Planting a Snowberry bush.
Tagging one of the shrubs.
Standing in front of his newly planted tree.
silver linings and quilt tops
6 years ago
Planting Trees for Salmon
Will and I were part of a volunteer effort to help reforest Carkeek Park today. Together, we planted numerous trees and shrubs relatively close to our favorite salmon spotting creek. Some of the trees were part of a program where people could buy a live Christmas tree and then donate it back to the nursery for replanting at the park. Paul is hoping to hike out there with us to get GPS coordinates of the area so we can revisit our trees and see how they have grown.
Planting a Snowberry bush.
Standing in front of his newly planted tree.
Planting a Snowberry bush. Standing in front of his newly planted tree.
Burley
Paul and Will bought a used Burley Bike Trailer this weekend to accomodate their winter biking. Will has been a little cold on his trailer bike lately so the Burley should be a nice relaxing way for Will to do winter riding. Will says that his Dad is much slower now without his help!
Theo Fair Trade Organic Chocolate Factory Tour
Will was pretty excited to go on the chocolate factory tour although I had to laugh because at the end he asked me, "When do we get to see the chocolate?" It wasn't exactly Willy Wonka with rivers of chocolate ganache but we sampled a LOT of chocolate and heard quite a bit about the process of making chocolate from bean to bar and even before the bean in countries like Africa, Central America, and South America. From now on, this is my favorite chocolate and it is going to be my gifting phenomenon for awhile!
Most of the photos are not turning out because of our camera issue but here is Will in his hairnet-- however ethereal looking with the broken flash!
PNB Nutcracker
Will and I attended the Nutcracker matinee for the first time. It was quite a busy event with a lot of people...whew! I had to laugh though when about midway through the first half of the performance Will announced to me in a very loud voice, "Mama, I'm hot. I'm very hungry. I have to go to the bathroom." Once we got off some clothes, snuck out for the toilet, and fed him a cookie at intermission he did fine but I kind of doubt he understood how fortunate he was to tour backstage and see it all in action behind the scenes. To me, this was just such a treat!
Our camera has been acting up so it will be a little while until we get some decent photos up again. The flash seems to make the whites turn too white and wash out the rest of the photo. If the pictures have an ethereal quality, this is why.
One of the coolest costumes-- I think. Very Maurice Sendak.
Gideon and Will in front of the Nutcracker.
Checking out the costumes backstage.
Here is Gideon, Will and Soren behind the stage!
Our camera has been acting up so it will be a little while until we get some decent photos up again. The flash seems to make the whites turn too white and wash out the rest of the photo. If the pictures have an ethereal quality, this is why.
One of the coolest costumes-- I think. Very Maurice Sendak.
Gideon and Will in front of the Nutcracker.
Checking out the costumes backstage.
Here is Gideon, Will and Soren behind the stage!