Tulip Time On Whidbey Island

 We have come to the cabin on Whidbey island for a few days. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon, got settled, checked out the work to be done, visited the local nursery, enjoyed the sunshine, and appreciated the work we did here last fall. The tulips are blooming!

I took a little evening walk before settling in to watch TV, since we once again figured out how to use our laptop to stream TV here without cable. Life is an adventure.

We are working on forgetting politics for a few days since that guy has decided not to blow things up for a while. :-/

Today we have lots of weeding to do, among the tulips. Time to get busy.

Easter 2026

It's still the seven of us gathering for Easter and Spring fest. Jill was the host and chief cook. 

There are three sets of brothers and sisters,  parents of several generations, Grandparents and great aunt.

And a grand cat! We talked and shared experiences, ate wonderful food, yummy desserts, and plenty of candy. 

We celebrated two April birthdays, Jake's 51st and Irene's 21st.

The weather was mild enough to be outside for our egg hunt and our dessert and birthday celebration.

                         Grands Irene and Isaac

                          Egg Hunters

Counting the loot

                           The formal portrait.

The birthday kids; Irene with cherry cheesecake, Jake with triple berry pie. 

Irene modeling a handspun, loom woven jacket made by here great grandmother Bernice. 

It was another great family day of celebration and togetherness.

It's A Lamb

 

This last day of March was quite lovely. I took a walk in the park this afternoon. There were cherry trees in bloom.

And native red flowering current.

And lots of others strollers were enjoying seeing March go out like a lamb.

It's Easter Week

 

I decorated a couple of weeks ago, when the St Pat's table mat was still out. Now it's not. These holidays are coming close together this year. 

The Spring/Easter decorations are the same as they have been for years now. A few might be in different places. I'm not adding to the collection anymore, and I may have missed a few with my camera. 

Many of these decorations hold meanings and memories.

We are calling Easter Sunday "Spring Fest". The usual seven of us will celebrate Spring, Jake's 51st birthday. Irene's 21st birthday, He Is Risen day, and eat candy and yummy food day. 

It looks like the weather will be pleasant and there will be an egg hunt, of course. 

This week preparations will be fun and on going. 

Happy Easter Week!

Another Anniversary

 

Once we were young.

Now we are not.

But after 57 years we are still together.

And we are still making good trouble.

No Kings Rally #3

 Some people who are not in the know like to ask us "What are you protesting?"

That's hard to answer, first because there are so many reasons to protest the Trump Administration, and Trump in particular, and secondly, because these rallies don't feel like protests. They are joyous gatherings of like minded people who want to make our voices heard, or more accurately, at least in our relatively small gathering of only a few thousand, make our opinions visible.

Read for yourself. This is just a sample.

We spent a joyful two hours talking to our friend Jan, waving our signs, reading other's signs, sharing laughs and thoughts with others, and I spent about 45 minutes walking the line, taking photos and talking and laughing with people who were strangers but could easily have been my friends. 

We don't hate, not America or anyone else. But we demand better. We can be better, We are better. Well, most of us.