Green Furniture

These really cool people are making art out of reclaimed wood. Gudrun and Eric work in Ballard and have some furniture and cabinets on display around town. See this. What is green?

Furniture as Art

I recently went out furniture shopping with a friend. We went to the usual places. Crate and Barrel in University Village won our choice for several pieces, including dining room ad living room furniture. When shopping through Ballard, we stumbled into Collective and saw some cool wooden pieces made from reclaimed wood. They were truly beautiful. Check this out.

Birds

Did you know that West Seattle is a stopover spot for many migratory birds? Check this out. I've seen hundreds of these birds lately. At first I thought they were Canadian Geese, but it tuns out they are Brants.

Book for your Women

Local famous photographer, Rosanne Olson is off to be interviewed on "Good Morning America" on Sunday morning, the 13th, and airs in Seattle at 7:00 am. Her book is out on shelves now and available on Amazon.com a couple of great articles have been written about it. I recommend it to any and every women, young and old that you care about.

Here's an article from the Seattle PI

and another from the Oregonian

Beach

Wow, I sure love the ocean. I just returned from a couple days on the Washington coast. Sunny days, surfers, whales swimming by, cranberry bogs getting ready to bloom. Here is a rain shower passing by.

wirlygig artists

I have a piece of art that spins around... Is it a whirligig? Is it a piece of kinetic art? It's not this, but it could be...

Dead Dads

My sweetie's dad died this week. He was 99 years old. What makes a good life? We are quite bad at death and dying in the U.S.A.

My dad made his transition to the other side last year. I am still amazed that I can't see him or speak with him. My dad died even though we all tried to keep him alive, with drugs, food, and whatever we could conjure. I still miss the guy.

A father's gift is complicated...How to be a man, a husband, a father. In some cases, how not to be, but the gift is the same. It's what they do or don't do that molds us.

Rest in peace, dear dads.