a couple of sunny fall days

Saturday we had a picnic at the park and soaked up the sun, while I messed around with the camera.

On the way home from the park we saw this sign:


Sunday afternoon we dropped in on the last farmer's market in Everett, bought some produce and flowers. There were many artists there too, so we browsed through their stuff - some if it was impressive, others not so much.

The marina right next to the market.


The flower pictures were taken with our new camera!






This is a rose out along the driveway, gorgeous no?

past the point of no return

Tuesday evening we made the trek to Seattle's Paramount Theatre to see my favorite musical, Phantom of the Opera. We were suprised to meet up with some of our friends - the world is proved small again. It was Jeff's first time ever seeing a Broadway play at all, and although he was sick he really enjoyed it. The music gave me the chills. It was fun feeling the entire audience lean forward not wanting to miss a minute, it is that awesome. It took a serious genius to write it.

I hadn't realized before we went how much it would remind me of our wedding; we had All I Ask of You played and I sang Past the Point of No Return. Those who know that song may think it odd that I sang it - at my wedding no less. But it made sense to me at the time :). I choose only a few verses to sing (the less provocative/more funny for the situation), but while watching the scene as it was played out with that song, I got embarrassed. With our friends in the same theatre (some of whom had been at the wedding) listening to the song in the orginal context, I realized how weird they must think it that I sang it. Ah well. :)

Djangofest NW 2008

is a European Gypsy Jazz festival in the town Langley on Whidbey Island. The festival runs from tonight to Sunday, with performances, workshops and jam fests.

For more info, here is the website.

we bought a camera!

Saturday we ordered a Panasonic DMC-TZ4S Lumix 8.1 Megapixel digital camera after checking it out at the stores. It was the only compact camera that had a 10x zoom as well as the other features we wanted. Now we will just have to wait and see if it is as good as it seems.

Wohoo!

this past week...

Joanne left the country for a year on Tuesday, so last Sunday we went over to Bainbridge Island to say goodbye.
This is a photo I got of Seattle and the moon while we were out by the bonfire.The last few weeks I have started up my art fest again. I am trying to get back in the habit and maybe get into an art program.
Here is a photo (with an odd perspective) of my most recent work. It is charcoal, which I haven't touched in ages - it is a lot of fun (not as permanent as my usual pen and ink). :)

i am more peachy

Filling out the application for WWU, I was asked to answer this question:

What race/ethnicity do you consider yourself? Check all that apply. (optional)

Black or African American American Indian (please specify tribal affiliation) Are you an enrolled member? Yes No
Alaska Native: Aleut Inuit Asian American: Asian Indian Cambodian Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Laotian Thai Vietnamese Other (please specify)	Pacific Islander: Guamanian Hawaiian Samoan Other (please specify) Hispanic or Latino origin: Mexican/Mexican American/Chicano Puerto Rican Cuban Other (please specify)
White or Caucasian Multi-racial (please specify) Other Ethnicity (please specify)

At first I checked 'white or caucasian' since I didn't see another choice (there isn't even 'European American' *grin*). But I am not white. I am not caucasian. I am American, which means I am Irish, English, German, Cherokee and who knows what else all rolled into one. So I put the best I could come up with; North American.


What are you?

snohmish and ???

We stopped by Snohomish last weekend and found a couple of cute shops. And it has a pretty river walk thingy. Might be a nice place to live someday....

i need opinion. does this look like the hunch back of notre dame? or just weird?

war is terrorism

Today as I was watching a recap of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I was once again sickened. Not just by the devastation caused by those claiming it was God's will, but for what has occurred since. This attack on our nation wasn't random. It was the culminating event of years of bad American foreign relations. Of course this doesn't condone the actions of the al-Qaeda, but neither do the events of 9/11 justify the Unites States' choice in continuing the destruction of human lives. Instead of working to mend America's image; terror was sanctioned in the name 'War on Terrorism'. Wasn't it enough that almost 3000 people died that day, without adding more human suffering? Of the thousands of people killed since the US started bombing, how many of those were terrorists? The count of Americans killed in this war has long since passed the number of Americans who died on September 11, 2001.

War is terrorism. 'War on Terrorism' is redundant.

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it... Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence”
- Martin Luther King

labor day weekend

Last weekend had us busy with leisurely activity. Saturday we started out window shopping; looking for a camera (which was a touch depressing as our budget doesn't allow for some of the beauties we saw) and perusing a music store. Then we headed for a nearby park with a view of Hat Island and the Port of Everett. Once there, we spent an hour or two. Jeff provided inspiring music while I drew. That evening family stopped by on their way back to Bremerton, and we ended up going with them.

Sunday we spent the day inside with the family, and they all flew out early Monday morning, leaving Dad and us behind. :( So Monday we meandered to the Blackberry festival and then through the ghost town that is downtown Bremerton. There were a few Art Studios open, and I met one of my old art professors. Also, there was a disturbingly large amount of old Pyrex cookware in a museum we happened across. We finished our Bremerton exploring by driving through some of the waterfront areas east of Manette. Unfortunately the price of real estate there is exhurbinate, or we mayn't have left.

We thouroughly enjoyed our lazy three day weekend, and look forward to many more!!!