Sunshine. It’s been a while, but the weather forecasters say the rains will return this weekend. And once the rains start, it’ll be non-stop until May or June. Might as well enjoy the sunshine while it’s here –
Maybe they’re all wrong and we can escape on the motorcycle again this weekend?
“The flash thing is really annoying, so give it a rest….”
“Or I’ll have Stevie Williams smush your camera.”
Signed,
El Grande Naranja
Got up and went for a walk this AM. It was cold, like in the 20’s cold. Milton was warming up in the sun while the windscreen was frosted over –
Went down to the river to see if the water was still flowing. One word answer; Yup –
Everyone was working their hardest, including the plant-life
The birds were making the worms run for cover –
The deer were keeping to themselves, enjoying breakfast –
Seriously, Eastern Washington is a half a galaxy away from the metropolis of Seattle. It’s nice that it’s so close. Yet, so far. We’ll be back soon.
North Cascades Highway is going to close for the winter soon, so we took advantage of the weather, and the motorcycle and rode out here. It’s nowhere. It’s good. They have wood sidewalks, a cowboy hat store and a guy in Three Finger Jack’s Saloon wearing a shirt that said “If God wanted us to be vegetarians, he would have made broccoli more fun to shoot at”. What’s not to like about a town like this?
Low 40’s on the temp display when we were going over the pass, upper 70’s at the foot of the hill. Crystal clear out, perfect weather. Bonus; the moon is hiding on the other side of the planet and there are TEN GAZILLION STARS OUT!!!!!! I could see why someone would want to live like this. Right up until there’s 250 inches of snow on the ground…..
More pictures tomorrow.
Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett.
The GINORMOUS sunflower in the yard –
Soon to be ate
The little pumpkin patch around the corner with a total of 2 slow growing pumpkins –
Hurry up! Your on in 25 days…
The heart shaped sunflower hanging out with the 2 lonely pumpkins –
Not a cloud in the sky
All on my walk tonight.
Cool.
We’ve got the lights strung, all 3 inflatables up, and most of the ghoulish bits. A few more gravestones and a ghost or two and we’re gonna be set –
My neighbor across the street and his decorations!
Updates to follow, with the 31st being the ‘Grand Finale’.
Spotted on my walk around the hood –
Just rough enough to be cheap.
Just clean enough to make it a runner.
This town really isn’t old enough to have cool-old anything. Sure, it’s been here for a hundred years, but it really didn’t exist for the first 75. To see a cool driveway in this town is different enough. It ain’t the classic Southern Plantation, but it’s what we got –
Notice the interloper? It’s bad enough there’s a 2001 Olds Alero in the shot….
Are they free, or 4 bucks a dozen?
The locals provided no help in answering my question…
Seems that I’ll just have to take a couple dozen and find out????? I’ll be making breakfast omelettes for dinner tomorrow.
No van, but we were down by the river –
Yetso's @ 48 North 