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- Pollination and Propagation – A Painting Series
- Windows that open
- Are there people inside the camera?
- Gallery
- What are you reading?
- Creation and Re-creation
- Favorite Restaurants
- MUSEE de la CHASSE et de la NATURE
- Handstand anyone? Cupcake with Sprinkles?
- Wallingford Greenway opens with a Kidical Mass Gathering
- A June day
- Surfing on her birthday
- Amber and Todd and baby Parker!
- April Fool’s Day Pranks
- Jumping into the pool
- Being four
- The new series of jewelry is selling at the SAM Store
- Howling the night away
- White blanket for the skyscrapers
- Making Friends with Every Gecko in Belize
- We were looking for Santas and found Do Ho Suh’s Gate!
- Living past 100… actively
- Homework in the Globe
- One way to work with fractions.
- Tickle Time
- Have you ever had to walk uphill all night to get to a bunny in trouble?
- Sunny reading
- “To play without passion is inexcusable” or Rascal and the Minnie Bergman’s Park.
- Inspiration is for Amateurs or The Olympic Sculpture Park
- When was the last time you hung out under the surface?
- Sleeping model
- Sand and water
- Being Plumb
- Three Plumb earrings
- Naomi at Catherine and Mike’s wedding
- The dream just floats up into her head.
- Two sisters outfit their digs and enjoy the design mishaps
- Chocolate Cake
- Jeanne gives us a gardening tip and Elinor visits.
- Bang Bang at Camp Casey
- The first-grade book club
- Chalking it up on the front porch
- He said, “Nobody gets out of here alive.”
- Crazy hair day at Evergreen
- Naomi’s party
- “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” or How many times have you been married …to the same person?
- A Furry Hammer met us on the sidewalk. Hello Nick Cave!
- Did your school teach insatiable desire, focus and the art of persuasion? Sir Ken Robinson & Seth Godin pipe in on what we should and should not be teaching.
- Naomi’s birthday is just around the corner.
- Selling pigs off a bike
- Simone’s book club
- The importance of vulnerability
- Easter 2011
- The Artist Toolbox – NOW for Season Two!
- Why they were saying among themselves that it cannot be done, it was done.
- The Artist Toolbox
- Carrying the world on your shoulders?
- IndieFlix
- The floating bakery
- Which moments do you remember?
- Naomi tells the story of Rosa Parks
- Half the Sky is both a brutal awakening and an unmistakable call to action. -Melinda Gates
- Bringing Science to Science Fiction
- A half century of kids playing with Circuitry
- Simone’s take on Dolphins
- How to have a lovely birthday.
- Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism
- A sheet holding confetti and balloons
- Simone’s on the cover of Life Magazine in Shanghai
- They are so much fun!
- Airport Santa
- What is Santa’s favorite midnight snack?
- A party about stories
- Santa stopped by the tower.
- Round and round
- Ten Favorite toys!
- 14 GREAT Children’s books (7 for a 3 year old and 7 for a 6 year old)
- Violin
- Storytelling gathering for the holidays
- Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down
- Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.
- Snow day or Ahhh L-I-F-E
- Are you honing in on the virtues or letting them slide? Honestly?
- "Failure is Impossible"
- A global beginning to the day
- Naomi’s KOMO tour of the Tower or “What was on the cutting room floor?”
- Art is never chaste.
- 115 "area ways" below the streets of Pioneer Square
- Hillary does Pier 30
- First time
- "Please Vote!" or Clinton’s in Town
- Mieraye, Obama and Murray or the President comes to town.
- Java with Senator Patty Murray and President Obama
- Making a Home in a Pyramid, 462 Feet Above Seattle
- Ending nuclear proliferation
- Making body parts and firing madly!
- Brunch with Margit, Ben, Sarah, Rob and Pascal or Hot Lava
- Simone’s laptop
- Why are you smilin’ like a rabbit in a briarpatch?
- You’re just jealous cause the voices only talk to me or "Pumpkin Head"
- A One Nation Sunday
- Instead of Driver’s Education, Children attend Biker’s Education
- Hot Lava
- Naomi at work
- Venture Capital Panel at Bell Harbor or "Due Diligence Live"
- Naomi & Annabel on their First Day at Evergreen School
- Claudette & Susan do Seattle
- Boogie All Day Long
- Monica, David, Sophie & Annabel come over.
- Seattle Center …our extended yard…
- Baby Pia
- Enjoy KT Niehoff’s “Relatively Real” from 2005
- wing span
- rock n roll camp
- Deluged in Seattle
- A Garage Sale detour enroute to the Reptile Zoo
- Occidental Market
- Ballard Commons
- Mama Mia
- Circumnavigating 100 feet from home court
- Limb to Limb
- The surface of the water at Moss Bay
- On Thursday We Were A Circus
- Zombie Parade or The sum was far greater than its parts
- Geocaching or There was Shakespeare at the Troll
- And besides, they are DISTINCT!
- How we ended up in the Smith Tower lighthouse?
- Birthday at 3700 feet
- There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. -Winston Churchill
- Greenlake ships.
- Abbey Road
- Leaping McKinley
- Arne’s egg.
- Mazama Migration 2010
- PHOTO FRIDAY
- Grandma Elinor and Naomi
- Chinese Carving on the Bedroom door
- Event at Perkins Coie
- Heating Up
- Wiffling the afternoon away
- Josie Schembre channeling Josephine Baker & Isadora Duncan
- Nomadic kids
- Antigua back yard
- Pioneer schmoozing
- Merging collective experiences – AR from Blaise
- Daily Rituals or Off to School
- Dinner with the Strains across the Square
- Yelling at the TV
- Holiday 2009 or slinky on the hotel stairs
- Sweet and HORRIFYING! or A Whirling Deverish Halloween
- Elinor and Naomi enjoying the day.
- Pausing at Rhoad’s End
- Rhoads’ catch
- Gritty Oasis in Seattle or Beaching in Seattle
- Ferry on over to Vashon Island
- Knighted by chivalrous iron-clad warriors in Gasworks Park
- Therese and Dale and Serra
- The BIG DIG Treasure Hunt or Simone’s 5th or Great Traditions
- Naomi and paint
- Santa stopped by the tower a week early
- Jewel in the Oval Office (Sally Jewel)
- Boardman Lake
- Boardman Lake
- Annual Summer Sail
- Sailing
- Mazama hike with Ben and Margit and Naomi
- Brody’s brother arrives for tea party with Simone
- Her medium is gnarly. She works “in” plants.
- Take Your Time – Olafur Eliasson & Who’s afraid of Jasper Johns at Tony Shafrazi
- Fishing at twin ponds on crazy hair day at Evergreen School
- Home Depot or Cart Etiquette
- Susan Robb does the Lawrimore Project
- You Complete Me
- The manufacturing of controversy about Evolution!
- David and Naomi after work
- Legislation Trumps Jurisprudence “Deciphering the Siberian Wolf Code”
- The tribe aflight or Zander, Scott, David, Eric and Stefan leap together
- Double-wide jaunt through urban landscape
- Treasure Trails Nordic Snow day!
- Kidspace and The Getty Museum
- Simone and Naomi concerto
- Vitamin D
- Slithering or Rhoads’ End or Ahoy Mateys! or Sunset Boggie
- The Gorgeous Power of Seadragon
- Margit and Naomi meet
- Welcome Naomi!
- Terminal socializing
- Jessica, Blaine, Lucinda and Arno come over for dinner
- A Citizen of the United States!
- Wilfred and Elinor visit us in Sun Valley
- Simone sounds out
- Knocked up and low on carabiners or Enjoying Zion
- Saying I do.
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Nomadic kids
The girls cavort all over Wesola Polana. They are a nomadic tribe covering the 40 acres of Wesola Polana…showing up now and then with wagons or ropes or to report a bear sighting. Yes. It was a baby bear … Continue reading
Antigua back yard
Behind the apartment in Antigua, Guatemala were the ruins of a church (above). The apartment ($16 per month) had a courtyard, an outdoor kitchen under a tin roof and an enclosed bedroom and bathroom. The back of the courtyard had … Continue reading
Pioneer schmoozing
Pioneer Square is a wonderful place to live and Annie Strain has been a huge positive force. She gathered a big group of the Pioneer community at her beautiful home to greet the incoming Mayor Mike McGinn. Here is a … Continue reading
Merging collective experiences – AR from Blaise
Earlier I oohed and aahed over Blaise’s 2007 TED talk about photosynth. Would you believe there is more? Now we can merge our collective experiences live! Hold onto your seat.
Posted in Science and Tech
Tagged Augmented Relaity, Bing Maps, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Searchable maps, TED
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Daily Rituals or Off to School
In the morning, the girls pack their backpacks with school stuff (lunches, sweaters, sneakers) and after-school stuff (leotards, swim suits, snacks) and then head downstairs to say good morning to Kumar, Hamilton and/or Nelson running the building elevators and Michelle, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Naomi, Parenting, School, Simone, Smith Tower
Tagged Christine Burnett, Eve Ingraham, Evergreen School, Global Gardens, Michelle Coleman, Naomi, School, Simone, William
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Yelling at the TV
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” Aristotle Founded by Tracy Newman, Linden Rhoads, Gemma Daggatt, Patricia Atkinson and a few others who were extremely tired of yelling at … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Politics
Tagged Abortion Rights, Aristole, events, Pro-Choice, Washington Women for Choice, WWFC
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Holiday 2009 or slinky on the hotel stairs
Our holiday tradition is a feast with friends around the table that goes on late into the night. The dinner is usually a couple weeks into December. The food has been the same for the last 8 or so years. … Continue reading
Sweet and HORRIFYING! or A Whirling Deverish Halloween
Hanging out on the Schembre’s back porch before trick or treating on the top of Queen Anne. Annabelle (Princess), Sophie (Mermaid), Josie (Kitty cat), Simone (Good and Evil), Naomi (Smaller Good and Evil) and Lucy (Clown). The second photo shows … Continue reading
Pausing at Rhoad’s End
Our summer sail included a brief reprieve at Rhoad’s End on Orcas Island. We were hoping to visit with Linden, Rhoads, and Celeste. No one was home, but we found evidence that someone had been around recently. On … Continue reading
Gritty Oasis in Seattle or Beaching in Seattle
We indulge in long days at the beach in the summer. Somehow we always stumble into friends and gatherings, on this day it was both…the recess monkeys arrived as well as friends from “Tribe Seattle.” Lake Washington beaches have darker … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Gatherings, Parties, Travels
Tagged beach, David, Elias, Elizabeth, Family, friends, Golden Garden, Kaya, Lola, Mckinley, Melissa, Naomi, Recess Monkey, Simone, Stella, Tribe Seattle
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Ferry on over to Vashon Island
We often visit the Vashon Island farmer’s market on the weekend. The food is scrumptious, the music terrific but the real reason we go is to visit our friends Kelly and Rob.
Knighted by chivalrous iron-clad warriors in Gasworks Park
Sometimes we stumble upon the chivalrous Knights in Gasworks Park. They meet in the clearing on the left when you enter the park. Simone and Naomi are transfixed by the beautiful armor. They battle and they also share medieval stories … Continue reading
Therese and Dale and Serra
Fun visit. Therese and Dale were in town to install her artwork at Olive 8.
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The BIG DIG Treasure Hunt or Simone’s 5th or Great Traditions
We have a few traditions. One of these is the annual sailing trip, another is the annual BIG DIG treasure hunt that happens every year for Simone’s birthday. We bury chests with treasure across the Global Gardens beach, pass out … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Birthdays, Events, Family, Friends, Gatherings, Holidays, Naomi, Parenting, Parties, Simone
Tagged Global Gardens Beach, Sailing, treasure hunt
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Naomi and paint
Naomi loves to paint. She does it nearly everyday.
Santa stopped by the tower a week early
The presents have been opened and the girls have left the scene for a few moments to pack up some toys for our afternoon plane ride to San Francisco where we will join in a second wave of Holiday festivities.
Posted in Family, Holidays, Naomi, Parenting, Simone, Smith Tower
Tagged Christmas, Family
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