Diega and Corky Come to Visit

Last Saturday my sister Diega and her boyfriend Corky came to Seattle for a visit. They live across the water in Port Townsend, and it had been about 15 years since Diega has been to Seattle, so this was a special occasion indeed! We had a great time playing tourist in our own town.

Here is a photo of Diega and Corky at Pike Place Market in front of a stand that sells peppers.



And here they are with a nutcracker from the Nutrcracker March. We saw three different nutcrackers between the waterfront and my office. A quick check online reveals there are 50 of them scattered about downtown. This may require a digital camera hunt!



It turns out it was relatively easy for Diega and Corky to travel here by ferry. We hope they will come back soon.

Who's Crabby??

My friend and co-worker Angie is a very talented photographer. At our office each year we have a silent auction to benefit United Way. Employees donate items to be auctioned, many of them made by the donor.

This year's auction was on Friday. I purchased several things including a set of notecards which Angie made from photographs she took at Pike Place Market. There were many beautiful pictures in the set of cards from flowers to fruits and vegetables. But for some reason this one caught my eye.

Can you say Yumm!!

City Girl

Check out my new art! My brother-in-law is very talented with wood carving. He takes old pieces of wood (various types), and carves on them until they are smooth and beautiful and express something unusual. He has done a lot of tall walking sticks, each with its own personality. A few months ago I was at his home admiring some of his work. He told me he would make me a carved walking stick for my balcony garden. Instead, he made me this cool abstract wood sculpture from an old piece of wood that was lying around my parents' property.

I love the big red lips which I am sure he incorporated because he knows I like to wear red lipstick. And the blue dot on the side is a mole - just like I used to have (except mine was black, not blue). You can't quite tell from the picture, but she also has smooth black hair. I asked my brother-in-law what we should call her. He came up with a long version of a name which I cannot entirely remember. But I remember the first part - "City Girl". You see, my family are mostly small-town folks and I was the only one to move to the big city of Seattle. Hence the name. As you can see I found a great place in the corner of my living room for City Girl where she can watch everything that goes on.