Sunday, September 03, 2006
Sol Duc Hot Springs
What a great way to end summer, wouldn't you agree? Now it is Labor Day weekend and I have been in the classroom several days setting up and out in the community making home visits to my students. This is something new for some Seattle teachers; we are being paid for 25 hours of home visits and we are to make as many as possible before school starts. I have made 11 which is a very good record I think. I have greatly enjoyed the home visits; it is so revealing to see kids in their home setting and it gives parents truly one on one time to talk with the teacher. I think a lot of my kindergarteners are going to adjust to the first day more easily because of these visits.
Sunlight Through Trees
Click on this to enlarge it; see all the moss hanging from the branches? It is rare to see a rain forest in sunlight! We were lucky to have one of the 3 days with sunshine.
On Mink Lake Trail
It is about 2.5 miles up to Mink Lake. It is rocky hiking but the scenery is so beautiful!
Sol Duc Falls
Sol Duc is on the Olympic Penninsula. With a ferry ride and drive it is about 4 hours from Seattle. The hike to the falls is only about 1.5 from the campgrounds.
Campsite 69
Anna Rae and I went on a mother - daughter 3 day camping trip to Sol Duc Hot Springs. When she was little we went here every year. But this time marked 7 years since our last visit! It really had not changed much in all that time and we had a lovely time together. The pictures are really spectacular as you can see.
Best Friends
Anna Rae and Christine have been friends since first grade. This picture was taken on Christine's last day in Seattle before heading off to California and college at Pitzer.
Black Stemmed Hydrangea
I'm growing this hydrangea for it's black stems which are very striking against the light green foliage. This year my newest hydrangea is Lady in Red. I did not take it's picture because I didn't get any blooms but it has red veined dark green leaves which are really pretty.
Hydrangea "Lemon Wave"
That's Bishop's Weed growing all around the hydrangea, It echoes the leaf pattern found in the hydrangea.
Hydrangea
Ok, it is still small but it is from a cutting taken by a friend about 4 years ago. Real gardeners know how to be patient.
Hydrangea "Pia"
My sister Lynn wondered if I had hydrangeas. Yes, I do and they are getting more lovely with age.
July Flowers
There's no place like home. Back in Seattle my lilies were at their peak. They smelled SO good! See the little aluminum pail. I have 6 of these around the yard with a couple inches of sand in the bottom and 3 votive candles in each. It makes for soothing nighttime ambiance.
Evie
Evie is one of Jeff and Peggys' much loved dog-kids. Evie and Boo are both so darn frisky I could NOT get a a decent picture of the 2 of them together. Evie has truly startling eyes; one is blue and the other brown.
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