Back from my birthday trip this year

The Methow Valley was low on snow. 

Next year it's the Alps or Bust!

Nature is beautiful

Twisp Billboard

Tipi dinners

Nice ring to it!

Love it

We'll be back!!!

A duvet I'm

Making plus quilt for baby blanket. 

The back is Vintage Japanese indigo ikat. 

Front is linen. 

Almost done!!!

Mandela of sand and Moroccan chicken with fruits, tapioca pudding.

In thought it began as a leaf 

Days and days and days went by, me walking past and looking at it. 

Then something happened, the art, or life of it. 

It began having seeds

Then roots that grew into the top. 

And then it appeared as a lyre

With vibrations. 

Obviously alive and it was both masculine and feminine. 

It was vibration as well as  manifestation 

Then it flowered. 

That is like us. 

We are that life 

And we must 'allow' what comes to 

Be. No resistance 

Let it be,....

What is needed so we may also flower. 

So that all will flower and see the 

perfection. Be that. 

. 

And here is chicken dinner. 

Tagine. 

And dessert. 

A few Christmas presents...

Later I'll post my spirit house from Indonesia. 

This nice box from one of my best friends. 

10,000 villages, too. 

Tagine (Indonesia, 10,000 villages)

from

My daughter...I'm cooking in it now!

A Moroccan chicken dish 

With apricots and cherries, onions , spices;

Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, ummm..

Some beautiful Italian pieces

I have loved and now they're mine...

Another clay containing mica piece. This one from Bolivia. Got it in Vancouver. 

I made a great risotto in it. 

Was delicious. It was portabella mushroom and cheese risotto. 

Mushrooms are high in Vit D

Btw. 

Some higher than others. 

Sailing through the Gulf Islands to Vancouver

Spirit of Vancouver Island

Ferry.

No photos but we saw orcas and one put on a great show. 

It was nice seeing them in the expansive wild. 

The ferry has about 4 types of dining available. 

One is a lounge with great seating for viewing off the stern. 

They have staterooms. I'm not sure why you'd need one for a less than 2 hour sail though. 

My favorite wing of the museum. Victoria BC

The totems which were purchased 

In The 1800's I believe.

 The long houses of cedar where 

the native people lived. 

Beautiful blanket made for the chief 

to wear on certain occasions. 

Oysters at Pescatores last night, walking and shopping today

Tapas at the Tapas bar.

 Creme brûlée in 3 flavors. 

Searching for an art gallery we love. 

If it's still here. 

Admitting to going into a mall looking for a store that carries the Canada Goose Mystique Parka. Only two stores here carry Canada Goose though. 

Malls. Interesting to see occasionally. 

But I'm not a mall person or a big shopper. 

Art work is my preference. 

First Stop Victoria

The Empress, for a few nights...

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

The Parliament all lit up!

Fun being had by all...:-)

Snohomish for evening shopping , and a swan landed in town!

A nice pub

The swan landed and was hit by cars but 

After being dazed a bit managed to take off

Over the river. 

He's a huge bird!!

Cute

It's beginning to look a little like Christmas.

Adventures as usual we have planned...

More on that at a later date. 

My Alaska friends, especially North Pole reader etc. will be on stand by I see. 

Winter is Here

It's icy cold here. 

The little Anna hummingbirds need their feeders bubble packed. And the season calls for hearty soups. 

Quilt making, buying, selling...

Pink roses to decorate the tree this year. 

Snow in the snow country ..