Archive for December, 2016

2016 Almost Over

Our last workout of the year. A beautiful winter morning leaving the gym.

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Christmas Eve

Wow! Another year gone by just like that. Here we, just taking it easy on Christmas eve.

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Christmas Cookies

This year we varied our neighborhood Christmas treats to include brownies and peanut butter blossoms in addition to some traditional iced Christmas cookies. Everything turned out great.

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Lucy Visit

We were pleased to have a visit from Mary Anderson and our favorite canine friend, Lucy. We gave Lucy her Christmas present early and she took seconds to destroy the wrapping and extricate the ball on a rope. The ball lasted only slightly longer.

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2016 Christmas Letter

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Cold Weather Record

Coldest day in over two-and-a-half years:

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Snow Day

I think this is the heaviest snowfall we’ve had in three years or so; looks like about 14 inches in our yard:

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Crows in the Snow

The crows have been very regular visitors this year and the snow seems to have brought out a larger than usual group.

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Issaquah Birds

While Trisha was getting a new coiffure, I walked along the Rainier trail in Issaquah. There wasn’t much wildlife but I did spy these two mallards were relaxing the in the creek, in spite of the very cold temperatures; and one crow.

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Tired Coco

Coco, the Mt. Si Sports & Fitness gym dog, was already exhausted by 9:00.coco_03451

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