Pickles

Pickles

Recently, Gary and I visited a friend at his family’s cucumber farm in Puyallup, Washington. After walking through the farmstead filled with supplies for canning and seeing boxes of harvested cucumbers, we enjoyed the privilege of each making a jar of pickles. We...
Pounce

Pounce

Though thick clouds still hung in the sky, the falling snow had subsided. Joy (our 10.5 year old GSP) and Hope (Sammy’s 1.5 year old GSP) eagerly anticipated their afternoon walk. Both dogs love romping through the snow. It was almost as if they knew adventure...
Fall

Fall

As I sat peacefully at the airport awaiting my flight to depart for the east coast, I decided to let my iTunes shuffle through the assortment of music on my phone. Thanks to my son, Sammy, my iTune’s library features an abundance of music; much of it is unfamiliar to...