Snowy Sunday in Seattle

It has snowed the past two days leaving a couple of inches on the ground and a layer of white over all of the neighborhood trees I see through the window behind my computer as I type this. Sky is gray but thanks to all the white there is a luminous quality to what otherwise would be dark day.

Last Thursday Kathy and I went to Vancouver, B.C. for a couple of days. We stayed at hotel in downtown on Granville Street. The first day we went for a long walk along Robson and through downtown. Stopped at pub, very english look to it, and had a drink, then continued into Gas Town, the historic section with brick buildings and ornate street lamps with globes. Our Thanksgiving meal was Punjabi for two at the Sitar restaurant. We stayed busy on Friday and Saturday going to Granville Island, sort of an arts center, tourist shopping area, went for a nice long walk in Stanley Park, and watched a few movies while lounging in our comfortable hotel suite.

Yesterday morning was sunny and I had thoughts of a motorcycle ride just to get the Honda out and run it a bit, but by the time we came back from our dance class the snow clouds had moved in. Here's a picture of me and Don Woodlee in Eagle's Nest New Mexico at a Vietnam memorial last May. I rode from Seattle to Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. and Donald joined me for a couple of days. We camped out near by the night before and woke in the morning to the sound of a wild turkey..yes, "gobble gobble gobble", and with frozen fog on the tent.

Eagle's Nest New Mexico, May 2007

Lauren will be home for a couple of weeks for Christmas and we're looking forward to that.

Best wishes to all of our friends and family, especially our son Seth who has gone on before us but is always in our hearts.