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Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
When I was growing up we lived in a house near the woods and in front of the house flowed a creek that provided me and my friends with hours and hours of entertainment. Whenever we had nothing else to do, one of us… Continue Reading “Tales from Longfellow Creek”
The morning started out a bit overcast but held the promise of sun and so I ventured out to Gene Coulon Park to walk along the southern shores of Lake Washington. A paved pedestrian trail where bikes and dogs are not allowed make it… Continue Reading “Just a walk in the park….”
Off we go on another road trip down the beautiful West Coast (and best coast) of the USA, headed toward the majestic Coast Redwoods! We leave Seattle and after three days cross the border into California on Highway 101 enjoying the same awesome… Continue Reading “Coast Redwoods”
I love living in the Pacific Northwest where we are surrounded by an incredible landscape of mountains, rivers, forests and seas. Within a couple of hours you can be at Mt Rainier or Olympic National Park or Columbia River Gorge. Or you can opt… Continue Reading “Snoqualmie Dreaming”
So this is it. Come along for the final installment of a four part series on our Great American Road Trip. After 21 days on the road we were just past the half way point of our epic journey across the USA which started… Continue Reading “Great American Road Trip – the long way home”
After nearly 2 weeks on the road we had reached a low point on our cross country journey. 310 feet underground to be exact. We were in Kentucky on the historic tour of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world, with… Continue Reading “Great American Road Trip – Kentucky and the Blue Ridge Parkway”
I’m resting on the shore, absorbing the heavy rays of August sun, watching a tall, elegant bird, peering into the water’s edge. There’s a thick, summer stillness and almost imperceptible sound rising from the ripples caused by fish and the insects skirting over the… Continue Reading “The Great American Road Trip – and Kansas”
Okay, so off I go in a new direction. Figuratively and literally. And it’s all about the classic American road trip. Yes, we’ve done a few. In all four corners of this great country of ours. And across the middle too. And that is… Continue Reading “Hooray for Road Trips!”
Did I tell you there is a forest in my backyard? Behind my fence are twenty-two acres of typical northwest woods with mature Douglas firs, majestic old maples and trails through brush frequented by dogs and their walkers. They form a wonderful backdrop to… Continue Reading “My backyard forest”
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 