Istanbul to Nice 2010

Istanbul, Turkey

The Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque
Local with Henna Tattoos
Santorini, GreeceTaormina, Sicily

Seattle

We love the lights of cities at night and Seattle is one of the best!

Seattle Hotels are very pet friendly and Mac is an excellent city dog!

From earlier visits this is Pioneer Square and from the "Underground Tour" looking up at Pioneer Square

Mission Ridge

Bob Ogburn, Bruce McWhirter, and I went skiing today, and it was perfect! Sunny skies with temperatures in the mid 20's and wonderful snow. What a great day. We are not golfers but some of our friends are using this wonderful weather to ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon. Isn't this just the best place in the world to live? That is Mount Adams in the background.

Before The Remodel: A Request by Jenni Hakensen

Jenni: here is your request. I am sorry that I do not have any pictures available of the remodeled areas with furniture. This first image is the living room looking from the kitchen. Our house faces South toward the River so this view is East. On the left is the fireplace and past that is the front door and the hallway to the master bedroom.
This image is of the fireplace we removed. It was very large and opened in the living room and the dining room. I thought it took up too much space, but it took a long time for me to get my arms around the concept of removing it. This picture was taken from the living room looking toward the kitchen on the left and the dining room on the right.This picture is the living room taken from the front hallway. The fireplace is on the right and the kitchen is around the corner of the fireplace on the right.These last two pictures are taken of the kitchen from the living room from slightly different angles. We were able to use all the appliances in the kitchen except for the stove top which was fine except that neither of us liked it

Remodel

The Remodel is almost complete. We are so pleased

Trip to Entiat Park

Susie, Mac, and I set out to get some Big Horn Sheep pictures on Sunday but did not see one on this trip. Consequently, we decided to stop at Entiat Park to air Mac out. There was a big flock of those "evil" Canadian Geese there so Mac did his duty and cleared them out of the park. He does not understand why they can poop in the park and he can't. After they were all in the Columbia River Mac did his "Terrier Testosterone" dance to impress us. It was a fun day, and I am certain those geese are still shaking!

Diana Krall Concert

Susie & I took Terry & Marylou Johnson to the Diana Krall Concert at the St Michelle Winery on Saturday night. We had a wonderful time eating our dinner at the winery and drinking a fine Merlot. We spent the night in Kirkland and got up on Sunday and took a tour of the Magnolia area where Terry & Marylou used to live and had a wonderful brunch at Chinook's. Great weekend with no construction.