bride!!

They had marvelous vegan food at the ceremony as they are vegans. When we left the wedding we couldn't get to the Farmhouse Restaurant fast enough!!

I had a great time!! I think everyone did.

YEEOWZA!!

Yeeowza, we just had a HUMONGOUS thunder and lightening storm blow through!!
I got home about 8:00pm and heard distant thunder then saw the dark sky. I then unloaded my car and ran in the house and pulled up all my blinds so I can have a great view of the storm, and boy, did I!!
I was bouncing from the living room to the bedroom watching the strikes hit all around me! It was right over my head and LOUD!! I heard one crack and boom and lightening at the same time then I heard an echo like sound. Whew! That was a good one! I can hear it in the distance now, so I can finish this and take my bath.

Remember, we NEVER ever get storms like this here!! It seems to pass around the Island alot, but this time it was right overhead!!
I don't think I need to go watch the fireworks Friday, I had my own private display here!!
You all have a SAFE fourth!!

I'm going to Monroe for my nephew's wedding on Friday. Galen is my brother's only child. He is 30. Mike really wants to see his grandkids. Maybe the chemo will work and prolong his life. We sure pray for that.
Pictures later. (of the wedding)