Crossword!

 

Suzie and I did this crossword puzzle.  The whole thing!  Together!

We were all proud.  We took a picture to show it with Scoutie.

Science Fest

I heard they held a big Science Fest at Indiana University yesterday.  Family Friendly.  My 4 year old grandson (in blue shirt) is IN.  All kinds of science activities in many buildings.  10-4 and he was enthralled with the whole thing.  According to reports.  Did chemistry.  Did biology.  Did archaeology.  Did all of it.  The whole time.  Ready for more.

Some kind of chemistry thing going on here. 

My new sign

My new sign.

One thing that you can say is that it looks home-made.  No doubt about it.

 You can almost see my old sign "No more Extortion" underneath.

Since we are standing on the side of the road and cars are driving by, it HAS to be legible.  I also thought I would add some color.  So I taped pink copy paper over what I had.  Only a few words. Notice, I do have a stick.  Some old molding attached to back with clear wrapping tape installed by my thoughtful husband.

Remember, they do not have to be super durable.  You can use them even in the rain.

I wanted a 'B' word.  'Bread' can be interpreted many ways, money, food

So, we are in an atmospheric river rain situation.  More coming.  We lost our power for 8 hours 2 weeks ago!  Then there was a big storm a few days ago; a lot of people lost power but not us.  INCONCEIVABLE!

So, as I'm working here, I hear that all too familiar sound.  BOOM!!  A transformer explodes.  But we still have power.  What?  Our transformer is the one that explodes. Then, I consult the most popular winter website.  The City Light Outage map.  It always tells you what you need to know.  I long since learned that their time of restoration is aspirational.  There are two power outages nearby.  One is to the west and one is to the east.  And our little street is spared.  So far.  What?  We're always the ones with the prolonged power outage.

The unseen hand....

Weekly Demonstrations

 Dennis and I participated in both No Kings Day rallies in Lake Forest Park.  The reported attendance for the October rally was over 2700.  Not bad for a small city just north of the Seattle city limits with a population (2020) of 13,360.

But this is another smaller rally.  Every Sunday, there's a rally for an hour at a busy intersection in Shoreline (right next to Lake Forest Park)  We have our signs and we wave and people wave to us and honk our horns.

There's not a lot of of people there.  This picture is from the Shoreline Area News (used without permission) from last Sunday.  About 50 people come.  Dennis and I are in this picture but we're kinda hard to pick out.  It was dark skies.  Anyway I'm the person seated (on my garden bench) with my new blue jacket on and Dennis is right next to him.  I don't remember the lady on the left being so close to us but she was.

There's usually people on 4 corners.  Corner of NE 205th St and Aurora Ave (Hwy 99).  The blue jacket was an impulse purchase from La Conner at a travel store.  Why did I need a new rain jacket?  Would I ever wear it?  Um, just all the time, I'm wearing that jacket.  It's really well made and, honey, you do not get wet.

But folks, I need help with my sign.  I made a sign months ago "No more extortion!" and it's still good.  But maybe a new one.  I want to word "Ballroom" in there.  Healthcare not Ballrooms?  Doesn't have a snap.  I would like a B word.  Suggestions welcome.

Please help!

Allen Auditorium

 

Check out the Allen Auditorium at the University of Washington.  Set up for film; big screen, three rows of theater seat, great acoustics.  A hidden gem.  I've always wanted our Access group to do a program here.  As an RSO (Registered Student Organization), we can use these facilities.

But now, I have a film!  I've scheduled my event next Thursday at 10 am.  Dennis and I went through a walk-through this morning.  It looks and sounds great.

Now, if I could get some people to come...

Passport!

 So my passport expired in Feb.  And in these crazy days, maybe I should get it renewed.  So I fussed about how to do it.  Could I make a appt at my town office?  No not really.  I hate sending those documents in the mail.  Who knows if I would get them back.  In these crazy days.

But I heard that you could do it online and it works well.  What?

So I decide to try it.  I get my picture (lovely) at a local UPS place.  Dennis scans it.  So I start in.  Will it work.  But it won't accept my picture. It's too far to the right, it's not close enough, etc.  Finally Dennis just took my picture (I mean really) but who cares, it works.

So I submit it and they say 4-6 weeks.  We'll see.

I got it back with a new passport in 11 days!!  11 days!  I can't believe it.  I think it's legit.  Who knew?

Frank goes to work

 It was workday at his daycare center.  His dad was in charge.  A lot of mulching going on.  Frank, aged 4, wanted to help.  And he meant it.  Here he is with his wheelbarrow moving mulch.  He is doing the work, getting it done!

Frank and the canoe

 My grandson Frank, age 4, really enjoys Griffey Lake near his home in Indiana.  As a younger child, he really liked going to the beach.  Now, it's more about canoeing and fishing.  His mother is a veteran canoer, years of working at girl scout camp and even leading trips in the Border Lakes.  Frank, he likes it a lot.  They've also tried their hand at fishing.  Somebody gave her a child's fishing pole.  But they didn't really know what to do, things like bait, etc.  Some veteran fisherman have been helping them out.  However, Ilana agrees with me, there should be no damage to any fish.

A slow day but the beach

It was a slow day, not much happening.  So I decided to go to Edmonds Beach.  Took this picture.