Where did the summer go?

We have had a glorious summer,

wonderful weather,

lots of teaching,

travel,

and enjoying the days...

hence not much blogging.

Here is a glimpse of the highlights...

First ferry ride leaving Seattle.

Next ferry to Victoria.

See the 'Coho for peace'?

A beautiful chalk drawing on the sidewalk in Victoria.

A little fun in a Victoria park.

 artEAST progressive dinner in 4 art studios.

 Listening to music in the park every Thursday afternoon

 from our yard.

 The amazement that our vegetable garden actually grew

 and gave us divine goodies.

 An organized art room with some help from Ikea.

 My new friend that I birthed.

 My great niece letting her caterpillar-butterfly free.

 Discovering a watercolor I made years ago.

 More ferry rides.

 Spotting these guys in front of a house in Ellensburg 

on the way to visit friends in Coeur D'Alene.

A chair for sale.

 New friends in a park.

 Learning we are going to have a grand-daughter!!!!!

Teaching with my son.

 More teaching.

 And looking forward to new adventures.

dog days...

my great niece pretending to be a puppy-

notice her tongue is out

and she is in Zoe's pool.

and learning the proper way 
to throw and fetch

and just thought  my small angel was cute.

the dog days of summer continue...
i really must get back into the studio.

summer hop

finally summer arrives...

and Zoe and I could not be happier.

we get to enjoy the patio
and the plants

and the sun

and the most incredible wisteria ever

and the paths

and mr. crow who surveys the yard

and the fountain

and one foxglove left

and sedums too.

but of course the yard takes work

and it seems we rarely sit and enjoy it.

a couple of blogs back I showed you the tree that we took out here

(where I dream of a studio)

so we needed to change the gravel and planting area

and we worked two days to do that

and cut more trees

and everyone pitched in

to move bark and edge

(just love corgi butts)

and explore.

and finally some rest

and pool time.
now if we could just get day #7 above 80 degrees this summer...

Zoe's summer

Summer in the northwest is wonderful!

Just give me a ball to fetch and my pool and I am a happy corg.

priceless!