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Jan. 30th, 2004 - these might be the last January pictures!

Ann and I walked today. Windy and mid forties, mostly sunny. We saw another Crowley Tug docked at the end of Commercial. The 'Hunter', this time. A bit smaller than the 'Response', featured on the BLOG a few days ago.

The Ferry 'Kitsap' is still in floating drydock, just ahead of the Tug. It is awaiting the replacement of its rudder, after a new propeller has been installed.

Ann and David walking the docks.

Jasper and Roma whining out the window after birds they can see, but can't reach. They make a funny little stuttering noise deep in their throats.

Jan. 24th, 2004 from home.

Fae drives up from Seattle to touch up Ann's hair. Cassady and I benefit from her skills, as well.

Here we are with trimmed locks. . .

This just turning up, from Disney: Riding down Splash Mountain!

Palm Tree curtains, inspired by Florida. Ann whipped these off, sewing and mounting, totally by herself.

Jan. 18th, from Anacortes.

Still trying to decide if these pages should scroll from top to bottom, or bottom to top? Old to new, or new to old? Open to suggestion, here. I am guessing that the folks w/o broadband will want the new stuff at the top? So, I'm continuing along those lines.
Two major events in the last couple days. Cassady is turning 23! And Dick decides to step up to a 2004 Honda. Nice car!
Birthday stuff first:
Here's Dick behind the wheel of a swell new Honda Accord. What on earth is he going to do with 240 horsepower?

Ann admires the car, too.

Didn't quite get a picture of the whole car! Next time.

Jan. 16th, 2004 from Anacortes. See the JanBLOG for the ticket tale.
Good to be home, is the bottom line, as always.

Ken sends along this picture of his backyard in MI. Snow bound, comes to mind. A far cry from the fifties we enjoyed in Anacortes today, and the seventies that favored us in FL, just a few days ago.

While attempting to make the front 'guest' room a tad more presentable, it was necessary to bring out the ladder. The cats love the ladder.

Additional guest room pix are HERE CLICK! 

It was also necessary to make a trip to purchase an extension cord slash surge supressor. It was while doing the driving that I noticed Saab is ready to crack the 200,000 mile barrier on the odometer. So, I took a test picture - 199,976 miles showing. Sometime next week, it ought to roll over. Incidently, the Saab fired right up (in the rain, always a hard call for old spark plug wires) after sitting for three weeks.

The quartz clock in the Saab has never lost a second. I'll try to get a shot of the rest of the dash. Dang ol' Saab, what a great 500 dollar car! It had 150,000 on it when I got it, nearly three years ago. That was in Michigan, when I first started thinking about retirement. To wit, I was out of service.

Jan. 13th from Orlando. We are really close to the airport, two minutes up the road. Staying at a La Quinta, which turns out to be a very reasonable and lovely Inn, with the warmest pool, yet!

The girls are talking with strangers, again.

Jan. 12th, last day on Anna Maria Island. We leave tomorrow for Orlando, and the next day for home. Evelyn says she is ready. Here are a few pix from the last couple days.
Walking along the beach before breakfast.

Ann captured this Dolphin swimming along the shore.

Building in the sand, on the 11th.

We played poker. Some won big, others lost their shirts.

January the 8th, Anna Maria Island, FL. Walking on the beach today we saw this Horseshoe crab. We don't think that they are on the west coast?

This Heron was waiting to see what got thrown back.

Temperatures were back to near 80.

We are settled in on Anna Maria Island, just off Sarasota, on the Gulf side. After a day on the beach, some of us are a bit red. . .

This is where we are staying. Kitchen, pool next door, beach and sand.

Doing the web stuff