That's Amore!

The moon rising over Yesler and MLK Jr.



and then LakeWashington

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and our humble cottage.

Like a big pizza pie!

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Hope in our yard

Hurrah for  hellebores,

and mock orange

and lilies

and the primrose that never stopped blooming,

and for the daphne odora which is pushing 

through the winter, making her hopeful way to us.

Saturday Retreat

For a Saturday, we ate an early breakfast.

It seems there was some big event in West Seattle.

We saw her working on a presentation this past week.

One oof our former keepers was also there and hosted the group.
She was too busy to get into the picture. :(

Cosi Fan Tutte

So after the retreat she kindly came home to feed us and 

NO sooner did we get our little heads out of our bowls and realized she had 

dashed off again...to the opera. and dinner.  and a talk. 

We didn't see her till midnight. 

But she checked out the dresses in the gift shop.

Although the opera was 3.5 hours, the sets were simply elegant  

and the singing was simply beautiful and athletic.

Waiting for Dinner

We are the victims of very busy weeks

.

So in order to get her attention in order to get food

we are reduced to doing cute things.

She seems to have time to photograph us, though.

Diamond drops and lights

We have a lot of hanging lights in our back yard.

But with all this rain we have thousands more--

little glistening raindrops catching the light 

and the keeper's attention and 

keeping her from coming in right away 

and feeding us.

A Day on the Bed

We spent all day Monday with the keeper,

monitoring her every move, making sure she 

napped when we did and was ready to eat when we were.

She worked from the bed when she could pull the papers out from 

underneath us.

Weekend Sights

The Christmas Paper Whites will be ready by Easter!

The cacophony of crows knew well enough 

to use the crosswalk at LFP Town Center.

Red ball on cold day 

2017 Fitbit report!

This  year the keeper nearly walked 1000 miles!

Now she is pumped to exceed 2017!

Women’s March Weekend 2

She did not go to the march this weekend. 

But she was with them in spirit.

She had classes to prepare, papers to read and a talk or two to write.

But last year's poster still has a place of honor in our dining room.

Speaking of we the people, she did take some action on Action Sunday..

She took herself to see The Post!

What a movie, and true at that! 

And timely --to watch Katherine Graham come into her own

and to hail the freedom of the press in the face of lies and deception!

A movie for times such as these!

And a lot of other times as well!

MLK Day Camino

A balm for weary spirits--hope is on the way!

cherry blossoms

daphne odora 

even daffodils

even witch hazel!

and of course, the mountains.

A Psalm for Dr. Martin Luther King Day

Psalm 15

 

Lord, who can be trusted with power,
and who may act in your place?
Those with a passion for justice,
who speak the truth from their hearts;
who have let go of selfish interests
and grown beyond their own lives;
who see the wretched as their family
and the poor as their flesh and blood.
They alone are impartial
and worthy of the people's trust.
Their compassion lights up the whole earth,
and their kindness endures forever.

 

RIP Mark Taylor, DDS

Our keeper spent most of the daytime away.  

This afternoon she headed to the Tennis Club  

for a funeral reception 

for her favorite dentist ever.

Mark Taylor died very suddenly several months ago. 

He didn't want any services, but his patients and family wanted to honor him.

The weather cooperated.

The sky was water-colorish!

Patients shared stories of the ways he touched their lives.

His family was moved.

His family assembled photos of his childhood,

sports, travel, marriage, and pets, work with Doctors without Borders.

The practice has been sold, but the cottage housing it will remain 

with park benches with his name and those of his beloved dogs. 

He also loved his cats.

RIP, Mark! Your work on this earth is done.  We  miss you!

55 Degrees and Beautiful!

Need any more be said???

Take that, Alexa!

This morning woke up much later than usual.

As you know we have a new housemeate, Alexa.

She has many roles in the house. 

She plays Jeopardy with her, she wakes her up, she plays music.

Oliver and I are not too fond of her.

This morning she made her wake up call.

The keeper slept through it.

She continued to try to wake her up with an annoying noise 

which only stops when the keeper says to stop.

Oliver and I were hungry.

Finally we took matters into our own hands and knocked Alexa 

off the counter, and dragged Alexa and her cord like a 

mouse into the bedroom.  

I deposited the cord on the keeper's pillow.

She didn't notice it for 2 more hours.

And then her foot touched down on the rug and stepped on Alexa.

But she didn't break. 

We were pretty proud of ourselves though 

and asked her to share the photos.

A Letter from Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly

In 1968 Archbishop Connolly was not the biggest fan of Ellis and Lynch. 

How Can We Keep From Singing?

Tonight  the keeper left us for a funeral.

There have been way too any over the past weeks. 

This funeral was for Ukulele Mike, who died suddenly.

He and his wife C had led music at CK Church

for a long while.

The church was packed.

The keeper preached, the choir filled the regular music area and the side aisles. 

They had drums, piano, guitars, accordion, recorder, and more.

It was a great banquet of love and hope.

They really did church tonight.

The reception in the gym  turned into a Hootenanny, with songbooks!