Saturday, August 18, 2012

the centenarian, standing tall and proud

The light yesterday morning was amazing, so I snapped a pic of the newly-painted Centenarian looking sharp in its new duds. The gorgeous green garden was the perfect accessory.

Adrienne and I just finished painting the second coat on the Centenarian.  The porch will be refinished next week - it now has an outdoor carpet over it adhered to the old-growth decking with industrial strength glue.  Then, I have to paint the steps and we're DONE!

 green green lushery - and our beer hops are coming in nicely!

in search of the elusive orca whale


AJ and I took our friends on a day-long boat ride to see killer whales yesterday.  We left downtown Seattle at 8am, steamed up Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands, watched for whales and other marine life, walked around Friday Harbor and had lunch, then steamed home for a 7pm docking back where we started.  This is the height of orca season, AND the J-Pod just had a baby last week - which other friends of ours reported seeing.  We saw nary a killer whale nor baby, but did see a lollygagging Minke whale, numerous Stellar sea lions, and even more numerous harbor seals.  All good stuff - especially when spending the day out of the office - but we'll have to wait to see the elusive black-and-whites some other time.

Deception Pass, Northern Whidbey Island

Classic San Juans

Mt Baker over Lopez Island

Giant bull Stellar Sealion

Stellars

South San Juan, one of my favorite places in the world

Minke whale

Minke whale deep dive

Ferry coming in to Friday Harbor

Good ol Friday Harbor

AJ and Danielle