Highlights of my year - 2012

Just some of the fun times I had being "just me - alive"

I love weather especially snow, and January didn't disappoint. We usually get northeast winds and our snow all blows away or drifts when we get snow here, 

so a flat sticking snow this year was extra nice.

.We can't get in enough birding trips, and in February since it was a Snowy Owl flight year we were determined to find them, and we did - in British Columbia - Boundary Bay.

The best news of the year was that my calf injury completely healed and by March I was able to resume many of the activities that I love.

also in March I was able to watch my Granddaughters for my daughter and son in law while they went to Hawaii for a week. While with them I taught them to sew with a sewing machine. Here are some of the projects they choose to make. Pretty good, I think!

Lora learned straight seams & made a blanket for her stuffed tiger.

Ruby made a Kimono for her Pandy bear

Skylar wanted to make a quilt for her bed.

In April I started training with Bellingham fit, a group that guarantees they will get you trained enough to run and finish a marathon. Since I'd been injured and hadn't run a marathon in 26 years I  thought that would be a good welcome back to running goal.

In June my daughter took me to a pottery studio for a one day lesson as a birthday gift. Here we are together - ready or not!

Thank you Melissa, such a fun day. Here's my finished pieces, I was really pleased with the green bowl, turned out rather nice. 

Summertime at our house means being busy in the vegetable and flower gardens. We get to freeze, can, dry etc. our vegetables, berries and fruit. I planted two things this year that haven't done so good in our garden in the past and was really pleased with them. Our sunflowers and dahlias finally got enough sun to actually grow this year. Enjoyed them so much -

I September I ran my marathon. Bellingham fit came through on their guarantee, I ran and finished.

In November I got to help with the aid support for my dad's 80 mile run for his 80th birthday.

Happy New Year! 

Happy Holidays from us!

Corn picking Malamute

Sometimes when times are tough it's nice to take a break and enjoy something that just makes us smile. This does it for me. A Malamute that loves to pick corn off the stalk❤️

Exploring the Middle Fork road

Today we took a drive to explore the Middle Fork (of the Nooksack river) road. The picture above is as far as we walked from the closed gate just at the bridge over the river. For those of you that climb the Twin Sisters peaks this road is the closest you can get to begin your climb. Several years ago the road that had the closest approach was gated. To see the pictures larger, just click on them.

Panorama picture taken just below the area of the first picture posted - my husband was standing on the knoll at the left of this picture.

 The clouds were too thick to really see the Twin Sisters, if you click on the picture to enlarge it, just above the saddle on the ridge in the middle of the picture there is a slight dark area - that is as much of the Twin Sisters as we could see today. Some day we'll go back on a sunny day and get a picture from that very spot and I'll insert it into this post.

The views were so pretty even though it was a fairly dark day. I love this picture I took of the contrasts in colors and textures of the forest -

Our happy dog "Lexis" found some water!

looking below the bridge

Here are a couple pictures from the bridge where we began our walk, after driving about 5 miles up the gravel road.

looking above the bridge

Part way up the road to the bridge is the Bellingham City dam turn off. 

Looks like it gets pretty soggy here doesn't it :-)