I was very surprised and pleased to learn was receiving a raise. Fairly certain it would not just be me. I decided that I would enjoy it silently. Then several people asked me if I was happy about the raise. Two of them were certain everyone had gotten it. Unfortunately, I didn't follow mine first instincts, and I mentioned to someone who didn't get the raise. Sad, and certainly damping to the spirit of one who works hard and feels unappreciated.

It can be difficult to navigate the corporate roadways. It seems so many of us are straddling that fine line of do more, faster, faster and doing the right thing for the clients. Many having falling prey to the focus of hitting the statistical goals rather than  in doing the right thing or providing the world class service proclaimed in mission statements but not supported by management in actions. And, this means I am feeling bad that only a couple of two, who work hard, would be left out rather than at being given a small merit increase.

Management being human sometimes just misses the boat like the rest of us. I am thinking of a friend recounting a gift for hard work and great sales being given only to the permanent employees, and not seasonal workers. I can't help, but wonder, especially since the season is in full swing, how wise it was. Everyone needs to feel important. Unfortunately for everyone, it appears our two have already gone retribution. . . sad to feel unappreciated. They are probably right about co-workers wrongdoings, but a shame as everyone suffered the way it was done.

pensive, absorbed, saddened, yet
incredibly lucky as i reflect on my life
grateful for my soft, luxurious bed

On an email received today:

"The world cannot ruffle the dignity of a soul that dwells in its own tranquility."  John O'Donohue

Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.  - Kak Sri

tired, plum tired, and tuckered out
serpentine paths of work to work in work
clashing technologies new emerging

May We Give Thanks - Every Day

I am grateful to be safe and warm on this early Thanksgiving morning. Maybe I am missing on some spectacular sales, or meeting some interesting shoppers queued up and ready to spend.

I am grateful to have missed the 4 to 5 hour commutes my co-workers and other people were stuck. I was saved by the kindness of my boss. As she sat watching the news, she decided she better call and tell me she didn't want me to try to drive home. So I have had the luxury of hotel living for several days. And, as, she and I, also, guessed there was need of extra help to compensate for those who were iced in at home.

It is nice to wake up to breakfast downstairs ready to go right off the hotel buffet table.Well, back to work.

I am, also, grateful I didn't have to stop work and run to the shelter like some other out of state co-workers as they are under Tornado warning.  All safe for the moment. Simple, deep blessings.

paid my dollars for exotic rain forest drink
enjoyed while watching the reeds in the winter wind
wondered how long someone worked for my seconds of pleasure

"Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life." – Lucius A. Seneca

"We are the living links in a life force that moves and plays around and through us, binding the deepest soils with the farthest stars." – Alan Chadwick

"If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little bit more." Jules  Renard

A day awash with technical uncertainties
A magnificent quiet surrounded with lack of connection
Each alone blamed themselves rather than seeing the whole

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route."  Albert Camus

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others." - Author Unknown

Waiting for the ephipany (or right book) that will
lower my weight, raise my IQ, expand my bank balance
Beginning to wonder if I am looking in the right place

“Take care; you know I am compliance itself, when I am not thwarted! No one more easily led, when I have my own way; but don't put me in a frenzy.”  - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Oh, what a strange world customer service is. It took me two long sessions with online chat to return a defective item. Tonight a very nice representative spent over thirty minutes helping me. Though I accomplished what I needed to, had the $40 waived on exchange the other person was going to charge me last night, it was about minute 32 before I got the answer started with tonight, and last night. How do I return the defective item? Seems like it ought to be a routine question. It got lost along the way with cross sells, and are you really sure, if I was canceling they couldn't help me, they could only help with an exchange.
It certainly was frustrating, even saying I was frustrated that I couldn't get an answer on how to return an item couldn't hasten the answer. I am guessing it's constraints the employees have to deal with constantly. How does the company think this is good business. Monetarily, I am coming on a winner. But, the cost was never the issue as a matter of fact I feel a little guilty I am getting something more expensive for free. I know it isn't good for them financially because I was willing to pay the $99 for the other item. All, I objected was paying $9.95 in shipping a replacement for a defective item. They aren't allowed to waive shipping, but they can me the item for free. Just bizarre.
It follows the conversation I was having with Jan early today strange ways of corporate cultures. She told me flying Frontier had a notice they could take advantage of onboard catering instead of saying we now charge for food.  .  .
Oh, well, was a beautiful, sunny Northwest day with billowing white clouds . . .
Soon I may have internet again if my new device works when it arrives    . . .
And, I am writing this from my new, fun, 2lb (as in big enough to type on, light enough to carry) Tobisha netbook. First thing, I did with it was scare myself as I turned it on in bed, noticed I (as me) was on screen looking at myself cause it has a webcam which I turned on . . The unexpected thrills of new technology

For some reason, I decided to check my email before I posted. In my inbox, is a letter from the company sent to my email address, I was just with, it starts Dear Joe Lopez,


They my ssn, dob, address, etc. Hope they are sending him my package. No, actually is was just supposed be my return shipping label, info.  . . This means I am going to have another chat. . .

Chaos results when the world changes faster than people”

so tempting - is it a "good" thing or a "bad" thing

huh, an empty basket in an empty lot at night

it is actually a view of shopping all done - yipee

softness of evening settling in
slowly the pace and focus shifts
now is the time to prepare our dreams

Swaying to and forth with circumstances

bacon - splendid, loud phone calls surrounding me - hard

so where the contentment of neutrality where "I" rests

i like the feel of shifting perspectives

how nice to allow something to soften in focus

realizing the relativity of truth

Naughty or good, I am Thy child. - Paramahansa Yogananda

Worldprayers.org:


O our Father, the Sky, hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother, the Earth, hear us
and give us support.
O Spirit of the East,
send us your Wisdom.
O Spirit of the South,
may we tread your path.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.


american indian - sioux

Worldprayers.org:


Om asato ma sadgamaya,
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya,
mrityorma amritamgamaya
Om shantih shantih shantih


Oh Almighty! Lead us from the unreal (falsity)
to the real (truth) from darkness to light!
From death to immortality!
Oh Almighty! May there be Peace! Peace! Peace!


brihdaranyaka upanisada 1:3:27 - india

Worldprayers.org:


KHAMEMI SAVVE JIVA
We forgive all the living beings,


SAVVE JIVA KHAMANTU ME
We seek pardon from all the living beings,


MITTI ME SAVVA BHUTESU
We are friendly towards all the living beings,


VERAM MAJJHAM NA KENVI
And we seek enmity with none,


MICHHAMI DUKKADDAM!
Moreover, we ask for forgiveness from all!


michchhami dukkadam - jain prayer of forgiveness

"Seeing is different than being told." Proverb

You Who Stand in the Doorway, Come in

From a Seattle based blog post whose title I love: You Who Stand in the Doorway, Come in:

 Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a single story

"The problem with the stereotype is not that it is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. . . 

. . . The consequence of the single story is this: that it robs people of dignity."

Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story, and to start with, "secondly." Start the story with the arrows of the Native Americans, and not with the arrival of the British, and you have and entirely different story. Start the story with the failure of the African state, and not with the colonial creation of the African state, and you have an entirely different story.

Invitation

Adapt International and Compassionate Action Network

cordially invite you to a week-long program to celebrate

Children's Peace Day

Program begins with  

You Who Stand in the Doorway, Come in

 a community oral storytelling festival to build bridges of understanding across cultures & generations

October 16 & 17, 2010
1:00PM - 5:00PM


 Inscape (the former Immigration & Naturalization Services building)
 815 Airport Way South, Seattle


The festival is curated by Amineh Ayyad as part of the Passages event at Inscape, a collective re-visioning and transforming of this historic building into its future role as an arts and culture hub for Seattle's diverse communities.

 We are transforming an old detention dorm in the building into a traditional hospitality room representing various cultures around the world.  Come to share coffee, tea, and  stories.  We will listen and share stories about hospitality, compassion, perseverance, friendship, and the struggles & legacies of immigrants, refugees and other communities in diverse Seattle. Humor, greed, global health and healing are other themes included in the festival

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny….’” - Isaac Asimov

"Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled." - Dorothea Brande

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” - Pierre Abelard

"To me the desire to create and to have control over your own life, irrespective of the politics of the time or social structures, has always been a part of the human spirit. What I did not fully realize was that work could open the doors to my heart." - Anita Roddick, Founder/CEO, The Body Shop

"Light brings knowledge, knowledge brings compassion."  Aqune - Spider Riders TV cartoon.

"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds."  - Robert Green Ingersol

"Each moment is a place you've never been."   - Mark Strand

"A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place.  A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse below and dreams of home." - Robert Brault

soft workshirt blue to dusky blue black sky
they say the light of stars is from long, long ago
so am i living in two moments at once

To Beautiful Food

suffering through Tuesday
buffered by healthy home cooked food
shifting slightly away from struggle


My co-worker, Melissa, has grown increasing health consciousness.She listens to what sound like excellent pod casts from the Nutrition Diva.So far what Melissa has shared is excellent information, i.e. Basmati rice is a little lower fiber than brown rice it, also, lower in sugar content and higher in minerals.


I am now benefiting from some delicious cooking experiments due Melissa's intelligent creativity. She reframed the adage of eating more vegetables for a healthy diet and weight. She brought in a stunningly beautiful "salad" with adzuki bean(cooked) raw spinach, whole wheat fresh cooked pastas of different shapes, small tomatoes, cheeses, and a can't remember what else at the moment. Ah, yes, real bacon bits, and more. She called it her "Lynn" salad.
She decided the more beauty there was in the food she seemed be more satisfied, eat less, and healthier. I know I think this supposed to be what the gourmet chefs in the fancy restaurants may proclaim. However, the gourmet restaurants I often see scarcity along with beauty which is followed by the real or imagined continuing hungry.


With meals, Melissa has brought in have indeed been healthy and filling. I am admiring her creativity and joy in being willing to experiment as well. Last night, she told me there were multi-colored beans sitting at home in kitchen soaking in water with garlic cloves waiting to become part of some larger. Which means that there may a beautiful dinner awaiting me at work.

"I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are."   - Mexican Proverb

"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."   - Arthur Schopenhauer

"The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate."  - Bern Williams

"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress."  - Joseph Joubert

"I went to a cafe that advertised breakfast anytime, so I ordered French Toast during the Rennaisance."  - Steven Wright

"We judge others by their behavior.  We judge ourselves by our intentions."  - Ian Percy

 "I have scarcely touched the sky and I am made of it."  - Antonio Porchia

silently sitting to view sparkles in the sky
i can't yet fathom being on a ball moving in space
no matter

This last month or so, I have changed my normal routine. I used to just be grateful to be safely home after work, ready to be inside with door locked behind me=time to relax, refresh alone.

Now, I have taken to sitting outside communing with the night sky, trees, passing breezes, clouds. It is such a peaceful feeling, feeling connected to something so large and beyond my measure. When I was younger, one of my favorite things was to go sit by the ocean late at night or in the early morning hours. Watching the night sky brings on a similar feeling with the clear sky like the calm ocean, and clouds like the flowing tides. Both amazing and wonderful views of the infinite world around us. I'm not sure if it calms, feeds or just plain pleases my soul. No matter,

"Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a glass of rain". -Ihab Hassan

Change?

does change always feel lopsided
i see new wonderful interesting things
something discomforts me - it's bad


I was trying to post what is written below yesterday, but as I am still learning about change I had no luck and strange new error messages. (Insert heavy sigh here).


The clients scheduled to appear yesterday didn't. They should be online with us today.Still unnerved that their names did not make it to our department prior to them going "live".


Yesterday was uneven yesterday. Another couple of victories for me. Discovery that greatly assisted a client. Noted important missing information in another situation that will be updated and save us from a potentially serious problem. Followed by two emails to the boss with a typo in each that changed the meaning of the emails. Titter - totter.


And, I followed up by potentially offending a new employee as I felt I need to point out that form being sent clients really needed to need Los Angeles instead of FLos Angeles.




a wearing night of confusing dreams
gifts of the magnificent friendship of wolves
balanced by the ire of snakes




I am wondering if my unconscious is dealing with today's unknown. Last week, we had new clients as issues ensued that are not totally resolved. While I was amazed to identify one of the issues "myself", I am still unnerved at the thought there are supposed be more new clients today. Last week, we had list of new clients given to us several days prior. This week, no list. Only the mention that "they" want to migrate hundreds new clients to us as quickly as possible. As this will more than double our current client base, I am apprehensive.


All of life is a cycle of change with every breath with take, rotation of the planet, the entire lives of butterflies lived in days. Yet, we seem so emotionally troubled by change. Even what we think is an ill timed change of a stop light can set us off.


I just finished reading the book Sacred Visitations by Ceci Miller this morning (which I loved about her personal experiences with Siddha Yoga and her teacher Gurumayi).


The last sentences of her book were as follows:


"When life presents some surprising or challenging new person or event, Grace is asking, "Do you want to understand even more? Do you want to grow in compassion and love?" My advice is say yes."


Ok, personally, I think I am often shifting back to maybe. . .

"No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye." - Elizabeth Bowen

"Nothing is yet in its true form." - C.S. Lewis

"Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that." - Erich Heller

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."  - e.e. cummings

Wow, some unexpected minor triumphs
me calculating solutions to technological issues
well, not solutions, but resolutions

"The real mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, it is a reality to be experienced" -J.J. Van Der Leeuw

beleaguered by effects of corporate expediency
reluctant to return to new technological challenges
lacking immunity to overwhelm and struggle


“The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." -  Bertrand Russell

am i one of the harried urbanites
whose metal companions sit silently waiting
quietly in rows on painted tar fields

"It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day." - D. Conley



puddle of slush
fly in the ointment kind of week
with a beautiful fall backdrop

Skywatching

I spent a long time watching the sky when I came home tonight, the moons, the clouds, an unusually bright "star". After coming inside and reading the email below, I now know I looking at interesting planetary phenomena. When I was outside, I was having wistful thoughts about wanting to sleep under the "stars".

Here is an excerpt from an email from Monday. September Kathleen forwarded to me from spiritual teacher Peter Berry

CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH JUPITER: Tonight, Earth and Jupiter converge for their closest encounter until 2022. The giant planet will soar overhead at midnight, outshining everything except the Moon itself. At this time, even a small telescope pointed at Jupiter will reveal the planet's moons, cloud belts and swirling storms.

If Jupiter is up at midnight, it must be opposite the sun: diagram. Indeed, astronomers call this "Jupiter's night of opposition."

In a coincidence of interplanetary proportions, Uranus is also at opposition tonight. This rare double opposition of two giant planets is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Unlike Jupiter, Uranus is barely visible to the naked eye, a result of its smaller size and greater distance. It looks great, however, through a small telescope. Just point your optics at Jupiter and you will find emerald Uranus about 1o away.

"Everything is a teaching. Nothing happens." - Ceci Miller

I.

coming home head wobbling
new technologies clash & fall in my lap
but, then i saw the sky

II.
what could be more peaceful
night sky cotton balls woven into a blanket
gently covering all my world

III.
and we, under one sky roof,
sleep, sing, cry, dance, love
in this earth house

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." - Desmond Tutu

I just heard a short news story on TV - Greg Mortenson's book Three Cups of Tea was read by General David Petraeus. And the this book is required reading for all senior military personnel on Afghanistan.


I am between surprised and fascinated with fact the my Book Club friends and I have read something that is required military reading. Such an ever unfolding incongruous, mysterious world.

Suggestions below from http://amillionminutesforpeace.org/act-in-peace.shtml


Eleven Ways to Act in Peace


1. Believe peace is possible. There is great power in thought.


2. Meditate or pray for peace. Reinforce your beliefs with prayer or meditation.


3. Greet every situation with an open heart. Embrace life as a wonderful adventure to nurture and grow. Walk with peace in your heart.


4. Speak kind words. Tell those you love how much they mean to you. Find occasions to give compliments. And when you encounter negative words or actions, let them challenge you to rise above and respond with kindness.


5. See things through the eyes of others. Live with compassion. Imagine the experiences of others and it is likely you will gain insight into how to treat people more lovingly.


6. Respect all those you come into contact with. Celebrate the beauty in all of our differences. Pray for your enemies so they are no longer enemies. Love all of humanity.
7. Practice Forgiveness. Forgive people for their faults and shortcomings and learn to forgive yourself as well.


8. Lead by example. Show others how to be peaceful by living a peaceful life.
9. Share the wealth that is yours. Each of us has something to give. Look inside and find what you have to share.


10. Pay it forward. Commit random acts of kindness whenever you can.


11. Live the "Golden Rule." Just about every religion has its own way of expressing the Golden Rule, "Do Unto Others...." Can you imagine if everyone did this?

"I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind." - Emily Bronte

hearing the sweet fall rains
they sound exquisite and nourishing
when i am tucked inside a soft bed

“I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything than live in a castle and wonder at nothing!”   Joan Winmill Brown

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen

Christina's Brownie Recipe

I haven't tried these yet, but everything she ever cooked for me was delish and usually healthy to boot. And, that is avocado that you see in this brownie recipe


Brownie's




Dry ingredients:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (add calories for white)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt (I always use sea salt in my baking. I love biting into  
something and having a big chunk o salt in it!)

Wet ingredients:
1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce
1/2 an avocado mashed up until it's paste (the original recipe called  
only for apple sauce. After making them, I decided they could use a  
little fat, so hence the 1/2 an avocado)
1 cup baking cocoa
1 cup honey (you're more than welcome to use any combination of sugars  
you like, but honey is a natural preservative and refined sugar is the  
devil :) )
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs (preferrably salmonella free)

Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl. In another mix the wet, then beat  
until it's smooth, but don't over mix. Then mix the two together. MAKE  
sure you grease the pan because there's not enough fat in these to  
keep them from sticking to a non-stick baking pan all on their own.  
Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Prayer for World Peace

Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle;
the strength to be forgiving;
the patience to be understanding;
and the endurance to accept the consequences
of holding to what we believe to be right.

May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil
and the power of love to overcome hatred.

We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe
in a world emancipated from violence,
a new world where fear shall no longer lead men to commit injustice,
nor selfishness make them bring suffering to others.

Help us to devote our whole life and thought and energy
to the task of making peace,
praying always for the inspiration and the power
to fulfill the destiny for which we and all men were created.

Amen.
                                                         ~~~~~~

Above is from Prayer and Prayers.info

"Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?' - Sydney J. Harris 

''A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.'' - Bruce Springsteen

Rosh Hashanah - Blessings For A New Year

...."take advantage of one ancient tradition's ideas and practices to relocate the person you most want to be and enjoy the renewal and liberation that come from finding that person once again." - Rabbi Hirschfield


This time feels ancient, sacred,and primal to me. I am enjoying a moment of reflect and the resonance of the Rabbi's words.  


Excerpts below and quote above are from an excellent article in the Huffington Post by Brad Hirschfield entitled -Rosh Hashanah 2010: Liberate Yourself, Renew Your Life and Help Others Do the Same:


In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe complete rest, a sacred occasion commemorated with loud (horn) blasts. Leviticus 23:24


Rosh Hashanah 2010, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 8th. And while it marks the turn of Jewish calendar year 5770 to 5771, it also celebrates the fundamental human need for liberation, return and renewal.


The Jewish holidays, especially Rosh Hashanah, are not only for Jews. In fact, they celebrate the most basic human quest -- the quest to make our lives richer, happier and more productive. They also invite us to think about how to help others achieve the same things.


Without ignoring the centrality of our own happiness and fulfillment, these holidays, especially Rosh Hashanah, remind us that we humans share a common past, present and future -- that we, in the widest sense, are in this together.


..........


Rosh Hashanah invites us to do the same thing -- to be free to return to our holding, to what we feel is most deeply our own, to be the person we most deeply feel we ought to be, not the one we may have become due to the inevitable complexities of life. Rosh Hashanah reminds us that is the person we really are, and that if we stop long enough to remember who that person is, and to get reacquainted with that person, we can be that person. In fact, it is our destiny to be so, no matter what others may say or how often life seems to get in the way.


...........


So this Rosh Hashanah, whoever you are, and wherever you may be, take advantage of one ancient tradition's ideas and practices to relocate the person you most want to be and enjoy the renewal and liberation that come from finding that person once again. Here's how.


1. Go Back To The Beginning - Imagine that you are actually the first person in the world, that it was created for you. Who do you want to be, regardless of who others expect you to be? What is it that you want to accomplish? Experience? Create?


2. Take Stock Of What You Have - What values, relationships, skills or possessions do you value most and how can they help you achieve that for which you hope?


3. Repair What Is Broken - Reach out to those whom you may have hurt. Seek their forgiveness. Even if they are not ready to grant it, seeking it will help you move forward.


4. Offer Forgiveness - You need not forget the past, but the more able you are to forgive those who have hurt you in the past, the freer you will be of the pain they have caused.


5. Taste Something Sweet - Take a moment to savor something delicious, something that reminds you that even if life is not always sweet and good, we can always find something which is.


6. Make A Plan - Create two lists to carry with you this year. On the first, list a few things to which you feel genuinely entitled and treat yourself accordingly. On the second, list a few things you feel truly obligated to do for others, whether it's convenient or not.


7. Take It Slow - Our lives are all a work in progress. Often that progress is slow, sometimes we stand still, and we even slip backward from time to time. When that happens, simply return to step one.

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Back In Edmonds

And for the perfect message at the end of our unusual journey

What Else

And what else could be as exciting as dried paint. Let's see, the net, the "ferry Bumper", a tail light

Details

And while Jan was spotting the Sounder, I became fascinated with being able to see the details of paint of the
side rail of the ferry. The wonders of a stronger "zoom" feature. The last picture of this trio is probably my favorite picture of the whole trip. It looks so calm, soothing and peaceful almost like a winter scene or maybe even ice cream starting to melt

Sailing East

And then, Jan spotted the Sounder train in the distance. I wasn't quick enough to get a decent picture

Almost On

And, why did I need to document this car length by car length, it was just that kind of trip or possibly the new camera or the luxury of having Jan drive

All Abroad

Kingston Ferry - It Was A Long Wait

Waiting For The Kingston Ferry

Jan Spots The Ferrys

Jan spotted a "parade" of cruise ships (well 4 or 5 heading north, huh) while we were waiting for the eastbound ferry at the end of our Olympia junket. And she took these great shots.

Rain

Wildlife Spotted On Roadtrip

Heading Back To Kingston