Day 38 - Planes on Trains

I could see the train across the valley towards Snohomish as I drove home and I instantly recognized the green hue.  That green is the color seen on every Boeing plane before they receive their final airline paint job.  I decided to take a short detour and wait for the train to reach a familiar railroad crossing.  This was just one of four planes on this train.

Day 37 - Team Meeting

We never need an excuse for a "team meeting" - today we opted to conduct business at Matador. Really missing Eric and Emily who ended up at different schools in our district (not their choice).  I love the fact that we are still a team and Holly (on the right) and I are doing everything in our power, short of murder that is, to get them back.

Day 36 - Paint Colors

My house is scheduled to be painted this month (crossing my fingers for some dry weather).  After driving around and looking at more paint chips than I care to think about, I'm getting close to a decision on the colors.  When I retire, I want a job as the person who creates paint color names. For example, the paint in my bathroom is called "Nutmeg Dust".  Who comes up with that?  Is there some sort of formal training?  I have to find out.

Day 35 - Starbucks

Every time I drive in I think, I've got to stop doing this because it's killing my budget. . . and then a little voice in my head says "just one more time".

Day 34 - Outside Kitty

This is a sweet cat who has had a hard start in life.  As near as I can figure, she's been left behind by two different neighbors when they moved.  Needless to say, she is unwilling to come inside now except for brief explorations.  She's lived outside my home for the past year in a little house built by my handy neighbor Jim.  She is there waiting for breakfast every morning and greets me when I come home every night.  She even follows me and the dog for the first part of our morning walk. Jim calls her Freckles and I call her Mama and I know both of us will make sure she never gets left behind again.

Day 33 - Mermaid Market Cafe

This is the statue outside the Mermaid Market Cafe on Colby in Everett.  The menu looks good but the place caters to the business crowd and is only open M-F until 3PM.  Guess I'll have to try it during a vacation week.  You gotta love the artwork though.

Day 31 - Garden Arbor

I have a wonderful neighbor who is retired and loves to tinker around.  He's got a shop filled with more saws than anybody would ever need.  As part of my front yard makeover, I tore down some dilapidated lattice but I wasn't sure I wanted to dig up the treated posts as they were still in decent shape.  I had an idea of what I wanted, sketched it out and he came up with the brilliant idea of surrounding the posts and building up.  I wanted square lattice, not diagonal and when I couldn't find it, he made it by sawing boards into individual slats and then nailing them together!

My job this weekend - to get at least one coat of stain on it before the fall rains settle in for good.