Two selections from atop the Sehome Arboretum...

Mé was running away as I took this. Yeah, I know: brilliant comment. I love how naturally she takes pictures. Just wait to see what else we got.

The second is taken from atop the lookout tower. You can see the harbor of Bellingham through the tree. I believe the hill and tower combined are about 500 or 600 feet up, so it gives a good view. This little gem is attached to the university (Western Washington) and is directly across the road from us. Cool, huh?

Yeah, Elise and I went through our more recent pictures...

This one made the cut because, I mean, come on. First of all, well taken, My Love. Jude looks classic and beautiful. And what is this he is framing? Yes, a yarn creation concocted out of his sweet little head. This kid is going somewhere. We are in the midst of a game of Monopoly (the Star Wars Saga edition) and he is easily beating me. And that is with magnanimously granting me 400 dollars for nothing. Anyway, enjoy this pic.

I'm not sure how best to do this...

I love these two. Don't worry, Ez, you'll get your due. I'm constantly overcareful about not preferring one kid or the other. It is nice that both are such strong personalities and that one is a boy, and the other is a girl. Also, since the boy reminds me of narcissistic self and the girl reminds me of the older girl whom I worship, it is difficult to prefer one over the other.

Quasi-smiles

I centered this picture on my computer desktop in a sea of milk chocolate brown. The decision to encase it in that color obviously has to do with the sepia-tone that I converted the picture into. After that was all done, I liked it so much I wanted to share it with all of you. Jude is of course as charming as ever. He is immaculately photogenic. I'm not sure about my self with my rockstar cum zoolander quasi-smiles. I do like the fact that you can see my wedding ring and the cool deskmug I'm holding. You should all check out the lyrical description about berry picking placed by my wife in the last post (look for "anonymous"). I suppose there will be more pictures to come. Just be patient already.

Lost amongst the overgrown Himalayan blackberries somewhere along the Skagit River.

Yeah, I finally changed the template of this here blog. I got just plain bored of the previous one. I'm all about minimalism, but after awhile it turns out to be maximally plain.

Today we drove over an hour to the south and east to pick organic blueberries in this totally random place. But it was all good in the end. This implies not so good at first. Mostly that has to do with our children being fairly opposed to driving long distances (read, over 10 minutes). But the blueberries were divine and it was simply beautiful. The weather was quite cool, barely sixty, cloudy, a virtual mist/drizzle in the air. But the green simply overtakes you the air feels heavy with life somehow. So we came away with about 10 pounds of blueberries and a large canning jar full of fresh-pressed cider from early-crop sour apples. And everybody helped pick blueberries (yes, even Esmé, except all the ones she ate ended up in her tummy). Our children are in their element out in nature. Therefore we are quite thankful to be living in this beautiful environment.

Enough of that. I have a new site devoted to randomness and fun kitsch. Check it out.

No post is complete without a pic. Enjoy!