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Saturday, September 30, 2006

There Goes The Neighborhood Chez Perils has been getting a much-needed paint job this week. They're just about finished. I'm really liking how the colors are working out. It's so bizarre how different they look in the wild than they do on the sample chips. We had them get several samples and paint them on the shingles in order to really fix the hue. The trim areas that are green in the photo have been dark brown in the past, and I've been thinking the whole place looked sort of drab. I'm really happy with the green accents. Click any picture to enlarge And, just for kicks, here's how the place looked in 1981 when, after living in it for 5 years, we did a major remodel: 2:39:19 PM    Speak to me! []  TrackBack  []

More Hooky Great weather continued throughout the week, and, in anticipation of flying to Milwaukee Sunday, I carped the diem Friday to go kayaking up north near LaConner, between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands. Where I launched, it was sunny and warm, with calm waters. On the west side of Whidbey, it seemed there was a bank of marine push fog. I caught a photo of one of its tendrils partially enveloping the Deception Pass Bridge: Click any photo to enlarge I hauled out onto a beach on Hope Island, a Washington State Park, to stretch a bit and laze in the sun. I used my camera's timer for the self-portrait below, then hiked up a trail and got the beach photo. These are the only decent wildlife shots I got. And I'm not sure the thing wasn't dead. Shots from the trip home. Mount Baker, a volcano near the Canadian border, was out, and I parked and walked out onto the Swinomish bridge near LaConner to snap it. Then, while driving through some farmland, I couldn't resist pulling over for one more. 11:11:40 AM    Speak to me! []  TrackBack  []