One Thousand Gifts #434 to #447

434. purple gladiolas starting to bloom in my garden

435. some new garden art which I found at Sorticulture back in June.

436. a quiet Costco - it was a Monday morning, if you're interested.

437. finding a fantastic old window at a tailgate sale

438. a friend meeting me at the tailgate sale

439. pinching out tomato suckers - strange, but I love doing this!

440. a city full of beautiful and interesting places, only a few hours away - Vancouver.

441. the look of pure joy on C's face as he rides his bike

442. sweet peas

443. a husband who can fix things

445. five dollar bouquets from the farmers market

446. watching the bees on the lavender.

447. a beautiful red sunset that makes everything glow.


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An afternoon on the Jetty

Going to Jetty Island has become a summer tradition for us. Shallow and warm water, tons of space, beautiful view, what else can I say? It is a super quick free ferry ride across from the Everett boat launch to the island.

The highlight for the boys was finding a mud lagoon. They were "all in."

mud buddies

They also dug some big holes and promptly put their heads in.

There were lots of wind surfers (which were fun to watch) but I didn't photograph them. Some kites, too.

If you haven't been to Jetty Island, I highly recommend it. If you put together a group of 8 people, you can phone and make a ferry reservation. If you have your own boat, even just a canoe, you can travel over any time you like!Pin It

Our 4th of July

photo credit: Colette!

This year we went to the Edmonds 4th of July parade with our friends from church. We liked it a lot. No SeaFair pirate cannon booms to freak everybody out. Last year we went to the Kirkland parade thinking we would avoid that but they showed up there for the first time in years! You would NOT believe how loud that thing is.

We had front row seats and didn't have to put chairs out days before. What I liked best at the Edmonds parade was all the bands. There was even a small high school jazz band. The kids love to catch the thrown candy and get the various handouts. The church that we meet at (we use their building) was in the parade. We yelled "hi" to the pastor. The weather was perfect. Sunny but not too hot.

In the afternoon, we watched some World Cup at home. Brazil vs. Columbia was actually pretty boring and I almost fell asleep! Our neighbour was selling snow cones to raise money for her upcoming trip to Uganda. C is holding a snow cone in the photo below.

The day before, J and the boys loaded up on supplies for our own fireworks show at the cul de sac.

While the dads were shooting off the fireworks I took up the challenge of long exposure photos - sparklers making shapes. I had lots of failed attempts but I got a few that worked.

One funny thing was when the strobe light type fireworks went off, the kids all danced around by the strobe light in a flash mob style.







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