Old School Hydro-Electricity

Originally built in 1923, the Dalby Water Wheel was one of the first hydro-electric plants on Hood Canal.

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Trillium

After taking these photos while I was at a retreat in Union, I checked facebook and saw that a friend on holiday 35 miles away took the same picture at the same time.

Trillium are perennials, and picking the flower can damage the plant so much that it takes a few years to [...]

Running Away

I’m running away for the weekend; leaving Seattle in my wake.

Let’s just pretend that I don’t have 30 pounds of text books packed in my suitcase.

I’m headed off for a weekend of girl talk, yoga, beach combing and chick flicks with my ‘cancer girls,’ as my husband calls them. He always uses [...]

Salt Water

Isak Denison once wrote that the cure for anything is salt water: tears, sweat, or the sea

Personally, I’d much rather take my cure from the sea, than sweat or tears.

We really should get out here more often.

This wasn’t Gem’s first trip to the beach; last time she was just [...]