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hope springs eterenal

Early Morning OpenSat, May 31, 2008 at 3:28:55 am PSTHope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all,And sweetest in the gale is heard;And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.I’ve heard it in the chilliest landAnd [...]

Sea Fever

Sea-FeverI must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,And a gray mist on the sea’s face, and a gray dawn breaking.I must go [...]

The good ship, SUNSHINE

When Dan was in elementary school some forty years ago in Riverside, California, he commondered the garage and with the plans from a Popular Mechanics magazine built a boat. It never saw water.In high school he applied as a crew member on a boat but was not successful.On Lake Pleasant near Phoenix he sailed [...]

sea flight to Lopez Island

Greg, Lisa, Sam and Ben will arrive at Lopez Island at 10.00 A.M. aboard Kenmore flight 120.
It will be in a plane similar to the ones above.
In the top picture from an earlier trip from left to right are Greg,Glenn, Dan and Randy. The flights in those small planes are a thrill ,indeed. We all [...]

Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands

Yes, on this Friday afternoon, the good ship,Sunshine will anchor in Friday Harbor with Dan, Brigid and Summer being joined by Greg, Lisa, Sam and Ben.With a population of just above 2,000, the village of Friday Harbor is a far cry from being a big city, but as the economic, transportation and government center [...]

Greg,Lisa,Sam and Ben board the Sunshine-2008

This picture taken in Colorado on Thanksgiving day, 2007, does probably not even capture the excitement they will feel as they take the 15 passenger float plane from Seattle to Lopes Island tomorrow morning.After Boarding the SUNSHINE, they will cruise to Friday Harbor to avoid the negative tide on Sunday morning. Friday Harbor [...]

Ramona at Buchart Gardens-Victoria, B. C.-2007

Next Friday, June 6th, Greg and Lisa and boys, Brigid, Dan and Summer will visit Buchart Gardens.

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On Tuesday, May 26th, Summer, Brigid and Dan left the Port of Seattle and cruised to Edmonds on the good ship,SUNSHINE, continuing on to Langley.On Wednesday the cruised to Anacortes and continued on to Bellingham on Thursday. Today they are cruising to Fisherman’s Bay on Lopez Island.Today, Greg and Liza Rye and Sam and Benjamin [...]

Remember the Suns?

TheGolden Grannies from Sun City and other points performed for 60 seconds during a Suns timeout. My friend, Ethel, was part of that group and now the joy of this week was the fact that the Spurs were eliminated but by the Lakers that I do not especially cherish. What’s a person to do?

More D-Back fans

These are some of the friends with whom I have enjoyed the games. The top picture is of Bernie Greene. When her husband and I went to the game we took no pictures.
The lower picture is of Loma Mosser, everyone’s voice of help and caring.Loma was a long time president of the Sun City Singles [...]