Thursday, July 28, 2011

Sunny Seattle

The ships.


The colorful flowers.

Dock art.



Tall buildings.

Pigs the Market is famous for.

and of course the Fish Mongers. :)

Went to Seattle for the afternoon and had a terrific day. It was a beautiful Sunny day. I only wish sunny days came more often here in Seattle.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

California here I come...





After spending a week with my Mom and sister Mary we drove on over to California and visited with my niece Debee and her children, Gabe, Wyatt and Colleen, for a day and Debee was gracious enough to drive us from Bakersfield to Clovis where my sister Dawn and husband Terry live. Fun times... While we were there my nephew Clint stopped in with his new girlfriend and her daughter.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Arizona in August




First thing back to the U S of A was to visit my Mom and Sister Mary. Arizona is very much like Spain only warmer. Which felt good to me. Air conditioning is way over used here. You have good heat AZ why ruin it with AC.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Rain in Elche on my last day here...

Well, my bags are packed and I am ready to go. This morning I woke early and decided to go for a run along the river. Things were going fine until it started to spinkle a little and I thought no biggie, rain never hurt anyone. After about an hour, it started to rain a little harder, and since I was already wet (or so I thought) I decided to keep heading in the direction of home. Finally when I had passed the point of any shelter, it downpoured, I mean serious downpour. By the time I got to my flat I was soaked through and through. (now I know what wet really is, I don't think my shoes will be dry by morning). Coming into our building I noticed that it was in fact raining inside as well. The water had flooded on the roof and was coming in under the door and flowing over the stairs all the way down to the bottom. (Sorry no pics of that, I was too concerned at this point to getting myself inside and dried out). After a warm shower and dry clothes I snapped the pictures of the streets below my flat. While doing this I heard my name from across the street and saw the sister Missionaries out on their balcony watching the water flow as well. I guess it was just Spain's way of saying goodbye, Seattle style. :)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Boxes leave tomorrow.

My boxes are ready and the shipper comes tomorrow. My ticket home is for August 20th. First stop in Arizona to visit my mom and my sister Mary and then next stop to California to visit my sister Dawn and nephew Clint and final destination Washington with hugs for everyone.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Plantlife in Elche, Spain

Took a walk along the river that runs through Elche, though I don't think it would qualify as a river back in the states. It was a lovely walk. Not sure of the names of any of the plantlife but they are pretty and huge. The plant I do know is the Palm tree and above it you can see the green buds of the dates growing on it.