Spring

Finally, Spring appears to have arrived.






This asperagus is like 3 feet tall

March pictures

Um. March is supposed to be springtime here.

Moving in

I know, but really, I've been crazy busy. Here's pictures of the new house, if you're interested.


Front of the house from the street


Garden from the front door



Living room from the front door



Kitchen from front foyer




Dining room from the living room and kitchen from the dining room



Master bedroom. There's two more bedrooms, but they aren't much to look at, especially since they're full of boxes, mainly


Backyard from dining room. This feeder brings TONS of birds



Lake out the back door on a foggy morning.

There's more, but it's too clutter with boxes to show off.

The Pacific Science Center

I hadn't been here since probably Junior High. I'd forgotten how cool it is. We saw the Lucy exhibit, which was excellent. Unfortunately, Lucy's been loosing the Center money, what with the economy and all. It was supposed to travel around the country, educating people and raising money for Ethiopia. Unfortunately, two other cities that were slated to host have pulled out and no others have stepped up. So, Lovely Lucy will probably return to Ethiopia and never leave again. Also, butterflies.

quick upload

Thing's've been busy lately, but nothing particularly interesting. I'm behind, though, so thought I'd just post some pictures of the last month.

Christmas at Dad and Dorothy's.

Christmas dinner: MREs cooked on the kitchen floor



Gingerbread houses and reading by the Christmas tree:




Christian, Dennis and Tarn playing Jenga. Tarn rocked and Christian lost:








Viewing public art on a drizzly day in Seattle:






Beaches in Olympia:

My soapbox

Yeah, I sometimes feel like a broken record.

I've got TV while I'm here in TX and have been watching CNN for the first time in my life. This is the Real News? I've seen 15 minute stories on the new pre-teen vampire flick, in depth reports on OJ Simpson's trial and whole shows about Brad Pitt/Anjelena Jolie. In the meantime? In the meantime... Last week Venezuela had a voter turnout of more than 60% (in a non-presidential election year!) utilizing sane and reliable electronic voting booths. Nigeria held elections which were followed by riots that killed over 400 people. The U.S. again refused to sign a cluster bomb treaty, endangering the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians (cluster bombs victims are 98% civilian, most often children).

How did I get this news? From the Christian Science Monitor, the BBC and Al Jazeera. How does the American public get this news? Mostly, they don't. How can we expect citizens to be involved in their world and their community when they don't even know what's going on?

December, Texas

It was cold this morning, when I went out for a run. Not just Texas cold, but actually cold- 33 degrees at 7 am. It was hard to go out in that, especially since I didn't pack for near-freezing runs and had to wear shorts and a long sleeved t-shirt. It made me wonder why I keep doing this. After 20 years of running, I'm still slow but have logged a lot of miles. I've run in all seasons, in all weather); I've spooked moose and seen Northern Lights, I've run with a succession of dogs and with various friends. It's who I am now and I don't know what I'd do if I had to give it up. So, I put on my shorts and went out this morning, just like I always do.

It warmed up by the afternoon, and I went to see an outdoor show. The Ft Sam ceremonial horse drill team was there. I didn't get any good pictures of them performing (I was too far for the camera to get a good shot) but I watched them practice. I got cool video, but can't post it.






Some old cars. Yes, it's December and it's almost 70 at this point.