Birthdays and Friendships

Another beautiful weekend here in the Pacific Northwest!!!

Thursday was dearest friend Lynda's birthday so she, Terry and I headed down to Snohomish for a few hours of fun and birthday gifts!!!!
My photography was lacking...I only took four pictures!! But I loved all the old washers set up outside the businesses, full of flowers!!!

Love this one...never seen a washer like that before!
And here is the birthday girl herself, outside our favorite store, The Speckled Hen. (How does one remove the reflective things in the picture???) Isn't she adorable??? Happy Birthday Betty dear!!!

The next night, we headed down to Woodinville with our friends, Perry and Linda, to the Chateau St. Michelle winery for a summer concert. Jackson Browne is a favorite of my husbands. I must admit, that I wasn't too keen on this concert as I've been to a few of the oldies down there and they just don't do much for me! I wanted to go the night before and hear Martina!!!

But I put on my big girl pants and went along...took my ipod just in case!!! I wish I would have taken more pictures. We went to a special reception before hand and the food was amazing, the grounds beautiful! You get a free wine glass when you come in and then free wine the rest of the night. My first glass lasts me all night, because I don't drink much, but I do love the glasses!!!

You're not supposed to take pictures (or have a camera with you) so I had to do some smuggling!!!

They had a big tent set up with lots of cheeses, crackers and a bounty of desserts (and more wine) which we visited more than once!!!

And can I just say what a wonderful concert this was???? He was truly great!!! Lots of ballads and acoustical pieces, very mellow and fun.

I also didn't get a picture of the lady a few rows in front of us who was doing interpretive dancing to Every Song he Sang!!!! It was quite entertaining!!

If I knew how to photo shop my arm would NOT be in the picture!!!!

A beautiful night with great friends!!!!

A Walk in the Country

Hubby and I went for a walk down the lane yesterday afternoon.
I've been wanting to visit a little house and ask if I could take some pictures. We met some new friends, Bob and Carol, who were more than happy to show us their little home in the woods.

They have a couple of acres that back up to some woods, which they've been clearing out a bit and doing a little landscaping. This place should be in Better Homes and Gardens!!!

Forgot to take a picture of the cute house, but this is quite the tidy, beautifully landscaped country cottage. Carol does a lot of whimsical painting on old metal buckets and watering cans...very cute!!

I love this old washer!

You can see a bit of the house here. Very northwest craftsman style.

A few ladders, a few watering cans...much inspiration!!!

Jackson was waiting for us when we got home. I love the label on the wagon!!! Good thing he can't read!!

The weather is supposed to be nice, nice, nice!!! A few (big) landscape plans around here!

Enjoy the sunshine!!