The Sun Sets on 2017

A sun sets on a stranger than fiction year!

New Year’s Eve Camino

View from Sheridan Heights

View from Shorecrest High School

Do you see the cylindrical shaped cloud hovering to the left of the mountain?

A closeup of the strange cloud.  

Cue the Outer Limits theme!

At the Wyeth Exhibit

Q: What do good Catholic people do after funerals?

A:  Some of them go to the art museum.

The keeper went to the Andrew Wyeth exhibit at the SAM with Suzy,

We hear it is worth seeing more than once, even with the crowds.

Here's a sampling-not their real titles:

The Thieving Lobsterman

The Shed--secret hideaway

Christina before she died with Kitten 

Monologue

Seventh Grade

Marital Bliss?

Partly feathered and disturbed

HRH Lord Oliver

He claims the whole bed and the laundry.

He did receive a new blanket that matches his manly style in
Kind of an old boy clubby way.

HRH Lady Lucy

Thanks to the OP, she has her own pillow now.

HRH Lord Oliver is trying to take it all in.

On the 2nd day of Christmas...

Not exactly two turtle doves . . .but...

A Quiet Feast of Stephen

Lucy and I are trying to get used to her being home so much. 

And she is reading a lot. So there is a lap.

She did leave us to spend time at the Carmel.

And walked through the South Woods as they shed their snow.

She came home bearing fragrance of cedar and moss and water.

. . .and Evening Followed

A quiet end to a quiet day.

Christmas Camino

We didn't take her up on the invite to play in the snow.

So she went walking down to the lake.

The side roads are still a little slick.

The lake is cast in silver.

White Christmas

We are having a solitary Christmas like monks.

St. Francis is begging us to come out to play.

The snow beckons us.

And summer still clings to a few branches!

Christmas Vigil

We ate early.

She went to help greet and get a good seat at the vigil Mass.

It started snowing when she got there.

It looked pretty. It kept snowing. 

She helped greet people as they came in the front door.

The children were lining up for the procession.

So were Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds.

Christmas Eve Dinner and Gifts

She didn't come home after Mass.

We thought it was because of the snow.

But she went very slowly down Madison and Montlake 

to her friends for their annual 

Christmas eve dinner and gift unwrapping.

Carol sets a beautiful table.

and they enjoyed Jack Harvey's lasagne.

She also came home smelling of Theo, the new dog

who is smaller than either of us.  

How we celebrated the 4th Week of Advent

Clearly, some of us are more devout than others.

Oh Light of Nations, Come!

We lit our foutth candle tonight.  One of the paperwhites is  ready to bloom.

The others are a little pokier.  They clearly believe that Christmas is a 12 day feast.

The fourth week of Advent only lasts 24 hours this year.

The moon rose as the sun set.

Winter Caminata I

Today she left us for a 5 mile caminata.

It was a perfect day for it.

The mountain made a hazy appearance.

The Cascades did a little better.

The lake was at low tide.

And the ducks didn't seem to mind the near freezing, rushing, Lyon Creek.