Mount Si

Mt Si is about uphill. switchbacks.  not a lot of passing room.  lots of people coming up and down. so it's not really beautiful or fun, but our hiking companion Ms. K was both! 
we lucked out with sunny weather, so brilliant me.... i left my rain jacket in the car.  turns out that bright sun melts the snow, so we got drenched from all the dripping snow the last quarter of the uphill journey. 

 the last quarter uphill was hard.  for me.  hence my red face.  not so for pretty Ms. K.

 we actually didn't make it to the true summit.  got to save something for next time.

 we made amazing huge sandwiches that tasted so good!  probably should have stopped and eaten them for a bit of a break and energy boost instead of waiting till the top.

 next sewing project: pack cover.  and stuff sack.  thanks Mr C for inspiration!

Little Si again

 i got way too excited about Vietnamese food and ordered both a sandwich and pho.  yum.  full belly before fast sunday.

the fun part is putting together the top.

the much less fun part is basting, making the quilt sandwich.  but we got thru it!

 we had a day off school for Veterans day.  had an opportunity to build with legos and skype with cousins.
and hike little si with much better weather than last time.

 we spent a few more minutes at the top this time.  eyed Mt. Si summit next door, gauging the snow for next weekend.

 back at home, we had a big windstorm.  the tall pine cracked and landed in the neighbors yard.  damaged their outdoor grill area as well as their car, but neither of our houses.

halloween

 father and son carve pumpkins.

 awesome neighbor shared homemade cinnamon rolls.

 morning commute after daylight savings time ends.

 monsters inc healthy avocado pudding dessert.

 red cat KEY, work colleagues.

E put in a lot of hours on his Reflections entries.  he wrote a poem copied here.

Peace poem

Fairies flying everywhere

Clouds floatng by

I fear not to go

To the mysterious land

Of the great tiger beasts

With claws like kitchen knives

But forty times stronger

And ears as sharp as a thunderstorm.

But here in fairy land,

It is safe. With all the safeness there could be.

The lovely fruits, oranges, apples, and plums.

So now we’re safe, I’ll practice making freedom and peace.

I can make peace

among the fairies and the mysterious tiger beasts.

So now, too-da-loo. Goodbye, farewell.

Goodbye, goodbye.

Goodbye.

The end.

He also created this 3-D paper mache ball.  the theme was "Within Reach".  the poem on the ball is called:
The Reach Machine
Practice, practice makes you
Better.  try something new. 
Maybe Try riding a bike, art,
or peel a fruit.
what what would you do?
take pictures of a pig.

The picture of a man with thought bubbles:  I want cartwheel.  no, maybe I do catch.
He wants to do cartwheels, which he knows how to do, but then he decides to do something new like play catch.